SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

Richard Treu, Henning Sackewitz This blog post describes our experiences and findings while doing a proof of concept (PoC) in the SAP LinuxLab where we containerized the SAP ABAP application server components and deployed them on various Kubernetes... Read More »

In late 2018, when I first read this whitepaper on SAP HANA Adoption of Non-Volatile Memory it kept me hooked on Persistent Memory technology and its usage with HANA. Ever since then, I regularly followed the announcement of this persistent memory... Read More »

I am a former Infrastructure Consultant and I worked in operations, outsourcing and even in support. I would like to share my best practices on SAP HANA Operation and Maintenance. I will focus on infrastructure setup and high availability... Read More »

[Updated 07/2020] A lot of customers asking for the optimal operation strategy regarding Linux/HANA and how it will change their current operational processes. So, we talk about lifecycle management – patching of the different components of a... Read More »

As you are all aware, HANA database can only be installed on Linux server and I often see business continuity as important topic of discussion when designing solution on HANA. Business continuity is a broad term and it’s much bigger than IT as it... Read More »

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Tom Clancy once said it: “Life is about learning; when you stop learning, you die.” SAP offers a variety of channels and platforms like SAP Community, SAP Help Portal, SAP Learning Hub, SAP Classroom Training and events like SAP TechEd and... Read More »

A lot of customers want to upgrade their HANA 1.0 databases toward to HANA 2.0. Usually this is not a big deal, if you have enough downtime. You can go straight on from HANA 1.0 >= 122.04 to any supported HANA 2.0 revision. The MDC conversion... Read More »

In May, 2019 SUSE made an announcement on new saptune version (link), which looked promising as they eliminated the hard-coding of parameters and instead, they have listed in a configuration file. Also more SAP Notes will be included in saptune... Read More »

Big thanks to Fabian Herschel and Peter Schinagl from SUSE for proof-reading the blog. First part of this blog is located here: Be Prepared for Using Pacemaker Cluster for SAP HANA – Part 1: Basics Be Prepared for Using Pacemaker Cluster for SAP... Read More »