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The Next Generation SAP Data Center
Christoph Reisbeck Director Global SAP Alliances VMware Global, Inc.
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World’s leading provider of virtualization solutions
VMware: Who We Are World’s leading provider of virtualization solutions 120,000+ customers worldwide All sizes and industries; 100% of Fortune 100 Vision: transform computing through virtualization Products: reliable, award-winning, most-deployed Analysts: up to 5-year technology lead
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Contents SAP and VMware Infrastructure Use Cases for SAP
Customer Examples Deployment Guidelines Summary What does this broad support for virtualization mean for the customer? It means greater innovation – if the resources of many companies are harnessed to develop and optimize solutions for virtualization It means that adoption barriers are disappearing fast. And means that virtualization will be pervasive in only a few years time. 3
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Key IT Obstacles What’s Increasing What’s Decreasing Complexity
1990 1997 2007 # components Numbers of components which need to be procured, provisioned, managed, secured, etc. Complexity 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 1980 1990 2007 Server utilization rates* Efficiency Pressures Resources Comply with security and regulatory requirements Do more with less Less able to add new functionality or improve IT service levels *Source: IBM Scorpion, VMware
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Typical Utilization is <15%
Operational Cost Challenges Typical Utilization is <15% One Application = One Server 5
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The Solution: Virtualization
“Enterprise SOA with SAP NetWeaver and Virtualization from VMware deliver the most flexible, reliable and cost effective business agility solution for the customers’ business needs today.” Roland Wartenberg Chief Virtualization Strategist SAP Labs, Palo Alto Christoph: “Roland, one of the most important strategic IT investment areas these days is Virtualization in all kinds of forms. Many Analysts are updating their positive quotes on expected adoption rates to even more positive ones. SAP itself has done significant investments in the area of virtualization and you are one of the drivers behind it. Please could you elaborate a little bit about SAPs virtualization activities? Roland: “SAP has started a significant investment towards virtualization. [elaborate]
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Hypervisor (ESX Server)
The Solution: Virtualization VMware decouples software from hardware. SAP Operating System Operating System Hypervisor (ESX Server)
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X Virtualization: Fundamentally Better Automated Resource Assurance
Increased Availability On Demand Capacity Non-disruptive Scaling Flexible, Reconfigurable Dynamic Balancing Continuous Optimization No stop and restart of SAP applications Automated Across Applications And across SAP deployments X
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From Consolidation to Strategic Architecture
Software Lifecycle Provisioning Business Continuity Desktop Management Resource Management Service Level Management Change Management Application Availability VMware Infrastructure Consolidation & Containment
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SAPs SOA Strategy Process standardization and innovation on one platform. End-to-end solution operations processes, support, best practices & training. Continuous Innovation with Enhancement Packages ü New user experiences New functionality New enterprise services New NetWeaver capabilities, … SAP Business Suite SAP NetWeaver Composition SAP NetWeaver Composition SAP NetWeaver Composition other Web 3rd party custom built SRM PLM SCM ERP CRM legacy business partner other SAP NetWeaver Integration SAP NetWeaver Integration other VMware Infrastructure
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12-Dec-2007: SAP Support for VMware
[….] Christoph: “Roland, one of the most important strategic IT investment areas these days is Virtualization in all kinds of forms. Many Analysts are updating their positive quotes on expected adoption rates to even more positive ones. SAP itself has done significant investments in the area of virtualization and you are one of the drivers behind it. Please could you elaborate a little bit about SAPs virtualization activities? Roland: “SAP has started a significant investment towards virtualization. [elaborate] Production Support for Windows and Linux VMware now a SAP Global Technology Partner
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VMware and SAP VMware Virtualization Competency Center for SAP at AddOn premises in Walldorf Demos and Sales Presentations Trainings and Customer Seminars Virtualization Assessments and POCs VMware member in SAP Co-Innovation Lab in Palo Alto and Tokyo Development of SAP on VMware solutions VMware is member of SAPs Enterprise Virtualization Community VMware runs SAPs ‘Center of Excellence’ infrastructure in Walldorf
