SAP Offerings on Certified Cloud Providers
What are the differences between Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Solutions and Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP with High Availability and Update Services?
RHEL for SAP with High Availability and Update Services (RHEL for SAP with HA and US) is an on demand offering available in the Partner Marketplace.
RHEL for SAP with HA and US includes the following components:
- SAP specific technical components to support S/4HANA, SAP HANA, and SAP Business Apps
- High Availability solutions for S/4HANA, SAP HANA, and SAP Business Applications
- Update Services for SAP Solutions, that provides support on specified minor releases for 4 years from General Availability.
- Extended Update Support (EUS) for versions that do not have Update Services for SAP Solutions. EUS provides support on specific minor releases for 2 years from General Availability.
SAP Solutions is Red Hat's SAP offering that customers can purchase directly from Red Hat, Red Hat channel partners and use Red Hat Cloud Access to register current subscriptions.
RHEL for SAP Solutions offers the following components:
- SAP specific technical components to support S/4HANA, SAP HANA, and SAP Business Apps
- High Availability solutions for S/4HANA, SAP HANA, and SAP Business Applications
- Update Services for SAP Solutions, that provides support on specified minor releases for 4 years from General Availability.
- Extended Update Support (EUS) for versions that do not have Update Services for SAP Solutions. EUS provides support on specific minor releases for 2 years from General Availability.
- Smart Management for lifecycle management
- Red Hat Insights for proactive optimisation
| RHEL for SAP with HA and US (Marketplace) | RHEL for SAP Solutions (Cloud Access) | |
|---|---|---|
| Support S/4HANA, SAP HANA, and SAP Business Apps | ✔ | ✔ |
| High Availability | ✔ | ✔ |
| Update Services | ✔ | ✔ |
| Extended Update Support (EUS) | ✔ | ✔ |
| Smart Management | ✔ | |
| Red Hat Insights | ✔ | ✔ |
When should my customer use RHEL for SAP Solutions or RHEL for SAP with High Availability and Update Services?
- Customers wishing to purchase from the Partner Marketplace will be required to purchase RHEL for SAP with High Availability and Update Services
- Customers who wish to use BYOS or purchase directly from Red Hat or Red Hat channel partners can purchase RHEL for SAP Solutions. RHEL for SAP Solutions can only be consumed with Red Hat Cloud Access at this time.
- Customers who require Smart Management and Insights will be required to purchase RHEL for SAP Solutions through Cloud Access.
Partner Marketplace
Which Red Hat SAP offerings are available on the Partner Marketplaces?
The table below summarizes the offerings from Partner Marketplaces and Red Hat Cloud Access:
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version | RHEL for SAP with High Availability & Update Services (Marketplace) | SAP Solutions (Cloud Access) |
|---|---|---|
| 6.7 (Out of support) | ||
| 6.10 (Out of support) | ✔ | |
| 7.2 (Out of support) | ||
| 7.3 (Out of support) | ||
| 7.4 (Out of support) | ✔ | |
| 7.5 (Out of support) | ✔ | ✔ |
| 7.6 (Out of support) | ✔ | ✔ |
| 7.7 | ✔ | ✔ |
| 7.9 | ✔ | ✔ |
| 8.1 | ✔ | ✔ |
| 8.2 | ✔ | ✔ |
| 8.4 | ✔ | ✔ |
| 8.6 | ✔ | ✔ |
| 8.8 | ✔ | ✔ |
| 8.10 [1] | ✔ | ✔ |
| 9.0 | ✔ | ✔ |
| 9.2 | ✔ | ✔ |
| 9.4 [1] | ✔ | ✔ |
Note:
[1] Indicated releases are expecting support and certification is still ongoing.
[2] Please have a look at https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata for more information on which RHEL releases are still supported.
What is the difference between E4S and EUS?
E4S provides up to four (4) years of extended update support. EUS provides up to two (2) years of extended update support. RHEL for SAP with HA and US (7.4) is the first solution provided with the four (4) year support. E4S is available in both RHEL For SAP with HA and US and RHEL for SAP Solutions.
The EUS Add-On and the Update Services for SAP Solutions allows customers the flexibility to decide when to take advantage of new Red Hat Enterprise Linux features, including new hardware enablement.
https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata
What does my customer do with an existing marketplace RHEL for SAP HANA offering that has entered end of life on December 2018?
Customers are required to migrate to RHEL for SAP with HA and Update Services.
What does my customer do with an existing RHEL for SAP HANA subscription that is consumed via cloud access?
Customers that have an existing RHEL for SAP HANA subscription through Red Hat Cloud Access and consumed on partner infrastructure will be required to migrate to RHEL for SAP Solutions on a certified instance.
Red Hat Cloud Access
The Red Hat Cloud Access program allows customers to move their Red Hat subscriptions from physical or on-premise systems onto specific, certified cloud providers with full support from Red Hat.
Which Red Hat Offerings for SAP are available in the Cloud Access program?
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Solutions
How does customers use the Cloud Access program?
Refer to https://www.redhat.com/en/technologies/cloud-computing/cloud-access
Other Info
Which marketplace offerings (Instance types) are certified by SAP for SAP HANA
Refer to SAP HANA Certified and Supported Hardware Directory to find list of SAP certified instance types for SAP HANA workloads.
Which RHEL versions supports High Availability?
All RHEL versions starting RHEL 7.4 support High Availability.
Documentation specific for certified cloud service providers (CCSP)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP offerings on Amazon Web Services FAQ
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Offerings on Microsoft Azure FAQ
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Offerings on IBM Cloud FAQ
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