Computing Infrastructure

SPC201:
Computing Infrastructure Strategy
Contributing Speaker(s)
Dr. Franz J. Fritz Dr. Carol Gustav
SAP AG 2005, SAP TechEd / SPC201 / 2
Learning Objectives
As a result of this lecture, you will be able to:

Understand SAP platform and computing infrastructure strategy Use the latest information regarding support of operating system
and database management system

Have an overview of the Computing Infrastructure Track
at this TechEd
Look for availability information on SAPs Web pages
DISCLAIMER This presentation reflects current planning. Contents may be changed without prior notice, and are in no way binding upon SAP.
Computing Infrastructure Track Overview

Session ID Session title SPC100 SPC101 SPC150 SPC151 SPC200 SPC201 SPC202 SPC203 SPC205 SPC206 SPC207 SPC250 SPC251 MaxDB The Professional Database Sizing UP SAP NetWeaver Managing LiveCache Managing MaxDB Adaptive Computing and Enterprise Grid Computing with SAP NetWeaver Computing Infrastructure Strategy Conversion of SAP Systems to Unicode High Availability for Solutions based on SAP NetWeaver 04 Planning and Conducting High-Volume Load Tests System Consolidation with Client Migration Server The 64bit Future is Here mySAP Solutions for Linux Making Programs Unicode Enabled Unicode Interfaces Data Exchange Between Unicode and Non-Unicode Systems Session type Lecture (1 hour) Lecture (1 hour) Hands-on (2 hours) Hands-on (2 hours) Lecture (2 hours) Lecture (1 hour) Lecture (2 hours) Lecture (2 hours) Lecture (1 hour) Lecture (1 hour) Lecture (1 hour) Hands-On (2 hours) Hands-On (2 hours)
Computing Infrastructure Strategy Platform Availability Matrix for SAP NetWeaver 2004s DBMS Update Operating Systems Update Summary
SAP NetWeaver 2004
ONE PLATFORM ONE PRODUCT

Open integration and application platform that enables change!
SAP NetWeaver
PEOPLE INTEGRATION
1 Platform Synchronized release dates 1 Foundation Web AS 6.40 1 Package Coherent installation and maintenance process 1 Set of scenarios Integrated components All Apps Business Suite, partner solutions and xApps developed on NetWeaver
Multi channel access Composite Application Framework Portal Collaboration
INFORMATION INTEGRATION
Life Cycle Mgmt
Bus. Intelligence Master Data Mgmt
Knowledge Mgmt
PROCESS INTEGRATION
Integration Broker
Business Process Mgmt
APPLICATION PLATFORM
J2EE
ABAP
DB and OS Abstraction
Release Roadmap SAP NetWeaver

SAP NetWeaver BPP release (major release)
SAP NetWeaver 2004 (major release)
SAP NetWeaver 2004s (minor release)
mySAP Business Suite edition of SAP NetWeaver 2004 Delivering on specific needs of mySAP and xApps solutions built on top Recommended only for customers requiring it in application implementation project (e.g. SAP ERP 2005)
Some customers may request it due to specific enhancements in certain functional areas 2004
2005
2006
DB and OS Abstraction Freedom of Choice Potential to Grow
Wide Scalability and Adaptability

Open integration and application platform that enables change!
SAP NetWeaver
PEOPLE INTEGRATION
Multiple Hardware architectures Multiple Operating Systems Multiple DBMS Multiple Browsers
Multi channel access Composite Application Framework Portal Collaboration
INFORMATION INTEGRATION
Life Cycle Mgmt
Bus. Intelligence Master Data Mgmt
Knowledge Mgmt
PROCESS INTEGRATION
One application abstraction layer

Open SQL Web Dynpro Enterprise Services Architecture
Integration Broker
Business Process Mgmt
APPLICATION PLATFORM
J2EE
ABAP
DB and OS Abstraction
IT Scenarios and Usage Types in the IT Landscape

