HP Serviceguard Extension for SAP (SGeSAP) manual Printing History, About this Manual

Printing History

Table 1 Editions and Releases

Printing Date	Part Number	Edition	SGeSAP Release	Operating System Releases
June 2000	B7885-90004	Edition 1	B.03.02	HP-UX 10.20 and HP-UX 11.00
March 2001	B7885-90009	Edition 2	B.03.03	HP-UX 10.20, HP-UX 11.00 and
				HP-UX 11i
June 2001	B7885-90011	Edition 3	B.03.04	HP-UX 10.20, HP-UX 11.00 and
				HP-UX 11i
March 2002	B7885-90013	Edition 4	B.03.06	HP-UX 11.00 and HP-UX 11i
June 2003	B7885-90018	Edition 5	B.03.08	HP-UX 11i
December 2004	T2357-90007	Edition 6	B.03.12	HP-UX 11i and HP-UX 11i v2
December 2005	T2357-90009	Edition 7	B.04.00	HP-UX 11i and HP-UX 11i v2
March 2006	T2803-90002	Edition 8	B.04.01	HP-UX 11i and HP-UX 11i v2
February 2007	T2803-90004	Edition 9	B.04.50	HP-UX 11i v3
November 2007	T2803-90011	Edition 10	B.04.02 / B.04.51	HP-UX 11i , HP-UX 11i v2 and
				HP-UX 11i v3
March 2009	T2803-90013	Edition 11	B.05.00	HP-UX 11i v2 and HP-UX 11i v3

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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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