Overview of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Solutions subscription
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Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 and higher minor releases
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 and higher minor releases
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 and higher minor releases
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Solutions
Issue
- What is the Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Solutions subscription?
- Does the Red Hat for Enterprise Linux for SAP Solutions subscription provide access to Update Services for SAP Solutions?
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For RHEL 8 please use the product documentation version of this document: Overview of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Solutions Subscription
For RHEL 9 please use the product documentation version of this document: Overview of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Solutions Subscription
What is Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Solutions?
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Solutions is a SAP specific offering, tailored to the needs of SAP workloads such as S/4HANA and SAP HANA platform. Furthermore, standardizing your SAP environment on Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Solutions helps streamline operations and reduce costs by providing integrated smart management and high availability solutions as part of the offering.
Customers also benefit from integrated customer support ticketing systems, enabling a single point of contact for support issues, streamlined resolution of incidents and continued collaboration for running SAP applications on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
With the integration of the ticketing systems, as well as our Technical Support Alliance Network (TSANet) membership Red Hat, SAP and certified hardware partners are able to more easily liaise on support issue resolutions, providing enhanced support services to customers.
All packages provided by RHEL for SAP Applications are also provided by RHEL for SAP Solutions.
Built on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), the RHEL for SAP Solutions subscription offers the following additional components:
- SAP-specific technical components to support S/4HANA, SAP HANA, and SAP Business Applications.
- High Availability solutions for S/4HANA, SAP HANA, and SAP Business Applications.
- RHEL System Roles for SAP, which can be used to automate the configuration of a RHEL system to run SAP workloads.
- Smart Management and Red Hat Insights for lifecycle management and proactive optimization.
- Update Services and Extended Update Support:
- Update Services for SAP Solutions provides support for specific minor RHEL releases for four years from General Availability.
- Extended Update Support (EUS) for minor RHEL releases that do not have Update Services for SAP Solutions. EUS provides support for specific minor RHEL releases for two years from General Availability. See the RHEL Life Cycle web page for more information on EUS and Update Services for SAP Solutions.
Note:
- Update Services for SAP Solutions is only provided with RHEL for SAP Solutions. It is not available on any other RHEL products.
- Update Services for SAP Solutions is only provided on specified minor RHEL releases, which may be different from the EUS releases.
- The RHEL for SAP Solutions subscription may be used with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, but it does not include Update Services for SAP Solutions. However, EUS is available on specific RHEL 6 releases, and it can be used under the RHEL for SAP Solutions subscription to allow for easier migration.
Differences between RHEL for SAP Applications
and RHEL for SAP Solutions
Red Hat has another subscription offering called RHEL for SAP Applications. For more information on RHEL for SAP Applications
subscription, refer to the following kbase article.
Feature | RHEL for SAP Applications | RHEL for SAP Solutions |
---|---|---|
Software packages for SAP NetWeaver: Repository rhel-7-SAP / rhel-8-SAP-NetWeaver (check the SAP-specific technical components table for a list of components) | ✓ | ✓ |
Software packages for SAP HANA: Repository rhel-7-SAP-HANA / rhel-8-SAP-Solutions (check the SAP-specific technical components table for a list of components) | ✓ | |
RHEL High-Availability Add-On | ✓ | |
RHEL System Roles for SAP | ✓ | |
Extended Update Support (EUS) | Only in Premium | ✓ |
Update Services for SAP Solutions (E4S) | ✓ | |
Smart Management Add-On | ✓ | |
Insights | ✓ | ✓ |
SAP-specific technical components
The following table contains an overview of the SAP-specific technical components that are included in the respective repositories:
RHEL 7:
Package | Repository | |
rhel-7-SAP (*) | rhel-7-SAP-HANA (*) | |
compat-locales-sap | ✓ | |
compat-sap-c++ | ✓ | ✓ |
resource-agents-sap | ✓ | |
resource-agents-sap-hana | ✓ | |
tuned-profiles-sap | ✓ | |
tuned-profiles-sap-hana | ✓ | |
sapconf | ✓ | |
rhel-system-roles-sap | ✓(**) | |
vhostmd/vm-dump-metrics | ✓ |
(*) Use the following list to identify the full repository labels:
rhel-7-SAP
: rhel-sap-for-rhel-7-<arch>-rpms
, rhel-sap-for-rhel-7-<arch>-eus-rpms
, rhel-sap-for-rhel-7-<arch>-e4s-rpms
.
rhel-7-SAP-HANA
: rhel-sap-hana-for-rhel-7-<arch>-rpms
, rhel-sap-hana-for-rhel-7-<arch>-eus-rpms
, rhel-sap-hana-for-rhel-7-<arch>-e4s-rpms
.