Enterprise Reporting, Query & Analysis Enabling User Collaboration reflected in
NetWeaver Master Guide Landscape Guide
IT Scenarios require
NetWeaver Usage Types active on NetWeaver Systems
BI AS-ABAP
PI AS-Java
BI-Java EP AS-Java
Installation Guides/Tools Configuration Guides/Tools Admin Guides/Tools
NetWeaver System
NetWeaver System
Usage Types
allow to install, deploy and configure SAP NetWeaver, enabling customers to run IT and business scenarios determine the intended purpose of a system determine the role which a system plays in a given (distributed) scenario
Usage Types with SAP NetWeaver 2004s
Usage Type
BI BI-Java DI MI EP
Required stacks
ABAP Java Java ABAP+Java Java
Long name
Business Intelligence BI Java Components (require Enterprise Portal on the same System) Development Infrastructure Mobile Infrastructure Enterprise Portal including Knowledge Management & Collaboration) Process Integration (Exchange infrastructure, BPM) Application Server ABAP Application Server Java
PI AS-ABAP AS-Java
ABAP+Java ABAP Java
64 bit Addressing
Goal
Leverage new features of emerging hardware / operating systems for solutions Example: Leverage performance benefits of large main memory and 64 bit addressing
Strategy
Provide abstraction layer via SAP Web Application Server Work with hardware and OS partners to provide 64 bit support for all infrastructure combinations Leverage 64 bit address spaces for all SAP NetWeaver components and services as appropriate
Status
64 bit support has become mainstream for all Unix system some time ago 64 bit support now available for all operating systems (including Windows and Linux) 64 bit support for Java becoming available with JDK 1.4.x New 64 bit chips (AMD Opteron, Intel EM64T) rapidly replacing 32 bit chips
Unicode Strategy
Goal:
Be able to serve multiple communities with multiple languages in one system Provide seamless interoperability on a world-wide basis
Strategy
Standardize on one worldwide unified set of character representations Unicode
Status
All SAP offerings are Unicode-enabled and can run in Unicode mode Non-Unicode R/3 systems with multiple codepage support (MDMP) have some serious restrictions New SAP offerings will only be offered based on Unicode Tools are ready for conversion from non-Unicode systems to Unicode systems
SPC202 Conversion of SAP Systems to Unicode, Lecture 2h SPC250 Making Programs Unicode Enabled, Hands-On 2h SPC251 Unicode Interfaces Data Exchange Between Unicode and NonUnicode Systems, Hands-On 2h
What is Unicode?
Unicode is a Character encoding schema containing (almost) all characters used world wide
Sick of Code Page Issues and Possible Data Loss?

Only Unicode systems can display all data of multiple languages concurrently! Only Unicode systems can completely avoid corruption or loss of data
West European View Japanese View Korean View Unicode View
Versions of Unicode
SAP supports the latest Unicode version
Surrogates introduced
added Characters count
100.000 80.000 60.000 40.000 20.000 0
1 .0
1 .1 2.0 2.1 3.0 3.1 3.2 4.0 4.1
5.0 is coming 1991

1996
2001
2004
2006
Representation of Unicode Characters

UTF-16 Unicode Transformation Format, 16 bit encoding
Fixed length, 1 character = 2 Bytes* Platform dependent byte order 2 byte alignment restriction
Surrogates 4 Bytes
UTF-8 Unicode Transformation Format, 8 bit encoding

Variable length, 1 character = 1...4 bytes Platform independent no alignment restriction Character Unicode Char. ID U+0061 U+00E4 U+03B1 U+3479
* Surrogates require 4 Bytes
UTF-16 big endian 00 61 00 E4 03 B1 34 79
UTF-16 little endian 61 00 E4 00 B1 03 79 34
UTF-8 61 C3 A4 CE B1 E3 91 B9
Hardware Requirements Overview

Unicode systems need some more main memory and disk space. But: compare minimal additional hardware cost vs system complexity.
CPU
+30% depending on existing scenario (MDMP, double byte)
RAM
+50% Application Servers are based on UTF-16 internally
Database size
UTF-8 : +/- 10% (max.) UTF-16 : +30..60% (max.)
Network Load
UTF-8 almost no change due to efficient compression
based on parallel benchmarking of Unicode / non-Unicode systems
FF4
Unicode printing
Printing with single code page printers is possible with natural restrictions. Unicode printers are available (Lexmark, HP, etc) Cascading fonts printing solution available:
On
windows driver (SAPlpd). and PostScript solutions are in the queue.
PCL
Slide 18 FF4
Fritz; 09.07.2005
Restrictions for using non-UC printers still not clear
Cascading Fonts (The Principle)

No need to enhance/translate Smart Forms No need to replace the printers for Unicode printing
Helve
CNSONG
From Munich (Mnchen) to Shanghai ()

When the whole string is written in one font, e.g Helve, "" cannot be displayed correctly. In order to display "" correctly, switching into one of the Asian fonts is required.
mySAP Business Suite Unicode Availability

