SAP Redesign

SAP on Oracle: Development Update May/2006

Dr. Christian Graf Development Manager DB Platforms Oracle & Informix OS Platforms HPUX, Solaris, Tru64 SAP AG Platform News & Misc

RAC @ SAP

Oracle 10g @ SAP

BR*Tools OS Platform News: Unix

Tru64 is desupported beginning with NW2004s based SAP products

Linux on Power with Oracle 10g: Full 6.40 and 7.00 kernel support since April 2006 based on Oracle 10.2

Solaris 10 x64 is planned to be supported with Oracle 10.2 during June 2006

7.00 Kernel: Full support for Unicode systems (DB & App Server)

7.00 Kernel: Support of non-Unicode Dialog Server

6.40 Kernel: Unicode & non-Unicode Dialog Server only

SAP certification strategy:

Certification of x86_64 for 6.40 kernel and later only

Products: SAP R/3 Enterprise 4.7 2.0 SR1, SAP NW 04 SR1, SAP ERP 2004, SAP SRM 4.0, SAP SCM 4.1, SAP CRM 4.0 SR1

Linux: Support of SLES 9 and RHEL 4

Windows: 64 Bit JDK 1.4.2 meanwhile available (SAP note 941595) Oracle 9.2 available as 32 Bit version only 64 Bit Support started with Ora 10.2.0.2 in May 2006

For SAP Product versions released in 2007 and later (7.10 kernel), SAP will support productive use of server components for Windows and Linux only on 64 Bit.

This does not affect commitment to continue support for solutions up to SAP NetWeaver 2004s and applications on top. For existing installations, SAP will continue its 32 Bit support under the respective maintenance and support agreements.

SAP Product versions released before 2007 are not affected by this announcement.

Components used by endusers like SAPGUI or SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio, which run on Desktop-PCs, will still be provided as a 32 Bit version.

Corresponding customer letter went out on April 8th.

For SAP product versions released in 2007 and later,the installation of new systems will be possible only with Unicode support enabled.

Existing Single-codepage Non-Unicode installations can be upgraded to these product versions without requiring a Unicode migration, system copy will be possible as well.

Corresponding customer letter went out on April 8th.

RAC @ SAP

Oracle 10G @ SAP

BR*Tools Current 9i RAC Status at SAP – per Platform HP Tru64 • Two production customers • Controlled Availability phase started (up to ten more customers) IBM AIX • Two production customers Controlled Availability phase started (up to ten more customers) Linux 32bit: Red Hat 3/4:Several production customers Controlled Availability phase started (up to ten more customers) SLES 8/9: Several production customer Controlled Availability phase started (up to ten more customers) Windows 32 Bit • One production customer • Controlled Availability phase started (up to ten more customers)

Solaris (SUN and Fujitsu Siemens) • Two production customers • Controlled Availability phase started (up to ten more customers) HP-UX • One production customer • Controlled Availability phase started (up to ten more customers) Current status in OSS Note 527843 © SAP AG 2002, Oracle Integration at SAP, Dr. Christian Graf 8 Recommended and tested RAC 9.2 Configurations with SAP R/3

OS Version Cluster Version and CFS Type

HP-UX 11i (11.11, 11.23) HP Service Guard Cluster File System (HP SGCFS) HP Tru64 5.1b TruCluster Server 5.1

IBM AIX 5.2/5.3 HACMP 4.5/5.1 + GPFS 2.3

Linux (SuSE) SLES8/9 OCFS 1.0.14, OCFS2 1.2.x, NetApp Filer

Linux (Red Hat) RHEL3/4 OCFS 1.0.14, OCFS2 1.2.x , NetApp Filer

Solaris (Fujitsu 8,9,10 Veritas Advanced Cluster 4.0 or Siemens) PrimeCluster + Net App Filer Solaris (SUN) 8,9,10 Veritas Advanced Cluster 4.0 or SUN Cluster3.x + SUN QFS 4.3 Windows 2003 Enterprise Server OCFS 9.2.0.7

Note: With RAC 10.2 Oracle Clusterware will be additional option for cluster software

