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The Next Generation SAP Data Center
Christoph Reisbeck
Director Global SAP Alliances
VMware Global, Inc.
VMware: Who We Are
World’s leading providerof virtualization solutions
120,000+ customers worldwide All sizes and industries; 100% of Fortune 100
Vision: transform computing through virtualization
Products: reliable, award-winning, most-deployed
Analysts: up to 5-year technology lead
Contents
SAP and VMware Infrastructure
Use Cases for SAP
Customer Examples
Deployment Guidelines
Summary
*Source: IBM Scorpion, VMware
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1980 1990 2007
Server utilization rates*
Efficiency
1990 1997 2007
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Numbers of components which need to be procured, provisioned, managed, secured, etc.
Complexity
Key IT Obstacles
What’s Increasing
Pressures
Do more with less
Comply with security and regulatory
requirements
What’s Decreasing
Resources
Less able to add new
functionality or improve IT
service levels
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Operational Cost Challenges
One Application = One Server
Typical Utilization is <15%
The Solution: Virtualization
“Enterprise SOA with SAP NetWeaver and Virtualization from VMware deliver the most flexible, reliable and cost effective business agility solution for the customers’ business needs today.”
Roland WartenbergChief Virtualization StrategistSAP Labs, Palo Alto
Operating System
SAP
Operating System
Hypervisor (ESX Server)
VMware decouples software from hardware.
The Solution: Virtualization
Virtualization: Fundamentally Better
X
Automated Resource Assurance
Dynamic BalancingContinuous OptimizationNo stop and restart ofSAP applications
Increased Availability
AutomatedAcross ApplicationsAnd across SAP deployments
On Demand Capacity
Non-disruptive Scaling Flexible, Reconfigurable
From Consolidation to Strategic Architecture
Consolidation & Containment
ApplicationAvailability
Change Management
ResourceManagement
Desktop Management
SoftwareLifecycle
BusinessContinuityProvisioning
Service Level Management
VMware Infrastructure
SAP Business Suite
SAP NetWeaver Composition SAP NetWeaver Composition
SAP NetWeaver Integration SAP NetWeaver Integration
SAP NetWeaver Composition SAP NetWeaver Composition
Process standardization and innovation on one platform.End-to-end solution operations processes, support, best practices & training.Continuous Innovation with Enhancement Packages
SRM PLM SCM CRMERP
SAP NetWeaver Integration SAP NetWeaver Integration
SAP NetWeaver Composition SAP NetWeaver Composition
custombuilt
custombuilt
3rdparty3rd
party legacylegacybusinesspartner
businesspartnerWebWeb otherother
otherother
otherother
SAPs SOA Strategy
New user experiences New functionality New enterprise services New NetWeaver capabilities, …
VMware Infrastructure VMware Infrastructure
12-Dec-2007: SAP Support for VMware
[….]
Production Support for Windows and Linux
VMware now a SAP Global Technology Partner
VMware and SAP
VMware Virtualization Competency Center for SAP at AddOn premises in Walldorf
Demos and Sales Presentations
Trainings and Customer Seminars
Virtualization Assessments and POCs
http://www.vcc-sap.com
VMware member in SAP Co-Innovation Labin Palo Alto and Tokyo
Development of SAP on VMware solutions
VMware is member of SAPs Enterprise Virtualization Community
VMware runs SAPs ‘Center of Excellence’ infrastructure in Walldorf
AD310 VMware Infrastructure 3: Install and Configure - for SAP System Administration Duration: 5 Days Target Group System administrators, systems engineers, and
operators responsible for ESX Server and/or VirtualCenter running SAP systems in virtual machines.
Prerequisites
SAPTEC Profound Operating System Knowledge
Objectives This hands-on training course explores VMware
Infrastructure 3. The course has a strong focus on SAP NetWeaver (NW 2004S) running in virtual machines.
SAP on VMware Training available
At the end of the course, participants will be able to install, configure and deploy virtual machines for running SAP systems.