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SAP on VMware Training available
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VMware Solutions for SAP
Integration of VC into SAP ACC Presented as technical pre view during several presentations at SAP TechEd Las Vegas and Berlin VMware used for Demo deployments at SAP events Broad use within SAP Linux development VMware Virtual Appliances for SAP Solutions SAP NetWeaver CE SAP NetWeaver Test Drive on Linux SAP NetWeaver IDES on Linux Available for download from service.sap.com (S-User required)
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Application’s Performance Requirements
Powerful Enough for SAP Applications CURRENT 100,000 9 Gb/s 64 GB per VM 4 VCPUs FUTURE 200,000+ 40 Gb/s 256 GB per VM 8 VCPUs PAST CPU 1 to 2 CPUs Memory < 4 MB at peak % of Applications Network < 300 Kb/s IOPS < 100 at peak Application’s Performance Requirements
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Evolution of VI Performance for Large Apps
100% Mission Critical Apps ESX 2.x VI 3.0 20-30% Overhead 2-way SMP Scaling 16 GB VM RAM 16 core support 64GB Phys RAM 800mbits Gen-1 HW Virt VI 3.5 10-20% Overhead 4-way VSMP Scaling 64-bit OS Support 64GB VM RAM 64 core hosts 256GB Phys RAM 100,000 IOPS 9 Gigabits Gen-2 HW Virt Future 2-10% Overhead 8-way VSMP Scaling 256GB VM RAM 128 core scaling 512GBPhys RAM 200,000 IOPS 40 Gigabits 512 VMs 30-60% Overhead 2-way SMP 3.6 GB VM RAM 16 CPU support 4 CPU scaling 64GB Phys RAM <10,000 IOPS 380mbits max General Population Of Apps Ability to satisfy Performance Demands
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SAP and VMware: Support Status
Full support for Production Environments Windows and Linux SAP NetWeaver 7.0 and 7.1 (SAP Kernel 7.10) SAP NetWeaver 2004 (SAP Kernel 6.40) Lower SAP versions supportable during an SAP upgrade 32- / 64-bit SAP Systems 64-bit SAP systems are fully supported 32-bit SAP systems are supportable during an SAP upgrade All SAP certified Hardware is supported SAP removed requirement to certify servers specifically with VMware due to stability and performance Server certificates are no longer necessary
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The Dynamic SAP Datacenter
SAP ERP Resource Pool SAP BI Resource Pool Test & Dev Resource Pool SAP HR System SAP ERP Cluster SAP Business Intelligence SAP Test & Development Systems Virtual Machine Virtual Machine Virtual Machine Virtual Machine Virtual Machine Virtual Machine Virtual Machine SAP HR SAP ERP SAP ERP SAP CRM SAP BI Test & Dev Test & Dev Application Servers Application Servers Application Servers Application Servers Application Servers Application Servers Application Servers Windows 64 Bit SuSE Linux Red Hat Linux Windows 2003 Server Red Hat Linux 64 Bit Windows 64 Bit Windows 2000 Server VMware Infrastructure VMware® VMotion™ Technology VMware ESX Server VMware ESX Server Storage Network Servers
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Contents SAP and VMware Infrastructure Use Cases for SAP
Customer Examples Deployment Guidelines Summary What does this broad support for virtualization mean for the customer? It means greater innovation – if the resources of many companies are harnessed to develop and optimize solutions for virtualization It means that adoption barriers are disappearing fast. And means that virtualization will be pervasive in only a few years time. 19
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SAP Customer Pain Points
Expensive & Complex Business Continuity Solutions Time-Consuming SAP Upgrades High Operational Costs SAP Customer Pain Points Addressing Compliance
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Core VMware Use Cases For SAP Solutions
Consolidation and Containment Utilization & Serviceability SAP Upgrades and Fast Deployments Disaster Recovery High-Availability & Fault Tolerance [What is it?] VMware Infrastructure is the most widely deployed software suite for optimizing and managing IT environments through virtualization – from the desktop to the data center. Focus on the keywords: Suite Optimizing and managing From the desktop to the datacenter [What are the unique differentiators?]: VMware Infrastructure is the only production-ready virtualization suite Proven to deliver results at more than 20,000 customers of all sizes in the broadest range of use cases – development and testing, server consolidation and containment, disaster recovery and business continuity, enterprise desktop management, and rapid infrastructure provisioning. Fully optimized, rigorously tested and certified for the widest range of hardware, operating systems and software applications allowing for enterprise-wide standardization independent of operating systems and hardware. Delivering built-in management, distributed resource optimization, application availability, operational automation and security, unlike other products focused on single server partitioning.
