Managing Serviceguard Extension for SAP on Linux (IA64 Integrity and x86_64), April 2009

Why SAP Provides sapcpe................................................................................................................37
SHARED NFS: the NFS automounter........................................................................................................38
Summary of automount file systems....................................................................................................39
Overview Serviceguard packages...........................................................................................................40
SGeSAP/LX Implementations.............................................................................................................41
Conclusion: Mount Points, Access Types and SGeSAP/LX Package...............................................................42
MaxDB mount points and SGeSAP/LX packages..................................................................................42
Oracle Database Instance Storage Considerations...............................................................................44
3 Step-by-Step Cluster Conversion..................................................................47
SGeSAP/LX Naming Conventions and Package Types................................................................................47
SGeSAP/LX Package Names.............................................................................................................47
Installation Tasks and Installation Steps...............................................................................................47
Serviceguard Extension for SAP on Linux: cmcluster.config.....................................................................48
SAP Preparation....................................................................................................................................49
SAP Installation Considerations..........................................................................................................49
Netweaver 2004s High Availability System....................................................................................49
Netweaver 2004 JAVA-only High Availability Option......................................................................53
ASCS installation........................................................................................................................56
SCS Installation..........................................................................................................................56
Generic SAP Installation..............................................................................................................57
Creating a Standalone Enqueue Service and a Enqueue Replication Service............................................57
Splitting a Central Instance..........................................................................................................57
Creation of Enqueue Replication Server Instance ............................................................................60
Linux Configuration...............................................................................................................................63
Directory Structure Configuration........................................................................................................64
Cluster Node Synchronization............................................................................................................67
Cluster Node Configuration...............................................................................................................70
Cluster Configuration.............................................................................................................................74
Configuring SGeSAP/LX on Linux.......................................................................................................74
Configuring SGeSAP/LX on Linux..................................................................................................75
Serviceguard Control Script Template - xxx.control.script..................................................................77
Installation and Configuration Considerations......................................................................................80
Serviceguard NFS Toolkit Configuration..............................................................................................82
Serviceguard Extension for SAP on Linux Configuration - sap.config.............................................................83
Specification of the Packaged SAP Components...................................................................................83
Configuration of Application Server Handling .....................................................................................85
Optional Parameters and Customizable Functions.................................................................................90
Global Defaults...............................................................................................................................92
Database Configuration.........................................................................................................................93
Additional Steps for Oracle...............................................................................................................93
Additional Steps for MaxDB..............................................................................................................96
SAP WAS System Configuration..............................................................................................................97
SAP ABAP Engine specific configuration steps......................................................................................97
SAP J2EE Engine specific installation steps........................................................................................100
IPv6 Specific Installation.......................................................................................................................101
4 SAP Supply Chain Management..............................................................107
Planning the Volume Manager Setup.....................................................................................................107
LVM Option 1: Simple Clusters with Separate Packages.......................................................................108
LVM Option 2: Full Flexibility - No Constraints...................................................................................108
MaxDB Storage Considerations..................................................................................................109
Linux Setup.........................................................................................................................................111
Clustered Node Synchronization......................................................................................................111
Cluster Node Configuration.............................................................................................................112
Serviceguard Extension for SAP on Linux Package Configuration...............................................................112
Service Monitoring.........................................................................................................................115
APO Setup Changes...........................................................................................................................116
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