[Last update: August 2020]
This document describes the SAP Landscape Management scenarios with Linux on Power. For other IBM platforms refer to the parent document IBM On-Premise Cloud Configuration for SAP.
SAP HANA on IBM Power Systems is supported for all scenarios and configurations described here.
IBM PowerVC is the virtualization and cloud management product, built on OpenStack, that delivers advanced virtualization and storage management on IBM Power Systems. This technology has been made available for SAP on IBM Power environments by supporting PowerVC with SAP Landscape Management.
Virtualization scenarios:
The following virtualization scenarios are supported with any type of storage and storage attachment:
| Use Case | Description | Dependencies |
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End-to-end monitoring and visualization |
Show virtualization topology, server and virtualization configuration, and utilization metrics |
IBM PowerVC |
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OS and SAP monitoring |
SAP host agent |
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Operations |
Activate/ Deactivate, shutdown virtual system (logical partition) |
IBM PowerVC |
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Relocate virtual system (live partition mobility) |
IBM PowerVC |
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Provisioning |
Provision new virtual system from image |
IBM PowerVC |
Storage scenarios:
The following storage-related scenarios are supported:
| Use Case | Description | Dependencies |
|---|---|---|
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SAP Relocate |
Relocate SAP instance or database including storage attachment |
IBM FlashSystem, IBM Storwize, IBM Spectrum Virtualize (NPIV or direct attached SAN) or: NetApp storage (with NetApp Storage Services Connector for SAP LaMa) |
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System Clone/Copy/Refresh |
Fast online/offline cloning of database or entire SAP system |
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System Rename |
Rename SAP system and database including user authorization |
IBM Spectrum Virtualize (SAN Volume Controller / SVC or Storwize V7000) provides storage virtualization and allows to combine storage systems from multiple vendors. Likewise, IBM FlashSystem models with integrated storage virtualization (V9000, V840) are supported.
For NetApp Storage Services Connector a separate Linux/x86 system is needed.
SAP scenarios:
- SAP Clone/Copy/Refresh using a database backup (See Refreshing a SAP HANA Database using a database backup)
- Automatic Capacity Management including provisioning of additional dialog instances is supported.
- Post-Copy Automation is supported.
Documentation:
- The new Redpaper SAP Landscape Management 3.0 and IBM Power Systems Servers describes typical usage scenarios and appropriate setup of SAP Landscape Management for HANA on POWER.
- Special use case description: Refreshing a SAP HANA Database using a database backup
- SAP Note 2372251 – Integration of IBM Components into SAP LaMa 3.0 for IBM Power
- For NetApp: Integrating NetApp ONTAP Systems with SAP Landscape Management