SAP KW 7.0 SAP Mobile Infrastructure 3.0 (NW05)
For all Web AS based solutions: Pilot projects for 1.) Arabic Printing and 2.) conversions of large databases (> 1 TB) with short downtime
mySAP PLM
SAP SRM 4.0 Unicode version is in unrestricted shipment
mySAP SRM
mySAP ERP
Financials Human Resources Corporate Services Operations
SAP CRM 4.0
mySAP CRM
Unicode version is in unrestricted shipment SAP R/3 Enterprise Ext. Set 2.00 Unicode version is in unrestricted shipment mySAP ERP Unicode version is in unrestricted shipment
SAP SCM 4.x Unicode version is in unrestricted shipment
mySAP SCM SAP NetWeaver
All availability dates and release schedules based on SAP internal planning. Relevant OSS notes: 79991, 540911
SAP BW 3.5
Unicode version is in unrestricted shipment
SAP XI 2.0, EP 6.0, SAP MDM 2.0, -> Unicode versions only
Unicode Conversion at a Glance

Unicode conversion tools services are ready for prime time! Sequence: First upgrade, then conversion to Unicode
Preparation
Conversion
Post-Conversion
Set up the Unicode conversion project Check prerequisites Data analysis for downtime minimization special MDMP treatment Enabling of customer developments
Highly automated System will be down during database conversion Unload / reload process for small databases Minimum downtime tool for large databases
Unicode system is up and running Verification of data consistency Integration testing focused on language handling
SAPs High Availability Strategy

SAPs High Availability scope:
Business Applications
1. Integration and application platform (SAP NetWeaver) 2. business applications (and related components)
Partner Solutions
Database
Infrastructure components
DB OS server storage network: HA solutions to be delivered by partners
OS
Server
Unplanned downtime: eliminate Single Points Of Failure for

Business applications (components) Databases Operating systems Server Storage Network
Storage
Network
Planned downtime: decrease downtime with smart software logistics

High Availability: Customer Expectations

Goal: Ensure / improve High availability of systems, scenarios, landscapes Customers need different HA levels at different cost
Minimized unplanned downtime of systems and service Minimized planned downtime of systems and services
Needs
additional hardware for switchover time
Further reduced unplanned downtime by protection of remaining single points of failure (SPOFs)
Needs
additional (expensive) failover infrastructure (Hardware, OS, file systems ..) redundancy of systems, permanent synchronization efforts etc.
Enable continuous availability on service / landscape level

Needs
End-to-end HA solution is provided by SAP together with partners

Infrastructure partners: OS, DB, file system, network .. SAP: software & documentation & services
Additional cost and risk of High Availability measures are minimized

Standardized and validated installation and upgrade procedures Selective protection of critical resources only must be possible SPC203 High Availability for Solutions Based on SAP NetWeaver 04, Lecture 2h
Roadmap for HA of Systems and Landscapes

Level System protection possible (with some workarounds) HA setup possible for whole NetWeaver stack, not destroyed by regular maintenance System Online backup possible Significant reduction of downtime for support packages Information available (documentation, notes, how-to guides ) System protection possible with lower TCO overhead HA setups with reduced cost and effort Symmetric HA setup for AS-ABAP and AS-JAVA Heterogeneous setup possible expensive hardware only for protected services (Message & Enqueue service) Reuse of failover cluster hardware for multiple systems (Work in progress for Windows) Quality management and guidance for HA setups of SAP NetWeaver platform System protection possible with improved HA maturity Consolidated API (monitoring + admin) for vendor failover cluster management Ongoing monitoring and improvement of HA KPIs All Single Points of Failure (SPOFs) secured, new SPOFs avoided All virtual IP addresses / virtual hostnames centrally configurable Extend HA capabilities for whole IT scenarios (span over different systems)
Target timeframe NetWeaver 2004
NetWeaver 2004s
2006
NetWeaver 2004s Recommended HA Setup, Dual Stack ABAP + Java

2 switch-over groups
Add-In Central Instance
ICM ABAP Dispatcher Work Work Work Process Process Process Gateway Java Dispatcher Java Java Server Server Server Process Process Process SDM
1 or 2 switchoverenvironments
Dialog instance
Dialog instance
ABAP
Java
IGS
Separation of central instance and central services Dual stack central instance installed outside the switchover environment
ASCS Instance
ENQ Server (ABAP) MSG Server (ABAP)
JSCS Instance
ENQ Server (Java) MSG Server (Java)
ASCS Instance
ENQ Server (ABAP) MSG Server (ABAP)
JSCS Instance
ENQ Server (Java) MSG Server (Java)
ABAP and Java Central services (Enqueue & Message services) within own switch-over group Database in separate switchover-group (same host or different host)
Database Processes
Database Processes
Database ABAP Schema Java Schema

Heterogeneous Systems and Landscapes

Strategy
SAP works towards support of heterogeneous configurations of application servers and database servers
Rules
Database server and application servers can be on different operating systems Central services can be on different operating systems than dialog servers
Restrictions
No automatic Installation procedure so far Upgrade procedure works also for heterogeneous systems (some manual steps required)
Status
Tests are planned for NetWeaver 2004s
SAP NetWeaver 2004s Platform Availability