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Use Case 1: Consolidation and Containment
Lower Cost of Ownership, lower management overhead ~5:1 consolidation ratio for SAP customers (numbers vary greatly) Fast kick-start of new projects – start before new hardware has arrived! [What is it?] VMware Infrastructure is the most widely deployed software suite for optimizing and managing IT environments through virtualization – from the desktop to the data center. Focus on the keywords: Suite Optimizing and managing From the desktop to the datacenter [What are the unique differentiators?]: VMware Infrastructure is the only production-ready virtualization suite Proven to deliver results at more than 20,000 customers of all sizes in the broadest range of use cases – development and testing, server consolidation and containment, disaster recovery and business continuity, enterprise desktop management, and rapid infrastructure provisioning. Fully optimized, rigorously tested and certified for the widest range of hardware, operating systems and software applications allowing for enterprise-wide standardization independent of operating systems and hardware. Delivering built-in management, distributed resource optimization, application availability, operational automation and security, unlike other products focused on single server partitioning.
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Servers, Storage, Networking
Use Case 1: Consolidation and Containment Aggregate collections of disparate hardware resources into unified logical resource pools Failed server mean less resources not a failed application Dedicated (virtual) infrastructure for each business unit; central IT retains control over hardware Delegation of resource and virtual machine management down to the business unit Management of an entire SOA application stack as a single entity Business Unit Department A Department B Resource Pool 2 Resource Pool 3 CPU 36GHz, Mem 58GB Priority HIGH CPU 12GHz, Mem 22GB Priority LOW Aggregate Resources CPU 48 GHz, Mem 80GB Servers, Storage, Networking
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Use Case 2: Increasing Utilization & Serviceability
VMotion vega7066 vega7066 SAP CI Oracle SAP CI Oracle SAP CI Oracle Windows Srvr 2003 Windows Srvr 2003 Windows Srvr 2003 SOURCE TARGET “saplicense –get” returns SAME hardware key! (License specific to the virtual machine, NOT to ESX Server SAP licenses per SAP user irrespective of underlying hardware. Hence, there are no license limitations
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Use Case 2: Increasing Utilization & Serviceability
Dynamic and intelligent allocation of hardware resources with VMware DRS to ensure optimal alignment between business and IT What is it? Dynamic balancing of computing resources across SAP resource pools Intelligent resource allocation based on pre-defined rules Business Demand Customer Impact Align SAP resources with business priorities Operational simplicity; dramatically increase system administrator productivity Add hardware dynamically to avoid over-provisioning to peak load Resource Pool
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Watch the Demonstration: Distributed Resource Scheduling
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Use Case 2: Increasing Utilization & Serviceability
Distributed Power Management (DPM) Reduce data center power consumption by having DRS consolidate loads during non-peak hours and powering down the inactive hosts The goal is to minimize total power consumption while still providing enough resource capacity to satisfy total resource demand, plus some user-specifiable amount of reserve capacity Provides customers with significant cost savings from reduced power consumption Business Demand Power Off Resource Pool
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Watch the Demonstration: Distributed Power Management
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Use Case 3: Upgrades and Fast Deployments
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Use Case 3: Upgrades and Fast Deployments
Faster SAP Upgrades with more time and opportunity for test runs Multiple snapshots can preserve VM status at different points in time Very fast reversion to previous points in time Schematic SAP Upgrade using virtualization: X Problem occurs/ Retest needed PREPARE A.vmdk Snapshots Stored in Virtual Disk UPTIME DOWNTIME POST KEY MESSAGE: SAP Hosting manages the SAP on SAP infrastructure globally and hosts more than 330 additional customers around the Globe in 5 main data centers. VMware virtualization is used partly in the SAP training department and gives them the flexibility to serve their customers faster and better e.g. to deploy and change training systems automatically on demand by the requesting training instructor. This led into an completely automated process which saves sgnificantly on labor costs.
