Sun Microsystems 10 manual SAP portals in Solaris containers

Version 3.1-enSolaris 10 Container Guide - 3.1 3. Use Cases Effective: 30/11/2009

3.15. SAP portals in Solaris containers

Requirement

[da] The operation of SAP system environments is becoming more complex. This results in:

∙Application-specific requirements

∙Standardization defaults

∙Simple commands and scripts for basic administration

∙Automatization potential of processes pertinent for operation

∙Cost reduction requirements

∙Simple consolidation options by Solaris containers

∙Software licenses (virtualization tools, volume manager, snapshot technologies, etc.)

∙Optimization of workloads

∙High availability requirements

∙Flexibility by relocatable containers

∙Increased data security

∙"Complex" customer requirements

∙Cloning of SAP systems without downtime

∙New SAP installation environments in minutes

∙Minimizing/optimizing upgrade times

∙Revision control of SAP systems

Solution

[da] If one considers current SAP system landscapes one can see that 70-80% of the systems are not productive systems. These, however, require the greatest amount of maintenance and administrative effort and thereby cause the greatest cost. Therefore, an "Easy-Start“ solution was developed for these systems which is described in "Sun Solaris and SAP": http://de.sun.com/servicessolutions/virtualization/ressourcen.jsp

∙All SAP applications are run in Solaris 10 containers on shared storage

∙Whole-root zones provide the required level of flexibility and safety for SAP operation

∙ZFS as the basis for container implementation, to minimize downtime for SAP systems

∙A toolset consisting of several different scripts allows quick and easy construction of a virtualization solution with Solaris containers and ZFS for SAP systems.

Assessment

[da] This use case has the following characteristics:

∙Quick introduction of container and ZFS technology.

∙The operating department incurs only few expenses for creating the zones.

∙Great consolidation effect.

∙High flexibility

Figure 19: [da] Use case: SAP portals in Solaris containers

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