You can either use an Azure Template from GitHub to deploy all required Azure resources, including the virtual machines, availability set and load balancer or you can deploy the resources manually.
Read High availability for NFS on Azure VMs on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server on how to set up an NFS server for SAP NetWeaver. SAP NetWeaver requires shared storage for the transport and profile directory. Connected to primary network interfaces of all virtual machines that should be part of the (A)SCS/ERS cluster.If using Basic Load Balancer, create Load balancing rules for the following ports.If using Standard Load Balancer, select HA ports.The following list shows the configuration of the (A)SCS and ERS load balancer. We recommend using Standard load balancer. On Azure, a load balancer is required to use a virtual IP address. The NFS server, SAP NetWeaver ASCS, SAP NetWeaver SCS, SAP NetWeaver ERS, and the SAP HANA database use virtual hostname and virtual IP addresses. The NFS server is configured in a separate cluster and can be used by multiple SAP systems. To achieve high availability, SAP NetWeaver requires an NFS server. SUSE High Availability Extension 12 SP3 Release Notes They provide much more detailed information. The guides contain all required information to set up Netweaver HA and SAP HANA System Replication on-premises. SAP Community WIKI has all required SAP Notes for Linux.Īzure Virtual Machines planning and implementation for SAP on LinuxĪzure Virtual Machines deployment for SAP on LinuxĪzure Virtual Machines DBMS deployment for SAP on Linux
SAP Note 1999351 has additional troubleshooting information for the Azure Enhanced Monitoring Extension for SAP. SAP Note 1984787 has general information about SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12.
SAP Note 2243692 has information about SAP licensing on Linux in Azure. SAP Note 2191498 has the required SAP Host Agent version for Linux in Azure. SAP Note 2178632 has detailed information about all monitoring metrics reported for SAP in Azure. SAP Note 1944799 has SAP HANA Guidelines for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications SAP Note 2205917 has recommended OS settings for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications SAP Note 2015553 lists prerequisites for SAP-supported SAP software deployments in Azure.
ASCS instance number 00, ERS instance number 02, and SAP System ID NW1 is used. In the example configurations, installation commands etc. This article describes how to deploy the virtual machines, configure the virtual machines, install the cluster framework, and install a highly available SAP NetWeaver 7.50 system.