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Summary :
This SAP Note provides comprehensive guidance on installing SAP software on various Linux distributions and hardware systems. It specifies compatible Linux versions such as Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise and Red Hat Enterprise Linux across different architectures, including x86_64, POWER, and zSeries. The note details prerequisites such as proper Linux distribution selection, hardware compatibility, and nuances not covered in general installation guides. It is updated regularly to include new releases and critical information about database-specific notes, virtualization technologies, and system configurations like raw devices and file systems. It also emphasizes the importance of obtaining a service contract for ongoing support and lists critical SAP Notes for further reference.
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1973431 | sapstart: process restart functions |
1952443 | No more processes |
1950465 | |
1930395 | HANA Server Disk Quota Administration |
1925375 | UUID library (libuuid) dangerous |
1924672 | |
1922310 | Firmware upgrades for SAP HANA Appliance |
1921354 | Startup of HANA database with IBM GPFS filesystem fails with RC=28: No space left on device error |
1918897 | Support for Hana on Linux on Virtual Computing Environment (VCE) |
1913382 | Is there a certified version of TSM for SAP HANA ? |
1901033 | "R3trans -d" returns no connect possible: "maybe someone set invalid values for DIR_LIBRARY or dbms_type" on Linux |
1894616 | Generate diagnostic dump of the HANA database. |
1884648 | Cannot configure GPFS |
1873392 | GFS2 filesystem support on Oracle Linux 6 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 with Oracle database |
1863528 | SAP Installation on SUSE Linux error. |
1863301 | Support for Hana on Hitachi hardware |
1849206 | TP aborts with return code 208 during phase MAIN_SHDINST/TP_ACTION_CP2SINI |
1845121 | Address already in use - how to find the process listening on port ... |
1839658 | Is ext3 file system supported for ECC 6.0 EHP6 on RHEL 6 or ext4 required? |
1827960 | Operating system limits for SAP instances |
1770532 | |
1674325 | DEV/SHM directory is used by mulitple instances and prevents startup |
1641519 | Operating system (in)dependent SAP memory management issues |
1623979 | SAP start fails on Linux |
1563660 | sapcontrol, |
1986958 | Common issues / Configuration recommendations for Symantec NetBackup for SAP HANA |
1976723 | |
1964437 | SAP HANA on AWS: Supported AWS EC2 products |
1955192 | |
1954788 | SAP HANA DB: Recommended OS settings for SLES 11 / SLES for SAP Applications 11 SP3 |
1945415 | SAP on Forward! by Unisys Platform and s-Par (R) partitions |
1944799 | SAP HANA Guidelines for SLES Operating System Installation |
1943795 | VMC: Authorization error with mmap/mprotect |
1933167 | No or not enough memory capacity for mount point /hana/exeini on Dell HANA appliances |
1920326 | Oracle JDK support agreement terminated |
1919673 | Fehler bei der Unix Syslog Initialisierung |
1916236 | DB4: Can't Load Linux xdnxdaapi.so in 720+ |
1912845 | Possible variation of IO throughput on HP scale out HANA appliances |
1908655 | Support details for Red Hat Enterprise Linux HA Add-On |
1906423 | Support details for Symantec Veritas |
1902281 | GPFS 3.5 incompatibility with Linux kernel 3.0.58 and higher |
1898103 | Health Checker for the IBM SAP HANA appliance |
1889145 | Diagnostics Agent HTTP calls timeout on Linux kernel 3.0.74 |
1888072 | SAP HANA DB: Indexserver crash in __strcmp_sse42 |
1880960 | IBM Systems Solution for SAP HANA PTF List |
1879168 | Desupport of SAP Kernels 46D_EXT and 640 |
1871318 | Linux: Disable Transparent HugePages for Oracle Database |
1868811 | DB4: Multiconnect from Linux X86 Application Servers |
1867783 | XFS Data Inconsistency Bug with SLES 11 SP2 |
1848432 | NEC SAP HANA Appliance Operations Guide |
1847127 | NEC ExpressCluster : way to suspend / resume HA cluster |
1843698 | Locale check tool nls_check |
1838364 | Performance and CPU affinity |
1824819 | SAP HANA DB: Recommended OS settings for SLES11/SLES4SAP SP2 |