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Use Case 3: Upgrades and Fast Deployments
Faster SAP Deployment through VMware Templates CREATE VM INSTALL GUEST OS (Windows Server) PATCH GUEST OS INSTALL SAP ECC 6.0 SID = TEM Create Template (in back- ground) Install SAP in VM DEPLOY VM FROM TEMPLATE (new hostname) RUN SAP SYSTEM COPY SID = DEV KEY MESSAGE: SAP Hosting manages the SAP on SAP infrastructure globally and hosts more than 330 additional customers around the Globe in 5 main data centers. VMware virtualization is used partly in the SAP training department and gives them the flexibility to serve their customers faster and better e.g. to deploy and change training systems automatically on demand by the requesting training instructor. This led into an completely automated process which saves sgnificantly on labor costs. Deploy new SAP System from Template
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Use Case 4: DR - Sources of downtime
Disasters .5% Flood, fire, earthquake Power outage Contaminated building Planned outages 80% Firmware updates Planned hardware maintenance Backups Unplanned Downtime 19.5% Hardware failure Software failure Human error 32
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Use Case 4: DR - Eliminating Planned Downtime
Use VMotion to evacuate hosts Move running applications to other servers without disruption Perform maintenance at any time of day Automate with DRS maintenance mode Automates moving virtual machines to other hosts Automates re-balancing after maintenance complete VMotion VMotion DRS migrates running virtual machines to other hosts Activate Maintenance Mode for physical host Shut down idle host and perform maintenance Restart host; DRS automatically rebalances workloads
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Use Case 4: DR - Eliminating Planned Downtime
Storage independent migration of virtual machine disks with Storage VMotion Zero downtime to virtual machines LUN independent Supported for Fibre Channel SANs Minimizes planned downtime due to storage Complete planned downtime management solution across servers and storage with VMotion and Storage VMotion
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Use Case 4: DR - Dealing With Unplanned Downtime
Automating Recovery from Server Failure Physical Infrastructure Rebuild server = Slow recovery Redundant standby servers = Expensive Implement clustering software = Costly and complex VMware Infrastructure Automates virtual machine restart Independent of OS and applications VMware Infrastructure 2-way System 2-way System 4-way System 8-way System 35
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Install backup/ restore agent Start “Single-step automatic recovery”
Use Case 4: Disaster Recovery Challenges Require identical hardware for recovery Because of hardware dependencies Double costs, increases complexity Site A Site B Idle hardware Need standby hardware for faster RTO Repurposing servers at time of disaster is labor-intensive and time-consuming Recovery Target Slow, complex recovery process Different solutions for different availability tiers Separate procedures for system and data disks Multi-step recovery processes Configure hardware Install OS Config OS Install backup/ restore agent Start “Single-step automatic recovery” 36
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Use Case 4: Disaster Recovery Management
Site Recovery Manager leverages VMware Infrastructure to deliver advanced disaster recovery management and automation X PrimarySite Secondary Site Key virtualization advantages for disaster recovery: Encapsulates OS + application recovery site is hardware- independent virtual machines are easily restarted on DR site Improved DR Testing easy spin-off of DR VMs for effective testing A.vmdk A.vmdk Native or third-party replication
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Use Case 4: DR - VMware SRM Recovery Plan
SRM allows the ability to create detailed recovery plans specific to your datacenter
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Use Case 4: DR - SRM Testing and Audit Functionality
Ability to monitor what is working and what is not. Test as often as needed.
