VMware documents regarding SAP products

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[VMware and SAP news page|http://www.vmware.com/sap]

The hot spot for latest news about the VMware SAP Alliance. There are Whitepapers and Success Stories available, too.

[SAP on VMware Twitter channel|http://twitter.com/#!/SAPonVMware]

The [Technical Documents of VMware|http://www.vmware.com/resources/techresources/] are required for a general understanding of the virtualization layer, like configuration, resource management and performance guides.

There are also SAP related Technical Documents, eg.:

[SAP Solutions on VMware vSphere 4 - Best Practice Guidelines|http://www.vmware.com/resources/techresources/10086] (MUST READ)

[Virtualizing SAP GUI with VMware ThinApp|http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/solutions/VMware-ThinApp-Virtualizing-SAP-GUI.pdf]

[VMware vShield App Protecting Virtual SAP Deployments|http://www.vmware.com/resources/techresources/10213]

[VMworld sessions|http://www.vmworld.com/tags/sessions_sap] about SAP

[Deploying an Integrated SAP and VMware Stack & Best Practices|http://www.vmworld.com/static/BCA2096.html] from VMworld 2011

[SAP on VMware Best Practices Session|http://www.vmworld.com/docs/DOC-5098] from VMworld 2010

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Schutz geschäftskritischer Applikationen in mit VMware vSphere 4 virtualisierten SUSE Linux Enterpri... - German

Protection of Business-Critical Applications in SUSE Linux Enterprise Environments Virtualized with ... - English

BigX u2013 An IBM solution for SAP landscapes on Linux that helps reduce complexity, improve utiliza...

Symantec ApplicationHA - a good approach to make an SAP system highly available without using complex clustering software.

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[SD Benchmarks on vSphere 5.0|http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/SAPsolutions/2011/08/30/vsphere-5-for-sap-proof-points]

The VROOM! Blog from VMware's Performance Engineering Team:

[SAP Batch Job Performance on vSphere|http://blogs.vmware.com/performance/2010/02/sap-batch-job-performance-on-vsphere.html] - also showing advantage of vmxnet3 virtual network adapter

[SAP Three-Tier Shows Excellent Scaling on vSphere|http://blogs.vmware.com/performance/2010/03/sap-threetier-shows-excellent-scaling-on-vsphere.html]

[Performance Evaluation of Intel EPT Hardware Assist|http://blogs.vmware.com/performance/2009/03/performance-evaluation-of-intel-ept-hardware-assist-.html]

SAP performance related Technical Documents:

[SAP Virtualization with VMware vSphere 5 on IBM System x - Partner ready|http://www.vmware.com/resources/techresources/10245] (new)

[HP ProLiant DL980, Intel Xeon, and VMware vSphere 5 SAP Performance Analysis|http://www.vmware.com/resources/techresources/10244] (new)

[Virtualized SAP Performance with VMware vSphere 4|http://www.vmware.com/resources/techresources/10026]

[Analysis of IBM System x3850 M2 Performance and Scalability with VMware vSphere 4 and SAP Solutions|http://www.vmware.com/resources/techresources/10090]

[Fujitsu Three-Tier Benchmark Test Results for SAP on VMware vSphere|http://www.vmware.com/resources/techresources/10104]

[SAP Performance on vSphere with IBM DB2 and SUSE Linux Enterprise|http://www.vmware.com/resources/techresources/10128]

Storage I/O Performance:

[Achieving a Million I/O Operations per Second from a Single VMware vSphere 5.0 Host|http://www.vmware.com/resources/techresources/10211]

[Comparison of Storage Protocol Performance in VMware vSphere 4|http://www.vmware.com/resources/techresources/10034]

[Performance Characterization of VMFS and RDM Using a SAN|http://www.vmware.com/resources/techresources/1040]

[VMware Best Practices for NFS|http://www.vmware.com/resources/techresources/10096]

[Configuring disks to use VMware Paravirtual SCSI (PVSCSI) adapters|http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1010398]

Network I/O Performance:

[Network I/O Latency in vSphere 5|http://www.vmware.com/resources/techresources/10256] (new)

[Best Practices for Performance Tuning of Latency-Sensitive Workloads in vSphere VMs|http://www.vmware.com/resources/techresources/10220]

[Choosing a network adapter for your virtual machine|http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1001805]

General VMware Performance Best Practices and Troubleshooting:

[Troubleshooting ESX virtual machine performance issues|http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2001003]

[Performance Best Practices for VMware vSphere 5.0|http://www.vmware.com/resources/techresources/10199]

[Performance Best Practices for VMware vSphere 4.1|http://www.vmware.com/resources/techresources/10161]

[Performance Monitoring and Analysis|http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-3930]

[Performance Troubleshooting for vSphere 4.1|http://www.vmware.com/resources/techresources/10179]

[Troubleshooting using ESXTOP for Advanced Users|http://www.vmworld.com/docs/DOC-5101]

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[SAP Linux Virtualization Certification Workshop|http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/HOME/LinuxVirtualizationCertificationWorkshop]

The SAP Linux Virtualization Certification Workshop takes place every year. New virtualization software and features are tested to its SAP compliance. There are documents available showing the test results, eg. behavior of a Fault Tolerance enabled SAP Instance.

[SAP Linux Virtualization Certification Workshop 2010 - VMware Results|http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/linux?rid=/webcontent/uuid/90bf7257-166b-2d10-2fbb-ec137a5c9b86]