1817065 | SAP on Oracle VM - Monitoring SAP auf Oracle VM |
1808268 | |
1807851 | Linux: SAP on Huawei GalaxEngine UVP virtualization |
1807387 | HANA: Possible kernel panic or hanging HANA backup with MPFS |
1806414 | B1A or B1H server CSS-LED is on |
1805750 | SYB: Usage of huge pages on Linux Systems with Sybase ASE |
1798556 | SAP NetWeaver Landscape Virtualization Management 2.0 |
1790812 | Problems with the SAP Host Agent rpm package |
1787005 | HANA installation on GPFS with timestamps in the future |
1785617 | ORA-15085: ASM disk "" has inconsistent sector size |
1784717 | Linux: Released VCE hardware |
1783702 | SAP NetWeaver Landscape Virtualization Management 2.0 |
1779681 | Support details for HP Serviceguard (Linux) |
1775101 | Wrong checksum and page load errors on HP IBRIX file system |
1771258 | Linux: User and system resource limits |
1771226 | Installations on Linux with IPv6 |
1769251 | Incorrect CPU metrics on RHEL 6.3 on IBM POWER |
1768213 | |
1763512 | Support details for SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability |
1747813 | Unusual system behavior with Westmere-EX or Nehalem-EX CPUs |
1738172 | Linux: High Machine Load due to Leap Second |
1733289 | Linux SUSE SLES 11 IBM Power installation of Oracle DB 10.2 |
1728283 | SAP Kernel 721: General Information |
1716826 | Usage of the downward compatible kernel 721 (EXT) |
1708967 | REMINDER: Switch to SAP JVM 4 |
1706801 | SYB: Sybase ASE released for virtual systems |
1699171 | Dell support tool for SAP HANA or BWA appliances |
1697030 | DB2-z/OS: The SAP J2EE ConfigTool crashes on SUSE SLES 11 |
1693245 | SAP HA Script Connector Library |
1687587 | BWA 7.00/7.20: SLES Security Patches |
1681360 | Support for SAP software in Linux / Fusion-IO Environments |
1678024 | Linux: NetWeaver 7.0 EhP 3 with SAP kernel 720 |
1673776 | Support for SAP software in Linux / CA Environments |
1672954 | Oracle 11g: Usage of hugepages on Linux |
1671843 | Installing the SMD agent using 720_EXT kernel |
1662610 | Support details for SteelEye Lifekeeper High Availability |
1661146 | IBM Check Tool for SAP HANA appliances |
1656250 | SAP on AWS: Supported instance types |
1656099 | SAP on AWS: Supported products, platforms and landscapes |
1650076 | DB2 z/OS: SAP on IBM zEnterprise(TM) BladeCenter® Extension |
1650046 | GPFS maintenance after SAP HANA node has failed |
1646120 | Support for SAP software in Linux / EMC environments |
1645509 | Support for SAP software in Linux / Virident Environments |
1644499 | Database connectivity from Linux to SQL Server |
1642936 | Support for SAP software in RHEL with MC support of NEC |
1642802 | supportconfig - collecting a system overview on OS level |
1642058 | Adapt SAPInst Oracle Client 11.2.0.x |
1641148 | HANA server hang caused by GPFS issue |
1635808 | Oracle Linux 6.x SAP Installation and Upgrade |
1634767 | Tainted Linux Kernel generated by ACFS modules on Exadata |
1633459 | Required RPM package for ADS on RHEL 6 and Oracle Linux 6 |
1630050 | SAP NetWeaver Landscape Virtualization Management 1.0 - Std |
1629598 | SAP Kernel 720 will replace older kernel versions |
1629558 | Linux 3.x kernel |
1620527 | Veritas Filesystem: Block corruption with large LUNs |
1618590 | Support: Oracle database on Amazon Web Services |
1618572 | Linux: Support Statement for RHEL on Amazon Web Services |
1617188 | SAP Software and Oracle Exalogic |
1597355 | Swap-space recommendation for Linux |
1591607 | SAP Kernel for SAP_BASIS releases 7.03 and 7.31 |
1588896 | Linux: Support Statement for SLES on Amazon Web Services |
1574751 | Linux: libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.7' not found |
1567511 | Oracle Linux 5.x SAP installation and upgrade |
1565179 | SAP software and Oracle Linux |
1563102 | Linux Requirements for 7.20 EXT kernel |
1559462 | |
1557506 | Linux paging improvements |
1553301 | 7.20 EXT Kernel - Usage |
1553300 | 7.20 EXT Kernel - Extended Kernel Maintenance |
1552925 | Linux: High Availability Cluster Solutions |
1532458 | Monitoring of SAP on Citrix XenServer |
1527538 | SAP NetWeaver Landscape Virtualization Management 1.0 |
1522993 | Linux: SAP on SUSE KVM - Kernel-based Virtual Machine |
