Landscape with different architecture IA64, x64

[Former Member]

Landscape with architecture IA64 x64

We want to virtualize our "quality system", but we actually have out

landscape "development system", "quality system" and "production

system" with architecture IA64.

We can have systems with different architecture? the new virtualized

system will have x64 SO system. Sap allows landscapes with different

architecture, and this don't affect to the data integrity?

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Olivier,

Thanks for the quickly response, we actually have a central system with IA64 and dialog instances with x64, but we want to have the following configuration for central instances:

Production system : Windows 2003 server (Itanium IA64)

Quality system: : Windows 2003 server (x64) <----- this system will virtualizated

Development system : Windows 2003 server (Itanium IA64)

This new configuration is optimal for do transports between system without afect to the data integrity? we can have any problems with this configuration?

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Jose Luis,

Your landscape is perfectly possible and should work for transports between systems.

But, Personnally, I would not choose it because your qualification system has a different hardware architecture.

For example, how do you qualify a kernel patch level update on x64 when your production system is IA64 ?

Regards,

Olivier

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Thanks for the answer olivier!!

[Former Member]

Hi,

We are exactly in that case.

All of our ECC 6 central instances run on Windows 2003 IA64.

Our application servers (dialog instances) were running on Windows 2000 x86 32 bit.

We have now replaced successfully all the 32 bit dialog servers by new vmware virtual servers running on Windows 2003 x86-64.

The only disadvantage is that, when you apply support packages, you have to run SGEN twice : once for IA64 and once for x86-64.

Regards,

Olivier