Same OS/DB platform support for all NetWeaver usage types
In particular: Complete platform support for Enterprise Portal!
Platform availability continuously extended during Ramp-up

Depending on availability of database versions etc. (Details on next slide)
This information represents a snapshot only

The actual information is always found on the SAP Service Marketplace at:
http://service.sap.com/~sapidb/011000358700001936242005E or
http://service.sap.com/nw2004s
-> Product Availability Matrix -> SAP NetWeaver 2004s PAM
OS/DB Product Availability Matrix For NW 2004s

Windows (*9)
Planned
AIX 5.2, 5.3 64bit
HP-UX 11.11, 11.23 on PA-RISC 64bit 11.23 on IA64 64bit
Solaris 9, 10 on SPARC 64bit
Linux SUSE SLES9, RedHat EL 4, Red Flag on (SLES9 only on zSeries 64bit x86_64 64bit Power 64bit IA32 32bit IA64 64bit
OS/400 V5R3 64bit
z/OS
TRU64
Server 2003 on x64 64bit (*7)
Server 2003 on IA32 32bit
1.6 64bit
Not available for Ramp-Up Not supported
32-/64-Bit Unicode Oracle 10.2 (*4) SQL Server 2000 SQL Server 2005 (*6) DB2/UDB 8 MaxDB 7.6 DB2/400 V5R3 (*5) DB2/zOS V8 Informix
Note: PI-PCKs do run on the same platforms as PI Platform coverage of IGS is identical to Web AS
32 NW DB NW DB NW DB NW DB NW DB NW NW (*8) -
64 NW DB NW DB NW DB NW DB NW DB -
64 NW DB (*3) NW DB NW DB NW DB NW DB NW NW -
64 NW DB NW DB NW DB NW -
64 NW DB NW DB NW DB -
32 NU NW DB NW DB NW DB -
64 NW DB NW DB NW DB NW -
64 NW DB NW DB NW DB NW NW DB HA NU x64
64 NW -
64 NW DB -
64 HA(*1) DB -
Legend:
(*1) see SAP note 821904 (*2) Client only (*3) Depending on Oracle availablity (*4) Ramp-Up starts with 10.1. After availability of 10.2 upgrade required. For DoubleByte code pages see SAP note 858869. Oracle 10.2 planned for Q1 2006 (*5) NetWeaver 2004s delayed until SP05, End of November 2005. Business Suite planned for January 2006, (*6) Depending on GA. Planned for Q1 2006 (*7) Within Ramp-Up only ABAP available (*8) Process Integration (PI) not available (*9) english version only
The whole SAP NetWeaver stack Database Server High Available Solution only Non-Unicode only. Empty cells: Unicode and Non-unicode X64 and x86_64 represent the same hardware
SAP NetWeaver 2004s PAM: Additional Components

Planned availability: X Planned UR Starting with Unrestricted Shipment (*) Needed for SAP KW only (*2) 32-bit only (*3) Either on MaxDB 7.5 or SAPDB 7.3 (*4) Intel Xeon 64bit supported only (*5) Client only (*6) No Red Hat EL 3 support Platform combination not supported
Windows Red Hat EL 3,4 on IA64 64bit
Linux Suse SLES 9 on zSeries 64bit Suse SLES 9 on x86_64 64bit Red Hat EL 4 on x86_64 64bit Suse SLES 9 on Power 64bit
AIX
HP-UX
Solaris OS/400
Red Hat EL 4 on Power 64bit
Suse SLES 9 on IA64 64bit
Suse SLES 9 on IA32 32bit
Red Hat EL 4 on IA32 32bit
Server 2003 on x64 64bit
11.11 on PA-RISC 64bit
11.23 on PA-RISC 64bit
11.23 on IA64 64bit
10 on SPARC 64bit
X X X
32-/64-Bit 32 64 64 32 32 64 64 64 64 64 64 64 64 64 64 64 Adobe Document Services (*2) x x x x High Performance Analytics x (*4) SAP liveCache x (*5) x x x (*5)x (*5) x x (*6) x x x x x (*5) x x x x TREX 7.0 (*2) x x UR UR UR UR Redwood Cronacle Proc. Srv X X X X X X X X X JCo X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X SAP Content Server 6.30 (*3) X X X X X X X X
Optional 3rd party components for SAP BI (OEM/reselling) TeaLeaf: Available on Windows 2000/2003 32-bit ESRI: Available on Windows 2000/XP Crystal: Available on Windows 2000, AIX 5.1/5.2, Solaris 8/9
64 64 64
64
x x
X X
x x UR
X X X X
SAP BI SAP BI Precalculation Service available on Windows only. TREX is optional Redwood Explorer 6.0 Available on Windows 2000 SAP PI: J2SE based adapters on all SAP PI platforms. IPC: Performance degredation with SAP Java technology
OS/400 V5R3 64bit
9 on SPARC 64bit
5.2, 5.3 64bit
5.1 64bit
DBMS Update - Overview