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Core SAP Use Case 5: Disaster Recovery Management
Testing the DR framework: Protection group with two SAP VMs on two servers replicated to DR site DR site utilized Start DR test plan – replicated SAP VMs started in isolated network Test of recovered SAP applications Cleanup Site Recovery Manager: NetApp Adapter FC or iSCSI SnapMirror Rep Data Volume 1 Data Volume 1 DR Test FlexClone DR Test Primary Site DR Site "FlexClone" created from Snaphot copy Data Volume 2 Data Volume 3 40
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Watch the Demonstration: Site Recovery Management
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Automated & Cost-Effective Disaster Recovery for SAP Implementations VMware® Site Recovery Manager and NetApp Storage and Data Management Solutions
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Core SAP Use Case 6: Out-of-the-box High Availability
Virtual Machines Clustering for all environments High-Availability without expensive/complex cluster software in all environments No project down-time due to server failure Cost effective High Availabilty for SAP test environments, not just production ESX Server X ESX Server Physical Servers Storage [What is it?] VMware Infrastructure is the most widely deployed software suite for optimizing and managing IT environments through virtualization – from the desktop to the data center. Focus on the keywords: Suite Optimizing and managing From the desktop to the datacenter [What are the unique differentiators?]: VMware Infrastructure is the only production-ready virtualization suite Proven to deliver results at more than 20,000 customers of all sizes in the broadest range of use cases – development and testing, server consolidation and containment, disaster recovery and business continuity, enterprise desktop management, and rapid infrastructure provisioning. Fully optimized, rigorously tested and certified for the widest range of hardware, operating systems and software applications allowing for enterprise-wide standardization independent of operating systems and hardware. Delivering built-in management, distributed resource optimization, application availability, operational automation and security, unlike other products focused on single server partitioning. A.vmdk
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Roadmap Example: VMware HA
App OS App OS HA HA VMware ESX VMware ESX
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Roadmap Example: VMware HA
App OS App OS HA HA VMware ESX VMware ESX X
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X X X Roadmap Example: VMware HA HA HA App OS App OS VMware ESX
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X Roadmap Example: VMware HA VMs Reboot App OS App OS VMware ESX
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X Roadmap: VMware Fault Tolerance FT App OS App OS VMware ESX
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X Roadmap: VMware Fault Tolerance No Reboot – Seamless Cutover App OS
VMware ESX VMware ESX X
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Roadmap: From Virtual Infrastructure to VDC-OS
Linux Windows Future … Management vServices Application vServices Availability Security Scalability Infrastructure vServices Cloud vServices vCompute vStorage vNetwork Datacenter Infrastructure Off-Premise Cloud
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Moving forward: Industrialization of IT
C. Benz & Söhne, 1910: in the record year 1900, 430 employees assemble 603 Benz-Automobiles*1 VW Zwickau, 2002: 650 robots welding car bodies for Golf and Passat*2
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Contents SAP and VMware Infrastructure Use Cases for SAP
Customer Examples Deployment Guidelines Summary What does this broad support for virtualization mean for the customer? It means greater innovation – if the resources of many companies are harnessed to develop and optimize solutions for virtualization It means that adoption barriers are disappearing fast. And means that virtualization will be pervasive in only a few years time. 52
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SAP Hosting: Using Virtualization to Serve a Huge User Base
The Challenge SAP Hosting manages SAP-on-SAP infrastructure globally and hosts more than 330 additional customers around the Globe in 5 main data centers. Need to manage SAP systems cost-effectively and provide excellent service levels. The Solution VMware virtualization results in lowers costs, enables development and and automation of user services, provides better hardware and software lifecycle management, and improves production and capacity planning across a more unified infrastructure. “VMware Infrastructure has many benefits for a hosted environment such as ours that offers software as a service. We’ve been able to automate internal business processes and increase service levels to internal customers. In addition, we have reduced costs with consolidation and automation of system deployment, as well greatly reduced the required hardware for internal training and test systems.. ” Markus Winter Head of Strategic Projects SAP Hosting virtual machines/~300 ESX Server hosts/~200 TB storage on Linux and Windows • Flexible resource assignments for training department Great fit for offshore strategy Flexible internal server provisioning Increase customer services with less effort
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SAP ERP Upgrade The Challenge The Solution Saved 30% on hardware costs
