Serviceguard Extension for SAP Version B.05.00 Release Notes (April 2010)

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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. SGeSAP provides a single, uniform interface to
cluster ABAP-only, JAVA-only, and add-in installations of SAP application components.
The clustered SAP components include SAP ABAP Central Services, SAP JAVA Central Services, SAP Primary
and Additional Application Servers, SAP Dialog Instances, SAP Central Instances, SAP Enqueue Replication
Servers, SAP Additional Application Servers, Oracle single-instance databases, MAXDB databases, SAP
liveCache and SAP MDM components. For some platforms, support for liveCache hot standby clusters is
included.
It is possible to combine all clustered components of a single SAP system into one failover package for
simplicity and convenience. There is also full flexibility to split components up into several packages to avoid
unwanted dependencies and to lower potential failover times. Multiple SAP applications of different type
and release version can be consolidated in a single cluster. SGeSAP enables SAP instance virtualization.It
is possible to use SGeSAP to move redundant SAP ABAP Application Server Instances between hosts to
quickly adapt to changing resource demands or maintenance needs. SGeSAP allows utilizing a combination
of HP 9000 and HP Integrity servers in a mixed cluster with heterogeneous failover of SAP packages.
SGeSAP versions get released with the following product numbers and filesets:
T2803BA SGeSAP license and media for HP-UX 11i v2 and HP-UX 11i v3
Serviceguard Extension for SAP B.05.00 (bundle T2803BA.SG-Ext-SAP-R3) contains the following filesets:
• Core SGeSAP Integration Files (T2803BA.SG-Ext-SAP-R3.SG-SAP-COR)
• SGeSAP Module Integration Files (T2803BA.SG-Ext-SAP-R3.SG-SAP-MOD-COM)
• Platform independent SGeSAP Files (T2803BA.SG-Ext-SAP-R3.SG-SAP-COR-COM)
It is recommended that you use Hewlett-Packard's high availability consulting services to ensure a smooth
installation and rollout. Please contact your HP representative to inquire about high availability consulting.
In addition, you should work with your HP representative to ensure that you have the latest firmware revisions
for disk drives, disk controllers, LAN controllers, and other hardware.
These release notes are subject to change without further notice. Please check
http://docs.hp.com/en/ha.html for the latest version of the Serviceguard Extension for SAP manual
and release notes.
What's In this Version
This version provides the following enhancement to the SGeSAP product:
▲ Integrated and simplified cluster administration
▲ SAP cluster module enablement's
▲ SAP startup framework integration
▲ Support of Oracle listener password
▲ Support of IPv6
The following sections detail the version B.05.00 for HP-UX 11i v2 and HP-UX 11i v3 enhancements in
greater detail.
Integrated and Simplified Cluster Administration
• SGeSAP B.05.00 introduces Serviceguard cluster module support for the major SAP application
components. The SAP-specific cluster configuration steps are now integrated with the generic
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