Update regarding DBMS releases and SAP releases
Oracle Microsoft SQL Server IBM DB2 MaxDB
Special topics
Informix transition IBM DB2 UDB for Unix and Windows offerings
Oracle Overview
Web AS 6.40 NetWeaver 2004 mySAP ERP 2004 et Supported Pilot support Business Suite 2005 NetWeaver 2004s (ff) Not planned Not supported
Support by Oracle until
R/3 up to 4.5
R/3 4.6
Web AS 6.20 based applications
Oracle 9.2 Oracle 9.2 RAC Oracle 10g Oracle 10g RAC
Legend Planned Supported
June 2007 June 2007
Supported Not supported Not supported Not supported
Supported Not supported Planned (Q1 2006) Not supported
Supported Pilot support
5+n years per version 5+n years per version

Meaning
Planned (Q1 2006)
Planned (Q4 2005)
Supported
tbd
tbd
Planned
Not available yet, but planned (Almost) Available already or with firm plans
Please note that this document is subject to change and may be changed by SAP at any time without notice. The document is not intended to be binding upon SAP to any particular course of business, product strategy and/or development.
SAP AG 2005, / 33
Oracle Real Application Cluster (RAC) Status

Operating System Sun Solaris HP-UX IBM AIX Linux 32 bit Status Controlled Availability phase Pilot phase Controlled Availability phase planned in Q4/2005 Controlled Availability phase SLES8: Pilot phase; Controlled Availability phase planned for Q3/2005 Red Hat: Controlled Availability phase Windows 32 bit Tru64 Controlled Availability phase Controlled Availability phase (only for NetWeaver 2004)
Current status in OSS Note 527843 Technical White Paper: http://service.sap.com/dbaora -> Media Library -> Oracle RAC
IBM DB2 UDB for Windows and Unix (DB2/UDB)

Web AS 6.40 NetWeaver 2004 mySAP ERP 2004 etc Supported Business Suite 2005 NetWeaver 2004s
Support by IBM until
R/3 up to 4.5
R/3 4.6
V8
tbd
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
SAP on DB2 UDB Community

Private Initiative: www.sap-db2.de Feedback at feedback.db6@sap.com
SAP and IBM Partnership on DB2/UDB

SAP and IBM work jointly from product definition to service
Joint SAP+IBM development team located in Walldorf New: Joint product definition of DB2 optimized for SAP deliverables Joint SAP and IBM Integration Center works on product integration, QA and service
Extremely well working partnership since 1993

Regular, bi-yearly development meetings with DB2 development Weekly management calls Quarterly executive reviews
SAP Walldorf IBM Bblingen Lab
IBM Toronto Lab
DB2/UDB Optimized for SAP - Status and Vision

IBM and SAP working jointly on optimizing DB2 for SAP
Joint IBM and SAP product planning for DB2/UDB Executing towards the vision of an "invisible database" with unlimited scalability DB2 Saturn V8.2.2 : First optimized DB2/UDB version specifically designed usage for SAP:
Database Administration Business Suite 2005 Enablement Autoextend DMS tablespaces Robust and silent install (Windows) Automatic Storage SQL for some CLP Commands Uniform Page Size Tablefunction for History file Registry setting: DB2_WORKLOAD=SAP (*) MDC Rollout (*) enhanced MDC Insert (*) Supportability Complete Deadlock Analysis (*) Concurrency Evaluate Uncommitted - Stage 2 Service Tool for Optimizer Problems (*) Optimizer Guidelines Skip Inserted Index Heuristic
(*) Items in bold red are unique DB2 features and not available with any other database supported by SAP
The next DB2/UDB release optimized for SAP is targeted for 2006. Series of major technology steps will follow.
IBM DB2 UDB for OS/390 and z/OS

Web AS 6.40 NetWeaver 2004 mySAP ERP 2004 etc Supported 1) 2) Supported Business Suite 2005 NetWeaver 2004s Not supported Supported
R/3 up to 4.5
R/3 4.6
V 7.1
tbd
Supported
Supported
Supported 1) Supported
V 8.1 Remarks 1) 2)
tbd
Supported
Supported
No Unicode support with V 7.1 for ABAP applications Introduction of DRDA (DB2Connect) with DB2 V8 for ABAP VM Migration from ICLI to DRDA protocol with SAP NetWeaver 04

DRDA = Distributed Relational Database Architecture ICLI = Integrated call level interface
IBM DB2 UDB for iSeries