1519590 | Virtualization with Citrix XenServer |
1504570 | Data corruption when using SLES 10 with Oracle and NFS |
1500607 | Support requirements for SAP in Veritas Environments |
1496410 | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x: Installation and Upgrade |
1495160 | SAP JVM as replacement for Partner JDKs 1.4.2 |
1482272 | Key Figures of Virtualization on VMware ESX Server |
1465174 | DB2-z/OS:Overview of zLinux JVM for NetWeaver 6.40 and 7.0 |
1462332 | ACC 7.3 - Adaptive Computing Controller Collect. Note |
1453992 | |
1437105 | Operating system limits for SAP instances |
1437021 | Signal 11 with Oracle Instant Client on Fujitsu FlexFrame |
1434397 | Week 53 missing in Web-Dynpro for Java for certain locales |
1426182 | Support of Oracle Database for XEN and KVM |
1422869 | JSPM startup fails with "Fatal error: No usable fonts found" |
1414994 | sapinit permissions |
1403020 | Linux: Certified Cisco Hardware |
1400911 | Linux: SAP on Red Hat KVM - Kernel-based Virtual Machine |
1392638 | Long work process wait time on semaphore 12 |
1391070 | Linux UUID solutions |
1382721 | Linux: Interpreting the output of the command 'free' |
1380654 | SAP support in cloud environments |
1380245 | Linux: libldap.so not found |
1379130 | Linux: Released NEC hardware |
1375863 | ACC 7.2 - Adaptive Computing Controller Collect. Note |
1375648 | Linux: High performance SAP kernel |
1349794 | |
1322297 | BWA 7.00: Use of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server/SLES 11 |
1319038 | DB2-z/OS:Recommended Settings for IBM 142 J9 JVM on zLinux |
1310720 | Collection Note for Unicode Systems with different endianess |
1310037 | SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 11: Installation notes |
1293359 | Linux: Oracle Archiver errors in alert log |
1278782 | Support for SAP software in Linux / Egenera environments |
1275776 | Linux: Preparing SLES for SAP environments |
1271224 | Linux: Minimum versions for distribution w/ SAP EX2_Kernel |
1266874 | Support for SAP software in Linux / Symantec environments |
1263258 | IBM JDK 1.4.2 x86_64: How to get a proper heapdump for MAT |
1244576 | 10.2.0.4 glibc and RAC |
1240731 | Linux: Incorrect write I/O on SLES9 |
1239558 | Linux: libc.so.6 version `GLIBC_2.3.4' not found |
1233528 | Linux: MaxDB/liveCache lock problem with Veritas File System |
1232248 | Unreasonable CPU times |
1178686 | Linux: Alternative method to generate a SAP hardware key |
1173954 | Support of Oracle for VMWare |
1172419 | Linux: Supported Java versions on the x86_64 platform |
1163337 | Generating core dumps on Linux |
1159935 | IBM JDK 1.4.2 x86_64 option unrecognised: -Xjvm:j9vm23 |
1159718 | SAP kernel aborts with signal 7 (SIGBUS) on Linux/IA64/Power |
1159541 | IBM Java VM 1.4.2 x86_64 (Linux) OutOfMemory |
1158363 | VMware Performance Snapshot |
1154874 | Warning for em/initial_size_MB in 640 Kernel |
1149214 | Wily Introscope Agent with IBM Java VM 1.4.2 (SR1x) x86_64 |
1143754 | HP Support Entitlement Process |
1142243 | MaxDB release for virtual systems |
1137734 | Assignment of memory areas, shared memories, and pools |
1130801 | DB2 LUW, DB2 z/OS release for VMware, XEN, and Hyper-V |
1126118 | IBM System x3850 M2 recommended BIOS settings |
1122388 | Linux: VMware vSphere configuration guidelines |
1122387 | Linux: SAP Support in virtualized environments |
1114181 | Oracle DB, SLES and RHEL Linux, file system and I/O type |
1113184 | OCFS2 useful tips |
1102760 | PowerVM Live Partition Mobility |
1102124 | SAPOSCOL on Linux: Enhanced function |
1097184 | Analyzing high CPU consumption (IBM JDK on Linux) |
1090932 | IBM download site for special JDK builds - iFix |
1084263 | Cluster File System: Use of GPFS on Linux |
1079733 | |
1069443 | Linux: Different sort sequence |
1067221 | Composite note for heterogeneous installation |
1066142 | Linux: libj9vm22.so: cannot open shared object file |
1065860 | Linux: SLES 9/10, problems with libuuid |
1063365 | EP: PCD content deployment fails on Linux x86 64 (IBM J9 VM) |
1058988 | 640_EX2 Kernels |
1056161 | SUSE Priority Support for SAP applications |
1048303 | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x: Installation and upgrade |