Participants will be able to migrate and manage virtual machines and optimize resource allocation for SAP systems running in virtual machines. They will be able to combine high availability features of VMware and SAP to built highly available systems.
Completion of this course entitles the participant to attempt the examination for VMware Certified Professional status.
Notes This Workshop is a cooperation between AddOn and SAP AG. More information: www.addon.de/sap Enrolment directly at www.sap.de/education.
VMware Solutions for SAP
Integration of VC into SAP ACC
Presented as technical pre view during several presentations at SAP TechEd Las Vegas and Berlin
VMware used for Demo deployments at SAP events
Broad use within SAP Linux development
VMware Virtual Appliances for SAP Solutions
SAP NetWeaver CE
SAP NetWeaver Test Drive on Linux
SAP NetWeaver IDES on Linux
Available for download from service.sap.com (S-User required)
Powerful Enough for SAP Applications %
of
App
licat
ions
Application’s Performance Requirements
PAST
IOPS
Network
Memory
CPU
< 100 at peak
< 300 Kb/s
< 4 MB at peak
1 to 2 CPUs
FUTURE
200,000+
40 Gb/s
256 GB per VM
8 VCPUs
CURRENT
100,000
9 Gb/s
64 GB per VM
4 VCPUs
Evolution of VI Performance for Large Apps
Ability to satisfy Performance DemandsAbility to satisfy Performance Demands
GeneralPopulationOf Apps
GeneralPopulationOf Apps
ESX 2.xESX 2.x FutureFuture
2-10% Overhead
8-way VSMP Scaling
256GB VM RAM
128 core scaling
512GBPhys RAM
200,000 IOPS
40 Gigabits
512 VMs
VI 3.5VI 3.5
10-20% Overhead
4-way VSMP Scaling
64-bit OS Support
64GB VM RAM
64 core hosts
256GB Phys RAM
100,000 IOPS
9 Gigabits
Gen-2 HW Virt
30-60% Overhead
2-way SMP
3.6 GB VM RAM
16 CPU support
4 CPU scaling
64GB Phys RAM
<10,000 IOPS
380mbits max
VI 3.0VI 3.0
20-30% Overhead
2-way SMP Scaling
16 GB VM RAM
16 core support
64GB Phys RAM
800mbits
Gen-1 HW Virt
MissionCriticalApps
MissionCriticalApps
100%100%
SAP and VMware: Support Status
Full support for Production Environments
Windows and LinuxSAP NetWeaver 7.0 and 7.1 (SAP Kernel 7.10)
SAP NetWeaver 2004 (SAP Kernel 6.40)
Lower SAP versions supportable during an SAP upgrade
32- / 64-bit SAP Systems64-bit SAP systems are fully supported
32-bit SAP systems are supportable during an SAP upgrade
All SAP certified Hardware is supported
SAP removed requirement to certify servers specifically with VMware due to stability and performance
Server certificates are no longer necessary
SAP Test & Development Systems
VMware Infrastructure
SAP HR System
Virtual Machine
Windows 64 Bit
Application Servers
SAP HR
SAP ERP Cluster
Virtual Machine
SuSE Linux
Application Servers
SAP ERP
Virtual Machine
Windows2000 Server
ApplicationServers
Test & Dev
SAP Business Intelligence
Virtual Machine
Windows2003 Server
ApplicationServers
SAP CRM
Virtual Machine
Windows 64 Bit
ApplicationServers
Test & Dev
Virtual Machine
Red HatLinux
Application Servers
SAP ERP
Virtual Machine
Red HatLinux 64 Bit
Application Servers
SAP BI
SAP BI Resource Pool Test & Dev Resource PoolSAP ERP Resource Pool
VMware ESX Server VMware ESX Server
VMware® VMotion™ Technology
Storage Network Servers
The Dynamic SAP Datacenter
Contents
SAP and VMware Infrastructure
Use Cases for SAP
Customer Examples
Deployment Guidelines
Summary
AddressingCompliance
HighOperational Costs
SAPCustomer
Pain Points
Time-ConsumingSAP Upgrades
Expensive & ComplexBusiness Continuity
Solutions
SAP Customer Pain Points
Core VMware Use Cases For SAP Solutions
1. Consolidation and Containment
2. Utilization & Serviceability
3. SAP Upgrades and Fast Deployments
4. Disaster Recovery
5. High-Availability & Fault Tolerance
Use Case 1: Consolidation and Containment
Consolidation
Lower Cost of Ownership, lower management overhead
~5:1 consolidation ratio for SAP customers (numbers vary greatly)
Fast kick-start of new projects – start before new hardware has arrived!