Web AS 6.20 based applications 2) V5R1 September 2005 tbd tbd Supported Supported Supported 3) Web AS 6.40 NetWeaver 2004 mySAP ERP 2004 etc 2) Not supported Business Suite 2005 NetWeaver 2004s Not supported Not supported Supported
R/3 up to 4.5
R/3 4.6 1)
V5R2 V5R3
Supported Supported
Supported Supported
Supported Supported
Supported Supported
Remarks 1) 2) 3) SAP and IBM decided to standardize on the GLS (ASCII) Solution of mySAP.com on iSeries R/3 Rel 4.6 is the release for conversion from EBCDIC to ASCII ASCII support only Not supported with 6.40 downward compatible SAP Kernel
Microsoft SQL Server

Web AS 6.40 NetWeaver 2004 mySAP ERP 2004 etc Supported Business Suite 2005 NetWeaver 2004s Not supported Supported Supported
Support by MS until
R/3 up to 4.5
R/3 4.6
SQL 2000 / Win 2000 SQL 2000 / Win 2003 SQL 2005 / Win 2003
December 2007 December 2007 tbd
Supported Supported 1) Not supported
Supported
Supported
Supported Planned 2)
Remarks 1) 2) Not supported for 3.1I Q4 2005
Informix
Web AS 6.40 NetWeaver 2004 mySAP ERP 2004 BW 3.5 Not supported Business Suite 2005 NetWeaver 2004s Not supported Not supported Not supported Not supported
R/3 up to 4.5
R/3 4.6
7.31
March 2006
Supported Not supported Not supported Not supported
Supported
Not supported
9.30 9.40 9.50 Remarks 1)
April 2005 15th April 2006 n/a
Supported Supported Planned
Supported Supported Planned
Not supported Supported 1) Planned 1)
ABAP only, no Unicode support, no support for new NetWeaver components like EP, XI, MI, MDM Java stack requires DB2 or Max DB as secondary DBMS
SAP DB / MaxDB
Support by SAP resp mySQL until R/3 up to 4.5 R/3 4.6 Web AS 6.20 based applications Web AS 6.40 NetWeaver 2004 mySAP ERP 2004 BW 3.5 Not supported Not supported Supported Supported Business Suite 2005 NetWeaver 2004s Not supported Not supported Not supported Supported
SAP DB 7.3
Not yet announced (*) Not yet announced Not yet announced
Supported
Supported
Supported
SAP DB 7.4 MaxDB 7.5 MaxDB 7.6
Supported Supported Not supported
Supported Supported Supported
(*) MaxDB 7.4.02: As long as APO 3.1 is supported.

MaxDB 7.4.03 for OLTP: End of 2005, but supported for liveCache as long as SCM/APO 4.0 migration to 7.5 not fully reliable
SPC100 MaxDB The Professional Database, Lecture 1h SPC150 Managing LiveCache, Hands-On 2h SPC151 Managing MaxDB, Hands-On 2h
MaxDB SAPs Professional Database

Selecting a DBMS is a tactical decision MaxDB
is an enterprise-class low-cost DBMS offers a competitive feature set and performance level automates most DBA activities which means minimal TCO is owned, licensed and supported by SAP is fit for the job and tuned for SAP applications meanwhile MaxDB technology counts 10.000+ installations means one-stop shopping: Enterprise class database technology from SAP for SAP More SAP application value (SAV) for the same money
SAPs Commitment to MaxDB

SAP needs a low-cost alternative to other DBMS offerings MaxDB is SAPs strategic DBMS offering:
Part of SAPs technology stack Runs nearly all SAP applications Bundled e.g. with SAP NetWeaver
Ongoing SAP investment into the development of MaxDB Optimized and extended for SAP requirements
E.g. SAP liveCache Technology
OS Key Topics
Update regarding OS releases and SAP releases
In general: OS / DBMS coverage will be driven by market demand and partner support JVMs have introduced a new dimension of dependency and complexity 64 bit support for Windows and Linux Number of Linux distributions still growing, but standardization in sight (LSB)
SAP develops on reference platforms

Windows 2003 / x64, restrictions so far Linux 64 bit
Special topic
TRU64 end-of-life
Windows on x64
Update regarding OS releases and SAP releases
In general: OS / DBMS coverage will be driven by market demand and partner support Planned availability for ABAP:
Installation/Upgrade of SCM 5.0 Full installation of NW `04 SR1, ERP 2004 SR1, SRM 4.0 SR1, SCM 4.1, R3Ex2.0 SR1, CRM 4.0 SR1, and Full installation of ERP 2005, SRM 5.0, CRM 5.0 Full installation of NW 2004s Application Server 6.40 for all 6.10/6.20/6.40 product versions only (heterogeneous environment)
today
24.10.05
Q4 2005
End 05/Q1 06
Microsoft Windows
Support by MS R/3 until up to 4.5 Win 2000/IA32 32 bit Win 2003/IA32 32 bit Win 2003/x64 64 bit Win 2003/IA-64 64 bit R/3 4.6 Web AS 6.20 based applications
Supported Supported
Web AS 6.40 NetWeaver 2004 mySAP ERP 2004 etc

