November 27, 2009 at 7:40 pm
Symptom
You operate an SAP system with Microsoft Windows on virtualized hardware. The previously available tools and transactions for monitoring an SAP system are insufficient for this purpose.
Other terms
Virtualization, Windows, VMware ESX Server, vSphere, Hyper-V, Windows Server 2008
Reason and Prerequisites
In the SAP transactions that monitor the system configuration, you could not distinguish between an [...]
November 27, 2009 at 7:39 pm
Symptom
This note contains information about using an SAP system based on SAP NetWeaver Application Server on Windows in a virtualized environment. Furthermore, it describes the virtualization solutions supported by SAP, the configuration requirements, and support restrictions.
Other terms
VMware, VMware ESX Server, VMware GSX Server, Microsoft Virtual Server, Microsoft Hyper-V, Windows Server 2008, XEN, [...]
August 6, 2009 at 9:38 am
Symptom
This SAP Note is valid for the following releases:
mySAP CRM 4.0 SR1 on Unix and Windows for IBM UDB for z/OSmySAP ERP 2004 SR1 on Unix and Windows for IBM UDB for z/OSSAP R3E 4.7 Extension Set 2 SR1 on Unix and Windows for IBM UDB for z/OSSAP SCM 4.1 on Unix and Windows for [...]
July 21, 2009 at 5:12 pm
Symptom
If you use DHCP in Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering, you obtain duplicate DNS entries that have the same IP-Address for two different host names.
This applies to all Windows Server 2008 versions with SP1 and SP2.
Other terms
MSCS, Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering, Failover Cluster, DNS resolution, duplicate host name entries
Reason and Prerequisites
With Windows Server [...]
July 17, 2009 at 5:32 pm
Symptom
The commandping -4
delivers a network address in the 169.254.2.0 subnet.
Applications that report IP addresses to other applications running on computers that do not belong to the cluster, might use this address. Therefore, the address cannot be used for general communication purposes, since it is not possible to connect to the applications at [...]
July 1, 2009 at 6:01 am
Symptom
You operate an SAP system with Microsoft Windows and virtualized hardware. The previously-available tools and transactions for monitoring an SAP system are insufficient for this purpose.
Other terms
Virtualization, Windows, VMware ESX Server, vSphere, Hyper-V, Windows Server 2008
Reason and Prerequisites
In the SAP transactions that monitor the system configuration, you could not distinguish between [...]
June 25, 2009 at 4:03 am
Symptom
You want to use an SAP system productively on Windows on virtualized hardware.
Other terms
VMware, VMware ESX Server, VMware GSX Server, Microsoft Virtual Server, Microsoft Hyper-V, Windows Server 2008, XEN
Reason and Prerequisites
You can use virtualization to reduce costs in the computer center. To run an SAP system productively on virtualized hardware, you must adhere [...]