1037703 | SLES10: SAPINST 642 terminates in step dGetHostInfo |
1021236 | Linux: Using SAP Kernel 7.01 and higher on RHEL4 and SLES9 |
1009962 | jdk 1.4.2_13 does not work together with jlaunch |
1008828 | ACC 7.1 PI / Adaptive Computing Controller Collective Note |
1008726 | WebAS: Installation terminates at "Start Java Engine" stage |
1001092 | Daylight Saving Time - Changes in 2007 |
997990 | Oracle Linux / Oracle Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel |
996600 | 32 Bit platforms not recommended for productive NW2004s apps |
989963 | Linux: VMware timing problem |
977515 | Linux System paged during MaxDB data backup/add volume |
975196 | IBM XL C/C++ Runtime environment V8.0 & Oracle 10.2 on Linux |
966678 | Prerequisite checker message in NetWeaver 2004s installation |
964705 | Linux IPF: "floating-point assist fault" in Linux syslog |
960510 | Linux: Cannot execute binary file |
959369 | User ID displayed in Top40 process list instead of user name |
958253 | SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10: Installation notes |
955397 | RFC SDK on linux |
952625 | SORT AS TEXT: What does the collation sequence depend on? |
949424 | Termination when starting programs with Remote Execute |
945315 | SAP installation on Linux on POWER/Oracle 10.2 |
941735 | SAP memory management for 64-bit Linux systems |
939406 | System Copy 4.0B - 4.6C to Linux x86_64 |
936887 | End of maintenance for Linux distributions |
923796 | Problems due to the C stack location on x86_64 (hybrid mode) |
922352 | Warning: em/initial_size_MB is bigger than em/max_size_MB |
917815 | System requirement Linux (32-bit) liveCache/MaxDB 7.5 to 7.8 |
916650 | System requirements pLinux - liveCache/MaxDB 7.5 to 7.9 |
916649 | System requirements Linux X64,liveCache/MaxDB 7.5 to 7.9 |
916648 | System requirements Linux (IA64) liveCache/MaxDB 7.5 to 7.8 |
910707 | Linux: Japanese locale (ja_JP.SJIS) on Linux |
907727 | Linux: Certified SGI Hardware |
902414 | Linux: kernel oops when running 32 bit apps on SLES 9 x86_64 |
900929 | Linux: STORAGE_PARAMETERS_WRONG_SET and "mmap() failed" |
897662 | BIOS settings on AMD64 SMP systems |
894618 | SCM 4.1: Availability/prerequisites of new platforms |
893352 | Upgrade to NW04 based SAP solutions on Linux x86_64 |
880018 | suse-sapinit conflicts with procps on SLES9 SP2 |
876282 | Linux x86_64: Availability of R/3 4.7 Ext1.10, BW3.10, 6.x |
871985 | Linux: Integer Overflow if em/address_space_MB > 4092 |
865307 | Installing ABAP 6.40 application server on Linux x86_64 |
861215 | Recommended Settings for the Linux on AMD64/EM64T JVM |
860714 | Linux reports "big time diff XXX for stamp YYY" |
854073 | Core dump in ab_BtreeBlockDelete() on Linux IA64 |
853972 | ORA-27125 while creating the DB instance on Kernel 2.6 above |
845046 | dev_w*: *** ERROR => invalid MM administration |
839443 | TP error: Cannot execute TP during startup of LC10 |
836992 | Missing long texts for kernel error codes in SYSLOG on Linux |
835114 | MaxDB Errors with Linux on Power |
832402 | Linux: Certified Unisys hardware |
831325 | No SAP Installation CD found for Linux on POWER |
825822 | Installation 4.6C SR2 on Linux x86_64 with DB2 |
825494 | Platforms supported by the RFC SDK |
823941 | SAP start service on Unix platforms |
816145 | Installation 4.6C SR2 on Linux x86_64 with Oracle |
816097 | Availability of SAP on Linux for the x86_64 platform |
815368 | SAP products: Released Linux versions |
814210 | JDK detection for IBM JDK fails in the Startup Framework |
811918 | Installing MaxDB 7.5 for SAP products in Basis 46D |
800326 | Certified SAP and EMC solutions for Linux environments |
799755 | J2EE Engine doesn't complete its shutdown |
797084 | SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9: Installation notes |
796250 | SAP DB/MaxDB on Linux kernel SUSE 2.4.21-241/-251 |
791747 | Linux: Printing from the SAP System (access method U) |
788770 | Linux: R3SETUP - CALCRAM_IND_IND Phase fails |
788272 | Compatibility of Linux Kernel 2.6/NPTL with MaxDB |
784999 | saposcol reporting incorrect swap amount |
784391 | SAP support terms and 3rd-party Linux kernel drivers |