ABB, SAP R/3 4.6C, Tru64

BASF, SAP R/3 4.6B, AIX

Osram-Sylvania, SAP R/3 4.7 Enterprise, Tru64

Reno, SAP R/3 4.6C, AIX

Toyota Motor Sports, SAP R/3 4.6C, Red Hat Linux 3.0

GAS Natural, SAP SEM, Red Hat Linux 3.0

Tractor Supply, SAP R/3 46C, Red Hat Linux 3.0

Continental, SAP R/3 46C, Linux SLES 9

Stadtwerke München, SAP R/3 46C ISU 4.64, Windows 2003 SP1

Pirelli, SAP R/3 46C, HPUX

Platform Partner: Cluster documentation

SAP: Database Upgrade Guide: Upgrade to Oracle Version 9.2.0: UNIX

Oracle: Oracle9i Release Notes Release 2 (9.2.0.1.0) Development White Papers: Configuring SAP R/3 for Use with Oracle Real Application Clusters Best Practices for SAP on RAC for Windows Platform Updated versions for Oracle 10g available

http://service.sap.com/dbaora -> Media Library -> Oracle RAC

http://sapdev.de.oracle.com -> Database -> RAC -> Whitepapers

RAC @ SAP

Oracle 10g @ SAP

BR*Tools Oracle 10g certification for 3.x & 4.x kernels

SAP Releases 31I, 40B, 45B and 46B will not generally be certified with Oracle 10g. Using Oracle 10.2 on the start release during an upgrade to a SAP product that requires Oracle 10.2 (e.g. NW2004s) is allowed! See OSS note 819655. Limitations in database monitors (e.g. ST04) and system copy.

SAP products based on the 4.6D_EXT kernel which are at least in SAP Extended Maintenance beyond 2006 will be certified for Oracle 10.2 until end of June 2006. E.g. R/3 46C SR2, APO 3.10, … see OSS note 940794

SAP products based on the 6.40 kernel which are at least in SAP Extended Maintenance beyond 2006 are already certified for Oracle 10.2. E.g. R/3 Enterprise 47 EXT2 SR1, SAP NetWeaver 2004 SR1, ERP 2004, … See OSS note 940794 for more details

However, there are delays on some OS platforms: Linux IA64 End May 2006 HPUX IA64 End May 2006 HP Tru64 July 2006

SAP NetWeaver 2004s and SAP Business Suite 2005

In General

SAP NetWeaver 2004s & SAP Business Suite 2005 are only released on the basis of Oracle version 10g (10.1/10.2).

Oracle 9.2 is definitely no option (will never be)!

Keep in mind: Customer Care Support for Oracle 9.2 ends 7/2007! See HotNews note 925871.

SAP NetWeaver 2004s and SAP Business Suite 2005

Ramp-Up

The Ramp-Up is/was carried out on the basis of Oracle Version 10.1.0.4.

The use of Oracle version 10.1.0.4 is supported for productive SAP systems.

Oracle 10.2 will not be supported for the RTC release!

SAP NetWeaver 2004s and SAP Business Suite 2005

Support Release 1

The Support Release 1 (SR1) of SAP NetWeaver 2004s was released on April 10th, 2006. Only Oracle Version 10.2 as of Patch Set 10.2.0.2 is certified for this release.

Delays on some OS platforms: Linux IA64 End May 2006 HPUX IA64 End May 2006 Solaris x64 June 2006

The Support Release 1 (SR1) of SAP Business Suite 2005 is scheduled for June 6th, 2006. Here as well only Oracle Version 10.2 as of Patch Set 10.2.0.2 will be certified.

Platform delays are currently not expected!

SAP NetWeaver 2004s and SAP Business Suite 2005

What about Ramp-Up Customers who started with Oracle 10.1?

If a customer makes a fresh install on SR1 or upgrades to SR1 he/she must use Oracle 10.2.

If customers start with the RTC release (on Oracle 10.1) and move up with SAP Support Packages Stacks (SPS) they can upgrade to Oracle 10.2 as soon as they reach SPS 06. SR1 is build on SPS 06. However, they can remain on 10.1 as well.

Below SPS 06 Oracle 10.2 is not supported!

For SPS >= 06 we will come up with a DB upgrade recommendation as soon as Oracle 10.2.0.x has customer proven stability in SAP environments.

