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Serviceguard Extension for SAP Versions B.04.02 and B.04.51 Release Notes 1 Serviceguard Extension for SAP Versions B.04.02 and B.04.
Serviceguard Extension for SAP Versions B.04.02 and B.04.51 Release Notes Announcements Announcements HP Serviceguard Extension for SAP (SGeSAP) for HP-UX, extends HP Serviceguard’s failover cluster capabilities to SAP application environments. It is intended to be used in conjunction with the HP Serviceguard product. SGeSAP provides a flexible framework of package templates to easily define cluster packages that protect various components of a mission-critical SAP infrastructure.
Serviceguard Extension for SAP Versions B.04.02 and B.04.51 Release Notes Announcements SGeSAP versions get released with the following product numbers and filesets: B7885BA SGeSAP license and media for HP-UX 11i v1 Serviceguard Extension for SAP B.04.02 (bundle B7885BA.SG-Ext-SAP-R3) contains the following fileset: • Core SGeSAP Files (B7885BA.SG-Ext-SAP-R3.SG-SAP-COR) T2803BA SGeSAP license and media for HP-UX 11i v2 and HP-UX 11i v3 Serviceguard Extension for SAP B.04.51 (bundle T2803BA.
Serviceguard Extension for SAP Versions B.04.02 and B.04.51 Release Notes What’s In this Version What’s In this Version This release includes two versions: Version B.04.02 installs on HP-UX 11i v1. This version is primarily a maintenance release and does not introduce any feature enhancements compared to Version B.04.01. Version B.04.51 installs on HP-UX 11i v2 and HP-UX 11i v3.
Serviceguard Extension for SAP Versions B.04.02 and B.04.51 Release Notes What’s In this Version Hot Standby LiveCache for HP Storageworks XP Arrays A clustered liveCache has a master instance, that runs on the primary node of the cluster during normal operation. A hot standby liveCache is another liveCache instance that can be running on the secondary node of the cluster during normal operation.
Serviceguard Extension for SAP Versions B.04.02 and B.04.51 Release Notes What’s In this Version Automated Replicated Enqueue Support for SAP ERS Components SGeSAP now provides a failover for ERS (Enqueue Replication Service) instances, as well as support for Enqueue Replication technologies for both ABAP and JAVA based SAP applications. It is possible to create add-in configurations with two replications for a single SAP system in parallel.
Serviceguard Extension for SAP Versions B.04.02 and B.04.51 Release Notes What’s In this Version Other minor Enhancements • The SGeSAP liveCache package template got integrated into the standard package template. The control file saplc.cntl got integrated into the generic SAP control file sapwas.cntl. • SGeSAP bundles a contributed example that calls SAP's Business Intelligence Accelerator failover scripts as part of a SAP Business Warehouse failover.
Serviceguard Extension for SAP Versions B.04.02 and B.04.51 Release Notes Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements This section describes the hardware and software that is required and/or supported with Serviceguard Extension for SAP. Hardware Requirements The following HP StorageWorks XP arrays are supported with HP Businesscopy pvol/svol pairs for hot standby liveCache data volumes and SGeSAP B.04.
Serviceguard Extension for SAP Versions B.04.02 and B.04.51 Release Notes Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements SAP Software License Requirements A valid SAP license for each node on which the message server will be running has to be acquired from SAP. Additional licenses for high availability usage are free of charge for standby nodes. You will have to use the SAP license program provided by SAP to acquire a unique customer key on every host of the cluster.
Serviceguard Extension for SAP Versions B.04.02 and B.04.51 Release Notes Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements A combination of CFS and HA NFS is possible. CFS simplifies the filesystem layout within the cluster, NFS provides access to shared filesystems to SAP instances running on servers outside of the cluster. SGeSAP supports storage layouts of (S)LVM or VxVM volume managers.
Serviceguard Extension for SAP Versions B.04.02 and B.04.51 Release Notes Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements Table 1-1 B7885BA SGeSAP Support Matrix - Netweaver Components Netweaver Technology Components /usage types EP BW BI XI PI MDM MDS SAP Kernel SAP WAS 5.5 7.0 6.0 7.0 ** 7.0 35 Table 1-2 6.40 BW BI XI PI MDM MDS SAP Kernel SAP WAS 5.5 7.0 7.0 ** 7.0 3.5 3.0 7.0 3.5 3.1 Chapter 1 HP-UX 11i v1 Oracle Oracle MaxDB 6.
Serviceguard Extension for SAP Versions B.04.02 and B.04.51 Release Notes Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements Table 1-2 T2803BA SGeSAP Support Matrix - Netweaver Components Netweaver Technology Components /usage types EP BW BI XI PI 7.0 7.0 7.0 MDM MDS 3.5 R/3 and R/3 Enterprise ECC 14 OS 4.01 HP-UX 11i v2 Database (versions supported by SAP) 6.40 6.40 6.30 6.20 3.0 3.1 Table 1-3 SGeSAP version 7.00 3.0 6.0 SAP Kernel SAP WAS 6.