Supported Supported
Business Suite 2005 NetWeaver 2004s

Not supported Supported
March 2007 June 2010
Supported Supported 1) Planned 3)
Supported Supported
June 2010
Planned 3)
Planned 4) 5) Supported 2)
Supported 4) 6) Supported 2)
Supported
June 2010
Not supported
Supported
Supported
Remarks 1) supported for all SAP systems from R/3 4.0B onwards 2) Restrictions for some Java applications, e.g., SAP EP 3) 32-bit only 4) 64-bit only 5) With 6.40 Downard Compatible Kernel only 6) ABAP only
Linux
Support by R/3 up to 4.5 distributor until R/3 4.6 Web AS 6.20 based applications Web AS 6.40 NetWeaver 2004 mySAP ERP 2004 etc Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported Planned Planned Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported
Business Suite 2005 NetWeaver

2004s Not supported Supported Not Supported Supported Not supported Supported Supported Supported Supported Not supported Supported Supported
IA32
SUSE SLES 8 32bit SUSE SLES 9 32bit Red Hat EL 3.0 32bit Red Hat EL 4.0 32bit
November 2007 Supported 1) August 2009 October 2010 February 2012 August 2009 February 2012 August 2009 February 2012 August 2009 August 2009 Planned 1, 2) Supported 1) Not supported Not supported Not supported Not supported Not supported Not supported Not supported
Supported Supported 1, 2) Supported Planned 1, 2) Not supported Planned 2) Planned 2) Supported 4) Supported 4) Not supported Supported 1, 2) Not supported
Supported Supported 3) Supported Supported 3) Supported Planned Planned Supported Supported Supported Supported 3) Supported
IA64
SUSE SLES 8 64bit SUSE SLES 9 64bit Red Hat 4 64bit
November 2007 Not supported
X86_64
SUSE SLES 9 64bit Red Hat EL 4 64bit
zSeries Power
SUSE SLES 8 64bit SUSE SLES 9 64bit SUSE SLES9 64bit
November 2007 Not supported
Remarks 1) Not supported for SAP R/3 Re. 3.1I SPC207 The 64bit Future is Here mySAP Solutions 2) Only for _EXT kernel versions for Linux, Lecture 1h 3) Only with 6.40 kernel 4) Fully supported with existing 32bit-4.6D_EXT Kernel. A special 64bit SAP-Kernel wont be made available
Unix Systems
Support by vendor until R/3 up to 4.5 R/3 4.6 Web AS 6.20 Web AS 6.40 based NetWeaver applications 2004 mySAP ERP 2004 etc Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported
Business Suite 2005 NetWeaver

2004s Not supported Supported Supported Not supported Supported Supported Not supported Supported Supported Not supported
AIX 5.1 64bit AIX 5.2 64bit AIX 5.3 64bit HP/UX 11.0/PA-RISC 64bit HP/UX 11.11, 11.23/PARISC 64bit HP/UX 11.23/IA64 64bit Solaris 8/SPARC 64bit Solaris 9/SPARC 64bit Solaris 10/SPARC 64bit Tru64 5.1B 64bit
April 2006 August 2007 June 2011 December 2006 December 2013 December 2013 December 2007 December 2008 December 2009 December 2009
Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported Not supported Supported Supported Not Supported Supported
Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported 1) Supported Supported Supported Supported
Remarks 1) Supported for Informix only

Additional IBM Operating System z/OS

Support by R/3 up to 4.5 vendor until R/3 4.6 Web AS 6.20 based applications Web AS 6.40 Business Suite NetWeaver 2004 2005 mySAP ERP 2004 etc NetWeaver 2004s Not supported Not supported Supported Supported Supported Supported 2) Supported Not supported Supported 1) Not supported Not supported Not Supported 3)
OS/400 V5R1 64bit OS/400 V5R2 64bit OS/400 V5R3 64bit z/OS 1.4 32bit z/OS 1.5 32bit z/OS 1.6 64bit
September 2005 tbd tbd
Supported Supported Supported Supported
Supported 4) Supported Supported Supported Supported Not supported
March 2007 Supported
March 2007 Not supported Not supported End 2008 Not supported Not supported
Remarks 1) V5R3 required for IPV6 support, table partitioning, PASE support 2) Restrictions: Several new SAP NetWeaver components and services wont be available (e.g. Portal, Adobe Document Service, Unicode support, Web AS Java..). 3) High availability with Central Services only 4) Not supported with 6.40 downward compatible SAP Kernel
Automatically Generated Product Availability Matrix (1)