781434 | 46D_EXT: libcurses library not found/incorrect |
777682 | |
775588 | Linux: /tmp directory filled |
772025 | Linux: incorrect statistics for POWER systems using SMT |
768727 | Process automatic restart functions in sapstart |
767814 | SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 8: Installation notes |
766222 | Linux: Released IBM hardware |
765424 | Linux: Released IBM Hardware - POWER based servers |
757408 | Return codes from Runtime.exec() not available in Java |
756263 | SLES8: Installation on new Blade Server models |
755836 | Linux (32 bit): TEXTENV_INVALID |
750884 | End of Maintenance by SuSE for SLES 7 |
746299 | DB2-z/OS:Recommended Settings for IBM zLinux 142 Classic JVM |
731580 | J2EE Engine doesn't stop after conn. problem with Msg Server |
723909 | Java VM settings for J2EE 6.40/7.0 |
722273 | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.x, 4.x: Installation and Upgrade |
716604 | Access to Oracle J2SE and recommended J2SE options |
709140 | Recommended JDK and VM Settings for the WebAS630/640/7.0 |
706071 | Linux: Memory in tmpfs is not released correctly |
682083 | OSS1 does not support all operating systems |
667234 | |
639097 | PREPARE on 46C SR2 termination because C++ is not installed |
638996 | NFS mounted directories and saposcol |
625674 | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1: Notes on installation |
618173 | Using SAP Kernel 6.20 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 |
618104 | "sapsysinfo" - Compiling system information on Linux |
606107 | SAP on Linux: released BULL hardware |
600915 | Linux/IA-64: Inst. FCS/CA 4.6C: Known problems |
597470 | Linux: Released Oracle Sun servers |
597415 | Logical volume manager (LVM) on Linux |
574900 | SAPOSCOL reports: *LINUX*: disc statistic not available |
564874 | SAP on Linux: Use on Foster NUMA hardware |
553309 | Linux kernel 2.4.16: Work process ends w/ signal 7 (SIGBUS) |
552914 | SAP BW 3.1 Content Server Installation on UNIX |
540787 | CPU affinity and CPU priority under Linux |
539567 | Application server monitoring with RFCPING |
534704 | Linux: NFS problems on SuSE SLES7 |
516716 | Linux: Locale problems after updating glibc |
502237 | INST: 4.6B R/3 Inst. on Linux (glibc 2.2.2) |
491094 | Linux Kernel 2.4.7: host shutdowns become more frequent |
447029 | Linux: Sorting problems in Asian character sets |
439830 | SuSE (SLES): Problems in SPAMS and AL11 |
426188 | R/3 processes terminate due to signal 9 |
411970 | DB2/390: Application Server on Linux for zSeries |
401162 | Work processes do not start (address already in use) |
397521 | SAP Software Installation: not enough swap space |
396202 | Use of the SAP Application Server on Linux kernel 2.4 |
386605 | SAP Memory Management for Linux (32-bit) |
359566 | Linux: Bus error |
308375 | 64-bit SAP software |
304378 | Installtn LINUX: Connect terminates - SQL-952 |
300900 | Linux: Available DELL hardware |
195276 | Linux: Starting the program using Remote Shell |
190218 | Linux: Print output from R/3 (acc. method L) |
189582 | Linux: Code page entries in table TCP0C |
187864 | Linux: Locale Support on Linux |
171383 | Linux: Released Fujitsu Technology Solutions hardware |
171380 | Linux: Released IBM hardware (Intel and AMD processors) |
171371 | Linux: Released Hewlett Packard hardware |
159280 | RZ10: Check of the start profile |
156548 | Released operating systems for SAP kernel 4.6x ORACLE |
153641 | Swap space requirement for R/3 64-bit kernel |
132536 | Improved semaphore mechanism in tp |
84855 | Windows Server, Linux, Unix: Certified hardware |
81737 | DB2-z/OS: APAR List |
1606643 | VMware Monitoring Interface |
743192 | Analyzing High CPU usage by the J2EE Engine: Linux |
962334 | Linux: SAP on Xen virtual machine |
549268 | SAP JCo 2.x release and support strategy |
531069 | Heterogeneous Unix - Unix Systems |
1492000 | General Support Statement for Virtual Environments |
1739625 | Linux: SAP on Red Hat Xen |
1588667 | SAP on Amazon Web Services (AWS) |
405827 | Journaled file system and raw devices on Linux |
309834 | SAP BC release and support strategy |
1631106 | Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Business Applications |