Virtualization on Windows: Enhanced monitoring

November 27, 2009 at 7:40 pm

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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 [...]

Virtualization on Windows

November 27, 2009 at 7:39 pm

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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, [...]

Virtualization on Windows: Enhanced monitoring

July 1, 2009 at 6:01 am

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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 [...]

ITS 6.20 System requirements

July 1, 2009 at 4:54 am

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Symptom
Questions regarding equipment and software requirements for the ITS 6.20 and SAP@Web Studio
Other terms
Internet Transaction Server, Webstudio, hardware requirements, software requirements, SAP@WebStudio, SAP ITS, VMWare, IE7, IE70, IE7.0, Internet Explorer 7.0; Firefox; Mozilla; browser support
Reason and Prerequisites
General remarks:
For new installations of ITS 6.20 SAP highly recommends to use the 64-bit version of ITS 6.20.SAP [...]

Virtualization on Windows

June 25, 2009 at 4:03 am

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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 [...]

DB2 LUW, DB2 z/OS release note for VMWare and XEN

June 22, 2009 at 6:36 am

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Symptom
DB2 for LUW, DB2 for z/OS with VMWare or XEN
Other terms
VMWare, XEN, virtualization, DB2 LUW, DB2 UDB, DB2 z/OS, DB2 OS390
Reason and Prerequisites
You want to operate DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows on Windows or Linux with VMWare or XEN.
You want to use SAP in Windows or Linux with VMWare or XEN with DB2 for [...]

"vm-support" – Exporting Diagnostic Data from VMware

June 14, 2009 at 6:20 pm

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Symptom
“vm-support” – Script for gathering VMware debugging information.
Other terms
VMware, ESX, Windows, Linux, Support, virtualization
Reason and Prerequisites
You have problems with a VMWare instance and need to open a problem ticket at SAP (BC-OP-NT-ESX or BC-OP-LNX-ESX) or at VMWare.
Solution
If you open a problem ticket at SAP or at VMWare, the support organizations may be able to [...]