Serviceguard Extension for SAP Versions B.04.02 and B.04.51 Release Notes Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements Table 1-4 R/3 and R/3 Enterprise ECC T2803BA SGeSAP Support Matrix - Application Components SCM APO PLM Solution Manager SAP Kernel SAP WAS 2005 6.0 5.0 4.00 7.00 2004 5.0 4.7x200 4.1 3.20 6.40 6.20 4.7x110 4.0 3.10 4.6C 5.0 5.0 4.7x200 4.1 4.7x110 4.0 Oracle MAXDB 4.51 HP-UX 11i v2 6.40 6.20 3.20 3.10 6.40 6.20 6.20 4.50 HP-UX 11i v3 4.
Serviceguard Extension for SAP Versions B.04.02 and B.04.51 Release Notes Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements Table 1-5 B7885BA SGeSAP Support Matrix - Additional Application Components CRM KW SEM SRM EBP 5.0 7.0 6.0 5.0 7.00 4.0 4.0 6.40 Table 1-6 WPS SAP Kernel SAP WAS CRM KW SEM SRM EBP 5.0 7.0 6.0 5.0 7.00 4.0 4.0 6.40 4.0 3.1 5.0 5.0 4.0 SR1 4.0 3.1 SGeSAP OS 4.02 4.01 4.
Serviceguard Extension for SAP Versions B.04.02 and B.04.51 Release Notes Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements Table 1-6 T2803BA SGeSAP Support Matrix - Additional Application Components (Continued) SAP Kernel SAP WAS CRM KW SEM SRM EBP 5.0 7.0 5.0 5.0 7.00 4.0 4.0 6.40 6.30 5.0 4.0 SR1 4.0 3.1 WPS 3.0 SGeSAP OS 4.01 HP-UX 11i v2 6.20 6.10 Database (versions as supported by SAP) Oracle MAXDB DB/2 (up to Version 8.
Serviceguard Extension for SAP Versions B.04.02 and B.04.51 Release Notes Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements Port Requirements In principle, SGeSAP does not have specific port requirements. For ports that are generally required by HP Serviceguard, please refer to the release notes of these products. SAP port settings need to become available on all cluster nodes. In certain use cases, well-known ports of secure shell or remote shell are utilized.
Serviceguard Extension for SAP Versions B.04.02 and B.04.51 Release Notes Additional Reading Additional Reading See the following manuals for more information: • Managing Serviceguard Extension for SAP (T2803-900011). • Managing Serviceguard (B3936-90117) • Serviceguard Release Notes (B3935-90108) • Serviceguard NFS Toolkit A.11.11.08 and A.11.23.07 Release Notes (B5140-90032) • Serviceguard NFS Toolkits A.11.31.
Serviceguard Extension for SAP Versions B.04.02 and B.04.51 Release Notes Known Problems and Workarounds Known Problems and Workarounds The following describes known problems with the Serviceguard Extension for SAP and workarounds for them. However, this is subject to change without notice. For the most current information contact your HP support representative. More recent information on known problems and workarounds may be available on the Hewlett Packard IT Resource Center: • http://itrc.hp.
Serviceguard Extension for SAP Versions B.04.02 and B.04.51 Release Notes Patches and Fixes in this Version Patches and Fixes in this Version This section describes patches that are required and defects for SGeSAP B.04.01 that have been fixed in Version B.04.02 and B.04.51 of Serviceguard Extension for SAP.
Serviceguard Extension for SAP Versions B.04.02 and B.04.51 Release Notes Patches and Fixes in this Version JAGaf92445 (SR 8606433948): Package script kills itself during startup • What is the problem? Parallel SAP application server handling may cause a package startup or shutdown operation to fail. Adjacent empty entries in internal process lists may cause background watchdogs to send a SIGKILL to the package control script after timing out.
Serviceguard Extension for SAP Versions B.04.02 and B.04.51 Release Notes Patches and Fixes in this Version JAGaf96292 (SR 8606438188): Application Server package not stopped/restarted during dbci shutdown/failover • What is the problem? SGeSAP consolidation behavior gets ignored for Application Servers if the handling package fails over to the node on which the handled package already runs.
Serviceguard Extension for SAP Versions B.04.02 and B.04.51 Release Notes Patches and Fixes in this Version Required and Recommended Patches There are no known patches at the time of this publication. However, this is subject to change without notice. For the most current information contact your HP support representative. An updated list of patches is available on the Hewlett Packard IT Resource Center. • http://itrc.hp.com (Americas and Asia Pacific) • http://europe.itrc.hp.
Serviceguard Extension for SAP Versions B.04.02 and B.04.51 Release Notes Software Availability in Native Languages Software Availability in Native Languages Serviceguard Extension for SAP is not available in native language versions.