Use Case 1: Consolidation and Containment
Aggregate collections of disparate hardware resources into unified logical resource pools
Failed server mean less resources not a failed application
Dedicated (virtual) infrastructure for each business unit; central IT retains control over hardware
Delegation of resource and virtual machine management down to the business unit
Management of an entire SOA application stack as a single entityServers, Storage, Networking
Business Unit
Department A Department B
Aggregate Resources
Resource Pool 2CPU 36GHz, Mem 58GB
Priority HIGH
Resource Pool 3CPU 12GHz, Mem 22GB
Priority LOW
CPU 48 GHz, Mem 80GB
“saplicense –get” returns SAME hardware key! (License specific to the virtual machine, NOT to ESX Server
SAP licenses per SAP user irrespective of underlying hardware.
Hence, there are no license limitations
Use Case 2: Increasing Utilization & Serviceability
SAP CIOracle
SAP CIOracle
SAP CIOracle
WindowsSrvr 2003
WindowsSrvr 2003
WindowsSrvr 2003
SOURCE TARGET
vega7066 vega7066
VMotion
Dynamic and intelligent allocation of hardware resources with VMware DRS
to ensure optimal alignment between business and IT
Resource Pool
Business Demand
Use Case 2: Increasing Utilization & Serviceability
Customer Impact
>Align SAP resources with business priorities
>Operational simplicity; dramatically increase system administrator productivity
>Add hardware dynamically to avoid over-provisioning to peak load
What is it?
>Dynamic balancing of computing resources across SAP resource pools
>Intelligent resource allocation based on pre-defined rules
Watch the Demonstration: Distributed Resource Scheduling
Use Case 2: Increasing Utilization & Serviceability
Distributed Power Management (DPM)
Reduce data center power consumption by having DRS consolidate loads during non-peak hours and powering down the inactive hosts
The goal is to minimize total power consumption while still providing enough resource capacity to satisfy total resource demand, plus some user-specifiable amount of reserve capacity
Provides customers with significant cost savings from reduced power consumption
Resource Pool
Business Demand
Power Off
Watch the Demonstration: Distributed Power Management
Use Case 3: Upgrades and Fast Deployments
Use Case 3: Upgrades and Fast Deployments
Faster SAP Upgrades with more time and opportunity for test runs
Multiple snapshots can preserve VM status at different points in time
Very fast reversion to previous points in time
PREPARE UPTIME DOWNTIME POST
A.vmdkSnapshots
Stored in Virtual Disk
Schematic SAP Upgrade using virtualization:
XProblem occurs/
Retest needed
Use Case 3: Upgrades and Fast Deployments
CREATE VMINSTALL GUEST OS
(Windows Server)PATCH GUEST OS
INSTALL SAP ECC 6.0SID = TEM
Create
Template
(in back-ground)
Install SAP in VM
Deploy new SAP System from Template
DEPLOY VMFROM TEMPLATE(new hostname)
RUN SAP SYSTEM COPY SID = DEV
Faster SAP Deployment through VMware Templates
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Use Case 4: DR - Sources of downtime
Disasters .5% Flood, fire,
earthquake
Power outage
Contaminated building
Planned outages 80%
Firmware updates
Planned hardware maintenance
Backups
Unplanned Downtime 19.5%
Hardware failure
Software failure
Human error
1. Activate Maintenance Mode for physical host
2. DRS migrates running virtual machines to other hosts
Use VMotion to evacuate hosts
Move running applications to other servers without disruptionPerform maintenance at any time of day
Automate with DRS maintenance mode
Automates moving virtual machines to other hostsAutomates re-balancing after maintenance complete
• Shut down idle host and perform maintenance
• Restart host; DRS automatically rebalances workloads
VMotionVMotion