EFI employs several SAP modules to build integrated business solutions and services. EFI planned to upgrade its SAP modules and at the same time move from a proprietary hardware and software environment to industry-standard x86-based hardware and Red Hat Linux operating system. The Solution EFI used VMware® Infrastructure 3 to minimize the complexity and reduce the cost of developing, testing, and deploying its upgrade to this multi-tiered environment. “…our developers have the resources they need, when they need them, and we’ve really mitigated ‘budget creep.’ That flexibility has to do with the functionality and responsiveness of VMware products, which enables us to serve our customer better and ultimately to save my company money.” Dave Swan Senior Manager, IS&T Server Operations EFI Saved 30% on hardware costs Reduced energy costs by one-third Avoided project budget creep Cut off-hours workload in half
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Delivering on Uptime Requirements
The Challenge Checkpoint needed to create a more robust and flexible SAP solutions based environment. The company was also trying to reduce ongoing maintenance overhead and ensure reliable IT infrastructure for remote sites. In addition to all of that, it needed to provide enhanced DR capabilities. The Solution VMware Infrastructure 3 accelerated provisioning, simplified management and improved disaster recovery by providing a more robust and scalable platform for Checkpoint’s SAP software deployment. “VMware is certainly our platform of choice; in terms of reliability we have a very robust infrastructure which is currently delivering 99.99% uptime for our critical systems. As far as manageability is concerned, running SAP on VMware means our IT department spends far less time on mundane maintenance tasks and can focus on more strategic projects. Michael Nogger IT Operations Manager Europe Checkpoint Systems International GMBH Resource utilization increased from 15% to 70% Provisioning times reduced from 4-6 weeks to 1 hour Accelerated disaster recovery at secondary site
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SAP Upgrade in a Regulated Industry
The Challenge Hardware supporting the SAP environment at AstraZeneca’s Plankstadt datacenter was aging and needed to be replaced. This upgrade was made more difficult by requirements for high application availability and a more efficient business continuity process, and the regulatory requirements imposed by Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. The Solution AstraZeneca worked with AddOn Systemhaus to deploy VMware® Infrastructure 3 on HP Proliant servers. VMotion is used to achieve high availability, and virtual machine templates mean server certification can be done in less time “…VMware Infrastructure is proving to have a lot of benefits for us. We are already using VMotion to achieve high availability and 24/7 uptime... And we’re exploring the ways virtualization can help us provide better service levels with Consolidated Backup and quicker restarts. ” Askin Karatepe Server and Database Administrator, AstraZeneca 10:1 server consolidation ratio • Server deployment dropped to 30 minutes • Reduced time and complexity of regulatory server certification process • Expect 3-year cost savings of > €1M
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Project Duration: 18 Months
Q3/Q4 FY06 Assessments, Sizing, and Design Q1/Q2 FY07 Setup, Pilot, and Training Q3/Q4 FY07 Datacenter Consolidation and Migration of SAP Systems
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Astra Zeneca - Cost Calculation
Hard- and Software Investment Storage Virtualization Implementation High Availability TCO over 3 Years 1.4M EUR Cost Savings over 3 years
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Contents SAP and VMware Infrastructure Use Cases for SAP
Customer Examples Deployment Guidelines Summary What does this broad support for virtualization mean for the customer? It means greater innovation – if the resources of many companies are harnessed to develop and optimize solutions for virtualization It means that adoption barriers are disappearing fast. And means that virtualization will be pervasive in only a few years time. 59
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2 – Tier vs. 3 – Tier
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SAP General Guidelines
Work with your hardware vendors to get detailed sizing for your solution and follow the normal SAP Quick Sizer sizing process. Scale the SAP application tier horizontally across multiple virtual machines as it is typically done on physical servers in the native world. For larger SAP implementations (above 4 vCPU on the database) deploy SAP application instances in virtual machines, but leave the database on native hardware (CI can be moved off and clustered).
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Sample SME Configuration
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Sample Large Configuration
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SAP Design and Deployment Considerations
Use smaller-size (1 or 2 vCPU) virtual machines where possible (more CPU will not necessarily make it faster). Follow SAP rules for setting up file systems for the database; for example, distribute database files over different virtual disks.
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SAP on VMware Guidelines
SAP Note Virtualization on Windows SAP on VMware on Windows deployment tips: see SAP Note “VMware ESX Server 3.x config guide” Use the latest processor generations Use VM's with one or two virtual CPU‘s ,start small Use a physical Host for the DB if VM resources are not sufficient Distribute database files over different disks (as per SAP’s normal recommendations) Don’t over commit memory to the point where VM paging starts Use the SAP flat memory model with memory protection switched off (SAP Note ) for test and dev systems Use large Memory Pages. (em/largepages=yes) (best for ESX 3.5) With new Processor Generations that support RVI (AMD) or EPT (Intel) memory performance is greatly improved. This is especially important for the use of mprotect.
