User's Guide

Printing History
Table 1 Editions and Releases
Operating System ReleasesSGeSAP ReleaseEditionPart NumberPrinting Date
HP-UX 10.20 and HP-UX 11.00B.03.02Edition 1B7885-90004June 2000
HP-UX 10.20, HP-UX 11.00 and
HP-UX 11i
B.03.03Edition 2B7885-90009March 2001
HP-UX 10.20, HP-UX 11.00 and
HP-UX 11i
B.03.04Edition 3B7885-90011June 2001
HP-UX 11.00 and HP-UX 11iB.03.06Edition 4B7885-90013March 2002
HP-UX 11iB.03.08Edition 5B7885-90018June 2003
HP-UX 11i and HP-UX 11i v2B.03.12Edition 6T2357-90007December 2004
HP-UX 11i and HP-UX 11i v2B.04.00Edition 7T2357-90009December 2005
HP-UX 11i and HP-UX 11i v2B.04.01Edition 8T2803-90002March 2006
HP-UX 11i v3B.04.50Edition 9T2803-90004February 2007
HP-UX 11i , HP-UX 11i v2 and
HP-UX 11i v3
B.04.02 / B.04.51Edition 10T2803-90011November 2007
HP-UX 11i v2 and HP-UX 11i v3B.05.00Edition 11T2803-90013March 2009
The printing date and part number indicate the current edition. The printing date changes when a new
edition is printed. (Minor corrections and updates which are incorporated at reprint do not cause the date
to change.) The part number changes when extensive technical changes are incorporated.
New editions of this manual will incorporate all material updated since the previous edition.
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About this Manual...
This document describes how to configure and install highly available SAP systems on HP-UX 11i v2 and
HP-UX 11i v3 using Serviceguard. It refers to HP product T2803BA - Serviceguard Extension for SAP (SGeSAP).
To understand this document you have to have knowledge of the basic Serviceguard concepts and commands.
Experience in the Basis Components of SAP will also be helpful.
This manual consists of six chapters:
• Chapter 1 "Understanding Serviceguard Extension for SAP" describes how to design a High Availability
SAP Environment and points out how SAP components can be clustered.
• Chapter 2 "Planning the Storage Layout" proposes the recommended high available file system and
shared storage layout for the SAP landscape and database systems.
• Chapter 3 "Step-by-Step Cluster Conversion" describes the installation of SGeSAP step-by-step down
to the HP-UX command level.
• Chapter 4 "SAP Supply Chain Management" specifically deals with the SAP SCM and liveCache
technology, gives a Storage Layout proposal and leads through the SGeSAP cluster conversion
step-by-step.
• Chapter 5 "SAP Master Data Management" specifically deals with the SAP MDM technology and leads
through the SGeSAP cluster conversion step-by-step.
• Chapter 6 "SGeSAP Cluster Administration" covers SGeSAP Administration aspects, as well as the use
of different HP-UX platforms in a mixed cluster environment.
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