SAP Note 1972803 - SAP on AIX: Recommendations

Component : IBM AIX -

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Summary :
This SAP Note provides essential guidelines and recommended settings for successfully installing and optimizing SAP on AIX systems. Key areas covered include IBM POWER hardware compatibility, specific settings for AIV versions 6.1 and 7.1, and optimal configuration recommendations for system characteristics like user resource limits, memory management, virtualization, I/O performance, and file system options. The note also addresses performance enhancements through appropriate settings for ulimits, maxuproc values, and various memory and paging space configurations. Additionally, it refers to separate notes for detailed discussions on topics such as POWER hardware support, AIX compute performance, and key system parameter adjustments to ensure high availability and system stability.

Key words :
customer component bc-op-aix ibm aix priority recommendations / additional info category consulting validity, oracle 10g / 11g 856848   aix extended memory disclaiming 710975   faq, multiple saposcol processes 1756204   activate fast polling 1739156   maxdb/livecache, ibm stg cross platform systems performanceaix, aix qprt 1170252   gather system info, ibm stg cross platform systems performance, livecache/maxdb 973227   aix virtual memory management, sap maxdb/livecache core dump analysis 1137862, ibm techdoc / white paper wp102228, disk heart-beat errors occur

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