Use Case 4: DR - Eliminating Planned Downtime
Minimizes planned downtime due to storage
Complete planned downtime management solution across servers and storage with VMotion and Storage VMotion
Use Case 4: DR - Eliminating Planned Downtime
Storage independent migration of virtual machine disks with Storage VMotion
Zero downtime to virtual machines
LUN independent
Supported for Fibre Channel SANs
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Use Case 4: DR - Dealing With Unplanned Downtime
Physical Infrastructure
Rebuild server = Slow recovery
Redundant standby servers = Expensive
Implement clustering software = Costly and complex
VMware Infrastructure
Automates virtual machine restart
Independent of OS and applications
VMware Infrastructure
2-way System
2-way System
4-way System
8-way System
Automating Recovery from Server Failure
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Use Case 4: Disaster Recovery Challenges
Site A Site B
Recovery Target
Configure hardware
Install OS
Config OS
Install backup/restore agent
Start “Single-step automatic
recovery”
Require identical hardware for recovery
Because of hardware dependencies
Double costs, increases complexity
Idle hardware
Need standby hardware for faster RTO
Repurposing servers at time of disaster is labor-intensive and time-consuming
Slow, complex recovery process
Different solutions for different availability tiers
Separate procedures for system and data disks
Multi-step recovery processes
Use Case 4: Disaster Recovery Management
PrimarySite
Secondary Site
Native or third-partyreplication
Key virtualization advantagesfor disaster recovery:
Encapsulates OS + application
recovery site is hardware- independent virtual machines are easily restarted on DR site
Improved DR Testing
easy spin-off of DR VMs for effective testing
A.vmdk
XA.vmdk
Site Recovery Manager leverages VMware Infrastructure to deliver advanced disaster recovery management and automation
Use Case 4: DR - VMware SRM Recovery Plan
SRM allows the ability to create detailed recovery plans specific to your datacenter
Use Case 4: DR - SRM Testing and Audit Functionality
Ability to monitor what is working and what is not.
Test as often as needed.
Core SAP Use Case 5: Disaster Recovery Management
Primary Site
DRSite
SnapMirror
FC or iSCSI
40
DRTest
"FlexClone" created from Snaphot copy
DataVolume 1
DataVolume 2
Rep DataVolume 1
DR TestFlexClone
DataVolume 3
Site RecoveryManager:
NetApp Adapter
Testing the DR framework:
1. Protection group with two SAP VMs on two servers replicated to DR site
2. DR site utilized
3. Start DR test plan –replicated SAP VMs started in isolated network
4. Test of recovered SAP applications
5. Cleanup
Watch the Demonstration: Site Recovery Management
Automated & Cost-Effective Disaster Recovery for SAP Implementations
VMware® Site Recovery Manager and
NetApp Storage and Data Management Solutions
ESX Server
Core SAP Use Case 6: Out-of-the-box High Availability
Virtual Machines
ESX Server
Storage
A.vmdk
Physical Servers
Clustering for all environments
High-Availability without expensive/complex cluster software in all environments
No project down-time due to server failure
Cost effective High Availabilty for SAP test environments, not just productionX
App
OS
App
OS
VMware ESX VMware ESX
HA HA
Roadmap Example: VMware HA
App
OS
App
OS
VMware ESX VMware ESX
HA HA
Roadmap Example: VMware HA
App
OS
App
OS
VMware ESX VMware ESX
HA HA
Roadmap Example: VMware HA
VMware ESX VMware ESX
App
OS
App
OS
VMs Reboot
Roadmap Example: VMware HA
App
OS
VMware ESX VMware ESX
App
OSFT
Roadmap: VMware Fault Tolerance
VMware ESX VMware ESX
App
OS
No Reboot –Seamless Cutover
Roadmap: VMware Fault Tolerance
DatacenterInfrastructure
LinuxWindows
ManagementvServices
Off-PremiseCloud
