PRODUCT OVERVIEW
A company’s SAP® landscape is the digital backbone of its operations. It supports enterprise resource planning, supply-chain management, the customer experience, both deep and real-time analytics, and more. You must be able to rely on the infrastructure it is built on and trust that it delivers stability and performance.
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® for SAP Solutions provides the operating system and predictive management tools that allow you to have one consistent infrastructure for both application and database workloads. With your upcoming move to SAP S/4HANA®, it is more important than ever to have a single, consistent environment that runs reliably, performs well, and that you can manage efficiently.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Solutions combines capabilities that are essential for running an optimized infrastructure for SAP application and data management workloads. These capabilities are offered as part of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Solutions subscription at no additional cost.
FEATURES AND BENEFITS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Solutions features additional content specific to operating SAP landscapes. The core operating system retains the same kernel with all SAP-related content delivered through child channels, providing a consistent infrastructure across SAP and non-SAP environments.
| CONTENT | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| compat-locales-sap | Supports non-Unicode character sets from legacy data |
| compat-sap-c++ | Includes the gcc libraries required by SAP products |
| resource-agents-sap P | Provides the agents required for the Red Haty Enterprise Linux High Availability Add-On for SAP NetWeaver-based applications |
| resource-agents-sap-hana | Provides the agents required for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux High Availability Add-On for SAP HANA |
| tuned-profiles-sap | Includes tuned profiles for configuring a performance-optimized environment for SAP applications |
| tuned-profiles-sap-hana | Includes tuned profiles for configuring a performance-optimized environment for in-memory processing needed to run SAP HANA |
| sapconf | Provides additional configuration information used during installation |
| vhostmd/vm-dump-metrics | Delivers the virtual host metrics daemon that allows virtual machines to see information about their host |
The Red Hat Enterprise Linux High Availability Add-On is a Pacemaker solution that uses SAP’s native replication and failover capabilities in a clustered architecture to provide a reliable operating environment.
The Red Hat Enterprise Linux Smart Management Add-On provides the Red Hat Satellite client to manage your Red Hat infrastructure for efficient and compliant IT operations. Use Red Hat Satellite to establish trusted content repositories and processes that help you build a standards-based, secure environment for your SAP deployments.
Red Hat Insights uses predictive analytics to check systems and fix complex security and performance issues—providing proactive system management. Alerts, remediation suggestions, and automated scripts allow you to measure, analyze, and act continuously so you can solve critical issues to avoid pending outages and performance slowdowns before they occur. Learn more at https://www.redhat.com/en/technologies/management/insights.
Update services for SAP Solutions extends an environment’s life-cycle for a minor release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux by four years. During that time, you receive critical impact Red Hat security advisories and selected urgent priority Red Hat bug advisories. You then have the flexibility to decide when to take advantage of new Red Hat Enterprise Linux features, including new hardware enablement. See product life-cycle details at https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Solutions provides the capabilities and tools needed to operate a reliable, high performing, and stable environment for your SAP landscape. This helps you fully benefit from features and functionality, whether you have an SAP HANA or S/4HANA deployment.