Serviceguard Extension for SAP Version A.06.00 Release Notes for Linux HP Part Number: T2392-90018 Published: December 2012 Edition: 1.
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Contents Overview................................................................................................................................4 Announcements...................................................................................................................4 New features ..........................................................................................................................5 Modular-style SAP application cluster packages....................................................
Overview This document provides version-specific information about HP Serviceguard Extension for SAP A.06.00 on Linux. Announcements HP SGeSAP/LX (Serviceguard Extension for SAP on Linux ) extends HP Serviceguard's failover cluster capabilities to SAP application environments. It is intended to be used in conjunction with the HP Serviceguard Linux product and the HP Serviceguard Toolkit for NFS on Linux.
BB077ACE HP SGLX SAP x86 4-8P 1y 24x7 & PCL E-LTU BB076AA HP SGLX SAP x86 Media Hewlett-Packard high-availability consulting services are available to ensure a smooth installation and rollout. Contact your HP representative to inquire about high-availability consulting, for the latest firmware revisions for disk drives, disk controllers, LAN controllers, and other hardware. These release notes are subject to change without further notice.
The livecache module provides instance failover capabilities to SAP livecache instances. The sapinfra module complements the SAP instance clustering with capabilities to cluster SAP infrastructure software that does not become installed as part of a formal instance, including saprouter, sapccmsr, and webdispatcher. HP SGeSAP/LX modular package configuration files are created using cmmakepkg(1) command.
three local restart attempts for the failing replication software before switching the package. The message server monitor cooperates with the SAP startup framework to implement similar behavior. The Central Service monitors and the replication monitor also attempt to locally restart failed or stopped components of the SAP startup framework. SAP HA interface support The SAP Netweaver startup framework supports a programming interface that allows making it cluster-aware.
Legacy-style packages created with HP SGeSAP/LX A.03.00 continue to operate after upgrade to HP SGeSAP/LX A.6.00. However, new packages must be created as modular-style packages and the existing packages have to be replaced by modular-style packages as soon as possible. Deprecated or obsolete features The HP Solutions product suite including HP SGeSAP/LX will discontinue legacy packaging support with a future version roll.
Operating system and version compatibility This release is supported with: • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.7, 5.8, 6.1,6.2, and 6.3 • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES or SLES for SAP Applications) 11SP1 and 11SP2 Any deployed Red Hat Linux or SLES Linux kernel must be certified with the SAP Linux Lab and supported by HP Serviceguard for Linux. For information to download the latest certified kernels, see www.sap.com/linux/platforms.htm.
Table 2 SGeSAP/LX 6 support matrix—SAP components Part 2 (continued) R/3 ERP MySAP enterprise ECC SCM APO 2005 2007 6.0EHP3 2005 6.0EHP2 5.1 6.0EHP1 5.0 SEM Solution Manager SAP Kernel (w/o ACC) 6.0 4.00 7.0 4.0 3.20 6.40_EX2 3.10 6.40 6.0 6.0_640 2004 2004 4.1 5.0 4.7x200 4.7x110 Table 3 HP SGeSAP/LX 6 support matrix—SAP components Part 3 CRM SRM 7.0EHP2 7.0EHP2 7.0EHP1 7.0EHP1 CE SAP Kernel 7.20_ext 7.2 7.20 7.1EHP1 7.11 7.1 7.10 7.0 7.01 2007 2007 6.0 6.
Installing SGeSAP on Linux HP provides a public key and rpm signatures that allow to optionally verify authenticity and integrity of the product rpm before installation. For additional instructions on how to do this, see Read_Before_Installation.txt file on the product media. NOTE: Ensure that HP Serviceguard for Linux A.11.20.00 and the HP Serviceguard NFS toolkit A.03.03 are installed on all the systems of the cluster before installing SGeSAP .