Future Future Future …
ApplicationvServices
InfrastructurevServices
CloudvServicesvCompute vStorage vNetwork
Availability Security Scalability
Roadmap: From Virtual Infrastructure to VDC-OS
Moving forward: Industrialization of IT
C. Benz & Söhne, 1910: in the record year 1900, 430 employeesassemble 603 Benz-Automobiles*1
VW Zwickau, 2002: 650 robots welding car bodies for Golf and Passat*2
Contents
SAP and VMware Infrastructure
Use Cases for SAP
Customer Examples
Deployment Guidelines
Summary
SAP Hosting: Using Virtualization to Serve a Huge User Base
The ChallengeSAP Hosting manages SAP-on-SAP infrastructure globally and hosts more than 330 additional customers around the Globe in 5 main data centers. Need to manage 6.000+ SAP systems cost-effectively and provide excellent service levels.
The SolutionVMware virtualization results in lowers costs, enables development and and automation of user services, provides better hardware and software lifecycle management, and improves production and capacity planning across a more unified infrastructure.
“VMware Infrastructure has many benefits for a hosted environment such as ours that offers software as a service. We’ve been able to automate internal business processes and increase service levels to internal customers. In addition, we have reduced costs with consolidation and automation of system deployment, as well greatly reduced the required hardware for internal training and test systems.. ”
Markus WinterHead of Strategic Projects SAP Hosting
• 3.500+ virtual machines/~300 ESX Server hosts/~200 TB storage on Linux and Windows
• Flexible resource assignments for training department
• Great fit for offshore strategy• Flexible internal server provisioning• Increase customer services with less effort
SAP ERP UpgradeThe ChallengeEFI employs several SAP modules to build integrated business solutions and services. EFI planned to upgrade its SAP modules and at the same time move from a proprietary hardware and software environment to industry-standard x86-based hardware and Red Hat Linux operating system.
The Solution
EFI used VMware® Infrastructure 3 to minimize the complexity and reduce the cost of developing, testing, and deploying its upgrade to this multi-tiered environment.
• Saved 30% on hardware costs
• Reduced energy costs by one-third
• Avoided project budget creep
• Cut off-hours workload in half
“…our developers have the resources they need, when they need them, and we’ve really mitigated ‘budget creep.’ That flexibility has to do with the functionality and responsiveness of VMware products, which enables us to serve our customer better and ultimately to save my company money.”
Dave SwanSenior Manager, IS&T Server
Operations EFI
Delivering on Uptime Requirements
The ChallengeCheckpoint needed to create a more robust and flexible SAP solutions based environment. The company was also trying to reduce ongoing maintenance overhead and ensure reliable IT infrastructure for remote sites. In addition to all of that, it needed to provide enhanced DR capabilities.
The Solution
VMware Infrastructure 3 accelerated provisioning, simplified management and improved disaster recovery by providing a more robust and scalable platform for Checkpoint’s SAP software deployment.
• Resource utilization increased from 15% to 70%
• Provisioning times reduced from 4-6 weeks to 1 hour
• Accelerated disaster recovery at secondary site
“VMware is certainly our platform of choice; in terms of reliability we have a very robust infrastructure which is currently delivering 99.99% uptime for our critical systems. As far as manageability is concerned, running SAP on VMware means our IT department spends far less time on mundane maintenance tasks and can focus on more strategic projects.
