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Oracle Multitenant Option Now in Early Customer Shipment Status New!
We have completed initial testing of Oracle Multitenant by installing two SAP systems on a SPARC Solaris server. You can find out more at this blog. 17 Aug 2016
Improved SAP Database Performance with Solaris 11 New!
There are two blogs available on how to use Oracle Solaris to improve the performance and scalability of SAP ASE: Best Practices Using ZFS For SAP ASE Database and Unbeatable Scalability of SAP ASE on Oracle M7. 12 Jul 2016
Oracle Solaris Cluster and Oracle Clusterware Certified by SAP for Integration with SAP NetWeaver
The high availability (HA) solutions Solaris Cluster 3.3 and Solaris Cluster 4.x as well as Oracle Clusterware 12c (SAPCTL) have been certified for integration with SAP NetWeaver via the SAP integration scenario NW-HA-CLU 740. For more information, see the SAP Application Development Partner Directory. 6 Apr 2016
Performance Improvements with PBO-Optimised SAP Kernels
The PBO-optimised SAP kernels for 742 and 745 on Solaris SPARC are now available on SAP Support Portal and downloadable as part of the disp+work package. They are valid for 742 as of patch level 27 and for 745 as of patch level 313. For more information, see SAP Note 2246204 Profile-Based Optimization on Oracle Solaris.
You can find the kernels on the SAP Support Portal here:
- SAP Support Portal -> Support Packages and Patches - K" -> SAP KERNEL 64-BIT UNICODE" -> SAP KERNEL 7.45 64-BIT UNICODE -> Solaris on SPARC 64bit -> Database independent -> dw_27-80000780.sar
- SAP Support Portal -> Support Packages and Patches - K" -> SAP KERNEL 64-BIT UNICODE" -> SAP KERNEL 7.42 64-BIT UNICODE -> Solaris on SPARC 64bit -> Database independent -> dw_314-20012206.sar
You can find information on whether PBO is used in "Output" of disp+work in the line "compiled on". This information is valid for 742 and 745 as well as for 721_EXT as of PL 618 and for 722_EXT as of PL 20. 16 Dec 2015
New White Paper "Using the Oracle Solaris Compliance Tool for SAP Installation"
New White Paper "Virtualization Monitoring in Oracle Solaris Zones"
Solaris FAQ Published as SAP Note 2136441
Best Practices for Using ZFS Snapshot and Rollback with SAP Applications
There is a new white paper available for download describing Solaris best practices for using ZFS snapshot and rollback with SAP applications. This paper provides instructions and best practices on how to create and manage ZFS snapshot and rollback within the local zone on Oracle Solaris 10 and 11. ZFS snapshot and rollback is the best way to revert to a stable setting of deployments and applications after any system modification.
You can download the new white paper here. 25 Sep 2014