At least we will wait until the Oracle patch set 10.2.0.3 is available (~Q3/2006) before we consider to strongly recommend the upgrade from 10.1 to 10.2.

SAP NetWeaver 2004s and SAP Business Suite 2005

Oracle RAC 10g

Oracle 10g RAC will not be immediately certified

10g RAC pilot projects are ongoing

Oracle 10g RAC certification is planned during Q3/2006

Only Oracle version 10.2 will be certified

SAP NetWeaver 2004s and SAP Business Suite 2005

Notes/Documentation

720886: Oracle Database 10g: Integration into the SAP environment Contains most of the information described in this section

820062: Oracle Database 10g: Patchsets/Patches for 10.1.0.x 871096: Oracle Database 10g: Patchsets/Patches for 10.2.0.x 527843: Oracle RAC support in the SAP environment 828268: Oracle Database 10g: New Functions 925871: HotNews: Termination of ‘Customer Care Support’ for Oracle 9.2

Oracle 10.1/10.2 database upgrade guides http://service.sap.com/instguides -> Other Documentation -> Database Upgrades -> Oracle

RAC @ SAP

Oracle 10g @ SAP

BR*Tools Major Enhancements in BR*Tools 7.00

Online LONG to LOB conversion More details on separate slide Tablespace rename Simplifies tablespace reorganization Online segment shrink Retrieves unused space within tables and indexes

Enhanced support for DBMS_STATS (note 892296) Full support for standard DBMS_STATS processing

Enhanced support for Java databases (notes 853610, 892294) Support for stand-alone Java databases without DBSTATC and DBCHECKORA control tables DB13C support for SAP Gateway connections to Java database servers to avoid rsh calls (important for Windows)

‘Unlimited’ maximum size of auto-extensible database files It means 32 GB for 8K Oracle block size Support for Oracle Recovery Manager Proxy Backup Supported by some BACKINT partners Reducing the INITIAL extent size when reorganizing tables Allows releasing space after mass deletion of data Backups of remote databases without password specification Valid for split-mirror and RAC backups Enhanced verification of the BRBACKUP backups E.g. verification of saved control file in RMAN backups Creation of tablespaces with UNIFORM SIZE with BRSPACE Allows special handling of large tables

Hint: See SAP notes 914174 and 900905 for more details

Rename Oracle data file Within the same sapdata directory without moving it Drop empty Oracle data file Supported as of Oracle 10.2 Support for RMAN backup in split-mirror scenario Incremental backup will be also possible Support for RMAN backup of Oracle standby database Incremental backup will be also possible Support for split-mirror backup of Oracle standby database Reducing the suspend time of applying archive logs

Planned for summer 2006!

Supported for SAP systems based on Kernel 6.40 or higher For example, supported for SAP R/3 Enterprise 4.70 For example, not supported for SAP R/3 4.6C Rough procedure Select BRSPACE function “tbreorg” Select BRSPACE reorganization action “long2lob” Select all database tables (BRSPACE will automatically skip tables not containing LONG fields) Optionally, select multiple processing threads Start the migration The migration should be done in locally managed tablespaces For the detailed description of the migration see note 646681 Consider precautious Oracle recommendation in note 835552

Full documentation of BR*Tools 7.00 is available on: http://help.sap.com/ -> Documentation -> SAP NetWeaver 2004s -> Administrator's Guide -> Database Administration for Oracle http://service.sap.com/dbaora -> Media Library -> General -> "SAP Database Guide: Oracle", Release 7.00 See SAP note 849483 for the current list of fixes and enhancements in BR*Tools 7.00 BR*Tools 7.00 are available for download on SAP Service Marketplace for all customers since April 2006 Current patch set is 13 (recommended) They can be used for all SAP releases supporting Oracle 10g They can also be used for SAP databases based on Oracle 9.2 Prerequisite: Oracle instant client 10g must be installed

Full BR*Tools support in wizard and classic mode Reconnecting client/server architecture Multi-user environment Secure connection via Secure HTTP Quick Admin Tasks for easy access to frequent tasks Status monitoring and task enqueueing

Planned for Q4/2006!

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