Michael NoggerIT Operations Manager Europe
Checkpoint Systems International GMBH
The ChallengeHardware supporting the SAP environment at AstraZeneca’s Plankstadt datacenter was aging and needed to be replaced. This upgrade was made more difficult by requirements for high application availability and a more efficient business continuity process, and the regulatory requirements imposed by Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.
The SolutionAstraZeneca worked with AddOn Systemhaus to deploy VMware® Infrastructure 3 on HP Proliant servers. VMotion is used to achieve high availability, and virtual machine templates mean server certification can be done in less time
• 10:1 server consolidation ratio
• Server deployment dropped to 30 minutes
• Reduced time and complexity of regulatory server certification process
• Expect 3-year cost savings of > €1M
“…VMware Infrastructure is proving to have a lot of benefits for us. We are already using VMotion to achieve high availability and 24/7 uptime... And we’re
exploring the ways
virtualization can help us provide better service levels with Consolidated Backup
and quicker restarts. ”Askin Karatepe
Server and Database Administrator,
AstraZeneca
SAP Upgrade in a Regulated Industry
Project Duration: 18 MonthsQ3/Q4 FY06
Assessments, Sizing, and
Design
Q1/Q2 FY07
Setup, Pilot, and Training
Q3/Q4 FY07
Datacenter Consolidation and Migration of SAP
Systems
Astra Zeneca - Cost Calculation
Hard- and Software Investment
Storage Virtualization
Implementation
High Availability
TCO over 3 Years
1.4M EUR Cost Savings over 3 years
Contents
SAP and VMware Infrastructure
Use Cases for SAP
Customer Examples
Deployment Guidelines
Summary
2 – Tier vs. 3 – Tier
DB & CI
OS
CRM
PresentationLayer
Database & Application
Layer(Combined)
2-Tier Architecture 3-Tier Architecture
DB
OS
PresentationLayer
ApplicationLayer
App
OS
App
OS
DatabaseLayer
OnlineProcess
BatchProcess
DatabaseProcess
OnlineProcess
BatchProcess
DatabaseProcess
SAP General Guidelines
Work with your hardware vendors to get detailed sizing for your solution and follow the normal SAP Quick Sizer sizing process.
Scale the SAP application tier horizontally across multiple virtual machines as it is typically done on physical servers in the native world.
For larger SAP implementations (above 4 vCPU on the database) deploy SAP application instances in virtual machines, but leave the database on native hardware (CI can be moved off and clustered).
Sample SME Configuration
Sample Large Configuration
SAP Design and Deployment Considerations
Use smaller-size (1 or 2 vCPU) virtual machines where possible (more CPU will not necessarily make it faster).
Follow SAP rules for setting up file systems for the database; for example, distribute database files over different virtual disks.
SAP on VMware Guidelines
SAP Note 674851 - Virtualization on WindowsSAP on VMware on Windows deployment tips: see SAP Note 1056052 “VMware ESX Server 3.x config guide”
Use the latest processor generations
Use VM's with one or two virtual CPU‘s ,start small
Use a physical Host for the DB if VM resources are not sufficient
Distribute database files over different disks (as per SAP’s normal recommendations)
Don’t over commit memory to the point where VM paging starts
Use the SAP flat memory model with memory protection switched off (SAP Note 1002587) for test and dev systems
Use large Memory Pages. (em/largepages=yes) (best for ESX 3.5)
With new Processor Generations that support RVI (AMD) or EPT (Intel) memory performance is greatly improved. This is especially important for the use of mprotect.
SAP on VMware Guidelines (contd)
SAP Note 895807 - Virtualization on LinuxSAP on VMware on Linux deployment tips: see SAP Note
1122388 “VMware ESX Server 3.0 configuration guide”Use the latest processor generations
Use VM's with one or two virtual CPU‘s ,start small
Use a physical Host for the DB if VM resources are not sufficient
Distribute database files over different disks (as per SAP’s normal recommendations)
Don’t over commit memory to the point where VM paging starts
Use the “map” memory model in your Instance Profile (es/implementation = map) for best memory throughput.