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SAP on VMware Guidelines (contd)
SAP Note Virtualization on Linux SAP on VMware on Linux deployment tips: see SAP Note “VMware ESX Server 3.0 configuration guide” Use the latest processor generations Use VM's with one or two virtual CPU‘s ,start small Use a physical Host for the DB if VM resources are not sufficient Distribute database files over different disks (as per SAP’s normal recommendations) Don’t over commit memory to the point where VM paging starts Use the “map” memory model in your Instance Profile (es/implementation = map) for best memory throughput. Use Memory „Large Pages“ for optimal Memory throughput We HIGHLY recommend to use Novell SLES 10 UP2 and REDHAT RHEL 5.2 or higher to avoid time conflicts. With RHEL 5.1 and higher we recommend to use the new Boot parameter “divider = 10” to reduce the amount of timer interrupts to 100 Hz.
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Sizing Start with small units. Smaller units are better manageable and load balancing is easier. Use the scaling features of SAP. e.g. deploy additional Application Servers if necessary Virtualization does fit every customer, but some times it is necessary to leave a highly utilized Database on a „native“ host and virtualize the remaining components. SD Benchmark results are around 540 SD users for 2 vCPU with 8GB and around 800 SD users for 4 vCPU with16GB. When using the latest Processors. We are working with the Hardware Vendors to determine sizing numbers.Please work with the Hardware Vendors to get latest numbers.
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Ten Steps to a Successful SAP Virtualization
Understand the Vision of a Virtualized SAP Infrastructure Virtualization Check/Assessment Decision and Budgeting Setup of VMware Infrastructure Workshop/SAP-on-VMware Training Virtualize Non-critical SAP Systems (dev, QA) Pilot of SAP Test and Dev Environments Virtualization of SAP Production Systems Go-Live Check Application Lifecycle Management Business Process Automation
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VMware SAP Solutions Partner Community
Who Can Help? VMware SAP VMware SAP Solutions Partner Community AddOn Systemhaus GmbH AtosOrigin – Belgium & Netherlands Bechtle AG & Co.KG Bristlecone Labs cenit AG Computacenter Deloitte Consulting Didas AG EDB Fritz & Macziol GmbH Genilogix Hitachi Information Systems Melillo Consulting OnTrack Solutions S&T Austria GmbH Sysdat GmbH T-Systems North America TExperts, Inc. Wharfedale Technologies
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Contents SAP and VMware Infrastructure Use Cases for SAP
Customer Examples Deployment Guidelines Summary What does this broad support for virtualization mean for the customer? It means greater innovation – if the resources of many companies are harnessed to develop and optimize solutions for virtualization It means that adoption barriers are disappearing fast. And means that virtualization will be pervasive in only a few years time. 70
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SAP & VMware: Joint Customer Successes
Forest City Enterprises FutureFuel Chemical Company Hitachi Information Systems Moen MTU Aero Engines NuVasive Peerless Clothing SAP Hosting Southwestern Great American Inc. Tasty Baking Company T-Systems …. Hundreds of customers, including: ABB Grain Arinso AstraZeneca Bender City of San Diego Checkpoint Colgate Deutsche Bundesagentur fuer Arbeit Dow Chemical Energie AG EFI Favrille Pharma [….]
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Resources SAP Alliance Site: http://www.vmware.com/sap
White Papers, Success Stories, Webinars, Links, etc. SAP VMware Blog: DRS Demo: .
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Resources SAP Notes SAP VMware (and other) benchmarks
– Virtualization on Windows – Virtualization on Windows: Enhanced Monitoring – VMware ESX Server configuration guidelines – Linux: VMware ESX Server 3 configuration guidelines – Linux: Supported Virtualization technologies with SAP – SAP support in virtualized Linux environments SAP VMware (and other) benchmarks
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Over 30 Awards in 2007 Most Reliable: VMware ESX
(#2: IBM Mainframe) Best Breakout Technology: VMware Easiest to Use/Manage: VMware Workstation Biggest "Wow" in an IT Product: VMware Fusion
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