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The SAP world's reference: SLES for SAP Applications with integrated HA — and the historic home of Linux on mainframes and Power.

FOCUS · SAP'S LINUXSLES for SAP: the operating system under the majority of the world's HANAs
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01 · What it is

SUSE Linux Enterprise, made clear.

SUSE is the other big enterprise Linux — and in the SAP world it's the reference: SLES for SAP Applications includes the HA cluster preconfigured for HANA and NetWeaver, the automatic tunings (saptune) and the Extended Service Pack Overlap to update without haste. On IBM Power and mainframes, it's been at home for twenty years.

#1 su SAP
the majority of the world's HANA systems run on SLES
saptune
the SAP tuning applied and verified with one command
ESPOS
the support overlaps: you migrate service packs without races
SUSE Linux Enterprise
OFFICIAL LINUX BRANDING · SUSE
CONSOLE REALE · YAST (SLES) · FONTE: SUSE DOCS
REAL CONSOLE · YAST (SLES) · SOURCE: SUSE DOCS
02 · How to use it well

The things that make the difference.

The SAP stack

HANA & NetWeaverthe ERP and its engine
SLES for SAP
HA (Pacemaker) included
saptune
the OS · the cluster · the tuning
Multi-Linux Managerthe estate patched with method
x86 · IBM Powerthe certified platforms
The Linux SAP knows best

Textbook HANA clusters

The SAPHanaSR resources configured per best practice: the failover that fires right.

saptune always green

The profiles applied and verified at every change: the SAP checks passed on the first round.

Patching without anxiety

ESPOS and agreed windows: the OS under the ERP gets updated calmly, not in an emergency.

SUSE on Power

SLES on ppc64le for HANA: our platform-and-OS combination, certified.

03 · In depth

SLES, HA and the SAP world: where SUSE excels

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server is the reference for SAP: SLES for SAP Applications includes the HA extension (the SAPHanaSR resource agents for the automated HANA replication), the saptune tuning for note-compliant workloads, the reboot-free Live Patching, 10+3 years of lifecycle with the Extended Service Packs; the Multi-Linux Manager (formerly SUSE Manager) manages RHEL and Ubuntu too: patches, compliance and multi-distro configuration from one panel.

  • SLES for SAP — the de facto default under HANA: agents and tuning included
  • SAPHanaSR — the automated HANA failover: the system replication governed
  • saptune — the SAP notes applied as profiles: the tuning without omissions
  • Live Patching — the kernel updated hot: the SLA that doesn't yield to the window
  • 10+3 — years of lifecycle: the platform that lasts
  • Multi-Linux Manager — RHEL and Ubuntu managed too: one panel for the mixed estate
04 · Numbers and lifecycle

The numbers that matter.

10+3
years of SLES support
70%+
of the HANA installations run on SUSE
0
downtime for kernel patches with Live Patching
multi
distros managed by the Manager: the real estate
The Linux under SAP isn't improvised: clusters, saptune and patching operated by our SAP+Linux team — a single chain.
05 · Use cases

Where it really pays off.

SAP environments

The reference OS under HANA, managed by those who do Basis.

Mainframes & Power

The historic Linux of the serious platforms.

Demanding HA

The Pacemaker clusters with the SAP agents, cared for.

Under the ERP the operating system isn't improvised: SLES for SAP, installed and watched by us.