Can SAP HANA run on VMware?

VMware can support SAP HANA databases up to the maximum size of a four-socked wide virtual machine on, 8-socket Intel standard architecture / non-glued server hosts, with the maximum size of 224 vCPUs and 6 TB of memory (DRAM or Intel Optane PMEM).

Which year did SAP HANA start producing support on VMware vSphere?

Just like with the vSphere 5.5 SAP HANA support release in the beginning 2014, vSphere 6 supports currently only one production level VM that may get co-deployed with non-production level SAP HANA VMs.

Which virtualization is supported for Hana workloads?

Since 2016, SAP has supported running SAP HANA on Red Hat® Virtualization in development and test environments.

What is VMware SAP?

SAP Virtualization. Accelerate virtualization and automation of software-defined data centers by running SAP environments on VMware, bringing efficiency and flexibility to your entire environment.

What is Tanzu VMWare?

Tanzu is a suite of products that helps users run and manage multiple Kubernetes (K8S) clusters across public and private “clouds”. While introducing Kubernetes as a first class VMWare product, it still keeps strong ties to the VMWare virtualization portfolio.

Which SAP Hana version supports vmware hypervisor?

As of May 6, 2019, SAP HANA 1.0 SPS 12 Revision 122.19 and higher is supported for production use on Intel Cascade Lake based server systems with vSphere 6.7U2.

How do I deploy SAP HANA on Azure?

In this article

1. Introduction.
2. Prerequisites.
3. Step-by-step before deploying.
4. Step-by-step VM deployment and guest OS considerations.
5. Step-by-step preparations specific to Azure virtual machines.
6. SAP HANA installation.
7. Additional resources for SAP HANA backup.
8. Next steps.

What is SAP HANA on Azure?

SAP HANA on Azure (Large Instances) is a unique solution to Azure. The SAP HANA on Azure (Large Instances) solution builds on non-shared host/server bare-metal hardware that is assigned to you. The server hardware is embedded in larger stamps that contain compute/server, networking, and storage infrastructure.

How deploy Tanzu VMware?

1. STEP 1: Installing Kubectl, Docker On Linux VM.
2. STEP 2: Install TKG CLI on Linux VM.
3. STEP 3: Create an SSH Key Pair ON LINUX VM.
4. STEP 4: Deploy OVAs & Create Templates in vSphere 6.7 U3.
5. STEP 5: Deploy Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Management cluster.
6. STEP 6: Management cluster is done!

How does VMware Tanzu work?

When vSphere with Tanzu is enabled on a vSphere cluster, it creates a Kubernetes control plane inside the hypervisor layer. This layer contains specific objects that enable the capability to run Kubernetes workloads within ESXi. A cluster that is enabled for vSphere with Tanzu is called a Supervisor Cluster.

What is Azure SAP?

Azure is SAP certified to run your mission-critical SAP applications. Azure is the industry’s most performant and scalable SAP cloud infrastructure, offering 192-gigabyte to 12-terabyte SAP HANA–certified virtual machines in more regions than any other public cloud provider.

How do you deploy SAP on Azure?

To create a deployment by using a private OS disk through the Azure portal, use the SAP template published in the azure-quickstart-templates GitHub repository. You also can manually create a virtual machine, by using PowerShell. To create a two-tier system by using only one virtual machine, use this template.

Can you run SAP HANA on VMware vSphere?

ARCHITECTURE GUIDELINES AND BEST PRACTICES FOR DEPLOYMENTS OF SAP HANA ON VMWARE VSPHERE Note: HANA on VMware vSphere is supported on certified HANA hardware configurations only . The same scalability strategy and limits apply to HANA on VMware as well as bare-metal HANA .

Why is it important to use VMware with SAP?

Virtualizing SAP HANA with VMware can reduce TCO by reducing the number of physical SAP HANA servers and supporting larger compute and memory workloads on the same hardware. Virtualization also increases the resiliency and availability of business-critical SAP HANA databases.

How to configure SAP HANA for optimal performance?

To configure an SAP HANA enabled VM for optimal performance it is necessary to align the VM configuration to the underlying HW and especially NUMA configuration. Customers running SAP HANA on VMware shall follow the Architecture Guidelines and Best Practices for Deployments of SAP HANA on VMware vSphere.

Who is responsible for the deployment of SAP HANA?

This guide is intended for architects, engineers, and administrators who are responsible for configuring and deploying the SAP HANA platform in a VMware virtualization environment . It assumes that the reader has a basic knowledge of VMware vSphere concepts and features, SAP HANA, and related SAP products and technologies . SAP Acknowledgments