In http://service.sap.com/platforms
PPT PAM (manually generated)
Summary
SAP has extended the computing infrastructure strategy from SAP Web AS to the whole SAP NetWeaver platform The platform availability has significantly increased for many components of SAP NetWeaver
Especially for Enterprise Portal
SAP makes technology features available to existing solutions in a transparent way

64 bit addressing, high availability and many more

SAP supports important new / upcoming infrastructure combinations Platform information readily available in SAP Service Marketplace
Further Information
Public Web:
www.sap.com SAP Customer Services Network: www.sap.com/services
Related SAP Education Training Opportunities

http://www.sap.com/education/
Related Workshops/Lectures at SAP TechEd 2005

SPC100, MaxDB The Professional Database, Lecture 1h SPC150, Managing LiveCache, Hands-On 2h SPC151, Managing MaxDB, Hands-On 2h SPC200, Adaptive Computing and Enterprise Grid Computing with SAP NetWeaver, Lecture 2h SPC201, Computing Infrastructure Strategy, Lecture 1h SPC202, Conversion of SAP Systems to Unicode, Lecture 2h SPC203, High Availability for Solutions Based on SAP NetWeaver `04, Lecture 2h SPC207, The 64bit Future is Here mySAP Solutions for Linux, Lecture 1h SPC250, Making Programs Uniocde Enabled, Hands-On 2h SPC251, Unicode Interfaces Data Exchange Between Unicode and Non-Unicode Systems, Hands-On 2h
References
http://service.sap.com/Unicode http://service.sap.com/Unicode@SAP http://service.sap.com/platforms http://service.sap.com/linux http://service.sap.com/ha http://service.sap.com/maxdb http://service.sap.com/grid http://service.sap.com/adaptive Questions? Mail to globalization@sap.com for all DB/OS Information for Linux for High Availability for MaxDB for SAP Enterprise Grid Computing for Adaptive Computing
Look for SAP TechEd 05 presentations and videos on the SAP Developer Network. Coming in December. http://www.sdn.sap.com/
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SPC201:

Computing Infrastructure Strategy

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As a result of this lecture, you will be able to:

and database management system

Computing Infrastructure Track Overview

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SAP NetWeaver 2004

ONE PLATFORM ONE PRODUCT

Multi channel access Composite Application Framework Portal Collaboration

Life Cycle Mgmt

Bus. Intelligence Master Data Mgmt

Business Process Mgmt

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Release Roadmap SAP NetWeaver

SAP NetWeaver 2004 (major release)

SAP NetWeaver 2004s (minor release)

DB and OS Abstraction Freedom of Choice Potential to Grow

Wide Scalability and Adaptability

Multi channel access Composite Application Framework Portal Collaboration

Life Cycle Mgmt

Bus. Intelligence Master Data Mgmt

One application abstraction layer

Business Process Mgmt

SAP AG 2005, SAP TechEd / SPC201 / 8

IT Scenarios and Usage Types in the IT Landscape

NetWeaver Usage Types active on NetWeaver Systems

Installation Guides/Tools Configuration Guides/Tools Admin Guides/Tools

Usage Types with SAP NetWeaver 2004s

ABAP+Java ABAP Java

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Sick of Code Page Issues and Possible Data Loss?

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added Characters count

100.000 80.000 60.000 40.000 20.000 0

1 .1 2.0 2.1 3.0 3.1 3.2 4.0 4.1

5.0 is coming 1991

Representation of Unicode Characters

UTF-8 Unicode Transformation Format, 8 bit encoding

UTF-16 big endian 00 61 00 E4 03 B1 34 79

UTF-16 little endian 61 00 E4 00 B1 03 79 34

Hardware Requirements Overview

based on parallel benchmarking of Unicode / non-Unicode systems

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windows driver (SAPlpd). and PostScript solutions are in the queue.

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Restrictions for using non-UC printers still not clear

Cascading Fonts (The Principle)

From Munich (Mnchen) to Shanghai ()

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mySAP Business Suite Unicode Availability

SAP CRM 4.0

SAP SCM 4.x Unicode version is in unrestricted shipment

mySAP SCM SAP NetWeaver

Unicode version is in unrestricted shipment

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Unicode Conversion at a Glance

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SAPs High Availability Strategy

Unplanned downtime: eliminate Single Points Of Failure for

Planned downtime: decrease downtime with smart software logistics

High Availability: Customer Expectations