Use Memory „Large Pages“ for optimal Memory throughput
We HIGHLY recommend to use Novell SLES 10 UP2 and REDHAT RHEL 5.2 or higher to avoid time conflicts.
With RHEL 5.1 and higher we recommend to use the new Boot parameter “divider = 10” to reduce the amount of timer interrupts to 100 Hz.
Sizing
Start with small units. Smaller units are better manageable and load balancing is easier.
Use the scaling features of SAP. e.g. deploy additional Application Servers if necessary
Virtualization does fit every customer, but some times it is necessary to leave a highly utilized Database on a „native“ host and virtualize the remaining components.
SD Benchmark results are around 540 SD users for 2 vCPU with 8GB and around 800 SD users for 4 vCPU with16GB. When using the latest Processors.
We are working with the Hardware Vendors to determine sizing numbers.Please work with the Hardware Vendors to get latest numbers.
Ten Steps to a Successful SAP Virtualization Understand the Vision of a Virtualized SAP Infrastructure
Virtualization Check/Assessment
Decision and Budgeting
Setup of VMware Infrastructure
Workshop/SAP-on-VMware Training
Virtualize Non-critical SAP Systems (dev, QA)
Pilot of SAP Test and Dev Environments
Virtualization of SAP Production Systems
Go-Live Check
Application Lifecycle Management
Business Process Automation
Who Can Help?
• AddOn Systemhaus GmbH• AtosOrigin – Belgium & Netherlands• Bechtle AG & Co.KG• Bristlecone Labs• cenit AG• Computacenter • Deloitte Consulting• Didas AG• EDB
• Fritz & Macziol GmbH• Genilogix• Hitachi Information Systems• Melillo Consulting• OnTrack Solutions• S&T Austria GmbH• Sysdat GmbH• T-Systems North America• TExperts, Inc.• Wharfedale Technologies
VMware SAP
VMware SAP Solutions Partner Community
http://www.vmware.com/sap/sap-service-partners.html
Contents
SAP and VMware Infrastructure
Use Cases for SAP
Customer Examples
Deployment Guidelines
Summary
SAP & VMware: Joint Customer Successes
ABB Grain
Arinso
AstraZeneca
Bender
City of San Diego
Checkpoint
Colgate
Deutsche Bundesagentur fuer Arbeit
Dow Chemical
Energie AG
EFI
Favrille Pharma
Forest City Enterprises
FutureFuel Chemical Company
Hitachi Information Systems
Moen
MTU Aero Engines
NuVasive
Peerless Clothing
SAP Hosting
Southwestern Great American Inc.
Tasty Baking Company
T-Systems
….
Hundreds of customers, including:
[….]
Resources
• SAP Alliance Site: http://www.vmware.com/sap
• White Papers, Success Stories, Webinars, Links, etc.
• SAP VMware Blog: http://communities.vmware.com/blog/SAPsolutions
• DRS Demo: https://vmware.webex.com/vmware/lsr.php?AT=pb&SP=EC&rID=22924872&rKey=42EBE97BF813ADC5
.
Resources
SAP Notes674851 – Virtualization on Windows
1104578 – Virtualization on Windows: Enhanced Monitoring
1056052 – VMware ESX Server configuration guidelines
1122388 – Linux: VMware ESX Server 3 configuration guidelines
1122387 – Linux: Supported Virtualization technologies with SAP
895807 – SAP support in virtualized Linux environments
SAP VMware (and other) benchmarks• http://www.sap.com/solutions/benchmark/sd2tier.epx
Most Reliable: VMware ESX (#2: IBM Mainframe)
Best Breakout Technology: VMware
Easiest to Use/Manage: VMware Workstation
Biggest "Wow" in an IT Product: VMware Fusion
Over 30 Awards in 2007
Questions?
