Serviceguard Extension for SAP Version A.06.00 Release Notes for Linux, December 2013

Single-instance database clustering support is included for:

• ORACLE RDBMS 10gR2 and 11gR2

• IBM DB/2 9.5, 9.7, and 10.1

• SAP Sybase ASE 15.7

• SAP MAXDB 7.5 - 7.9

• SAP Livecache 7.5 - 7.9

System replication database pair clustering support is included for:

• SAP HANA 1.00.66 (SPS6 revision 66) and higher SPS6 revisions

Hardware requirements

All hardware requirements for HP Serviceguard apply. All servers used need to be certified by

SAP. The supported architecture is X86_64 (64 bit).

All storage and network components used in HANA clusters need to be certified by SAP as part

of HP Appsystems or TDI efforts. Scale-up HANA system replication clustering is supported on

DL580G7 and DL980 servers as certified by SAP for HANA appliance usage, and has no restrictions

on storage hardware. SGeSAP HANA tests are performed using HP AppSystem HANA appliances.

Installing SGeSAP on Linux

HP provides a public key and rpm signatures that allow to optionally verify authenticity and integrity

of the product rpm before installation. For additional instructions on how to do this, see

Read_Before_Installation.txt file on the product media.

NOTE: Serviceguard for Linux must be installed before installing SGeSAP on each cluster node.

As root user install Serviceguard Extension for SAP using the below command:

rpm -ihv \

<cdmnt>/<distro>/serviceguard-extension-for-sap-A.06.20.00-0.<distro2>.`x86_64`.rpm

For more information, see the latest version of Managing Serviceguard Extension for SAP version

A.06.00.20 for Linux User Guide manual at http://www.hp.com/go/linux-serviceguard-docs.

Related information

The latest documentation for HP SGeSAP/LX Version A.06.00.20 is available in English at http://

www.hp.com/go/linux-serviceguard-docs.

Recommended available documents include:

• Managing HP Serviceguard Extension for SAP version A.06.00.20 for Linux User Guide

• Managing HP Serviceguard A.11.20.20 for Linux User Guide

• HP Serviceguard A.11.20.20 for Linux Release Notes

• HP Serviceguard Toolkit for NFS version A.03.03.10 for Linux User Guide

• Using HP Serviceguard for Linux with VMware virtual machines

• SAP Note 1730929 – Using external tools in an SAP HANA Appliance

Software availability in native languages

Serviceguard Manager GUI with HP SGeSAP/LX Version A.06.00.20 is available in English,

Simplified Chinese, and Japanese versions.