<arch>
denotes the specific hardware architecture as follows:
- "server
"(for x86_64)
- "for-power-le
" (for ppc64le)
- "for-power
" (for ppc64)
- "for-system-z
" (for s390x)
Note: e4s repos are only available for hardware architectures x86_64 and ppc64le.
(**) starting with RHEL 7.7
RHEL 8 & RHEL 9:
Package | Repository | |
rhel-*-SAP-NetWeaver | rhel-*-SAP-Solutions | |
compat-locales-sap | ✓ | |
compat-sap-c++ (***) | ✓ | ✓ |
resource-agents-sap | ✓ | |
resource-agents-sap-hana | ✓ | |
tuned-profiles-sap | ✓ | |
tuned-profiles-sap-hana | ✓ | |
rhel-system-roles-sap | ✓ | |
vhostmd/vm-dump-metrics | ✓ |
(*) Refers to RHEL 8 and RHEL 9 versions.
(***)This package is applicable for RHEL 8 only.
rhel-8-SAP-NetWeaver
: rhel-8-for-<arch>-sap-netweaver-rpms
, rhel-8-for-<arch>-sap-netweaver-eus-rpms
, rhel-8-for-<arch>-sap-netweaver-e4s-rpms
.
rhel-9-SAP-NetWeaver
: rhel-9-for-<arch>-sap-netweaver-rpms
, rhel-9-for-<arch>-sap-netweaver-eus-rpms
, rhel-9-for-<arch>-sap-netweaver-e4s-rpms
.
rhel-8-SAP-Solutions
: rhel-8-for-<arch>-sap-solutions-rpms
, rhel-8-for-<arch>-sap-solutions-eus-rpms
, rhel-8-for-<arch>-sap-solutions-e4s-rpms
.
rhel-9-SAP-Solutions
: rhel-9-for-<arch>-sap-solutions-rpms
, rhel-9-for-<arch>-sap-solutions-eus-rpms
, rhel-9-for-<arch>-sap-solutions-e4s-rpms
.
<arch>
denotes the specific hardware architecture as follows:
- x86_64
- ppc64le
- s390x
Note: e4s repos are only available for hardware architectures x86_64 and ppc64le.
Software components included with the Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Applications repository
-
sapconf (only in RHEL 6.5 and later, and in RHEL 7.x): Provides the automated RHEL system preparation of a server for the installation of SAP NetWeaver, including required packages, kernel parameters, network parameters, and so on.
sapconf
can be integrated into Kickstart and Red Hat Satellite Server.
See Is sapconf available in RHEL 8? for more information. -
compat-sap-c++ (only in RHEL 6.7 and later):
Provides additional runtime compatibility libraries required by newer NetWeaver releases. See the Installation of SAP NetWeaver 7.51 and later on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 fails with the message GLIBCXX_3.4.14 not found knowledge base article for more information. These libraries are installed independently of the standard runtime libraries provided by RHEL. -
tuned-profiles-sap (only in RHEL 6.5 and later): Provides the
sap-netweaver
profile to tune RHEL for running SAP NetWeaver-based applications. -
resource-agents-sap (only in RHEL 6.5 and later): Provides Pacemaker cluster resource agents (SAPDatabase and SAPInstance)[1] to set up high availability for SAP NetWeaver environments. See the Deploying Highly Available SAP NetWeaver-based Servers Using Red Hat Enterprise Linux HA add-on with Pacemaker knowledge base article for guidelines.
For more info on Red Hat HA solutions for managing ENSA1 and ENSA2 using the resource agents provided by theresource-agents-sap
package, see HA Solution for S/4HANA based on ABAP Platform 1809 or newer and HA Solution for NetWeaver or S/4 Based on ABAP Platform 1709 or older. -
compat-locales-sap: Enables Legacy SAP locales to easily migrate non-Unicode SAP NetWeaver installations from UNIX/Windows to Linux; see SAP Note 187864 for more information.
compat-locales-sap
also provides additional locales for customers running non-Unicode SAP applications. For example, thede_DE@HPUX
locale changes the sorting for German on RHEL to match the sorting on HP-UX to avoid sorting issues as described in SAP Note 952625. -
vhostmd/vm-dump-metrics: A monitoring daemon and client required by SAP for KVM support; see SAP Note 1400911 for more information. In RHEL 8.0, the
vm-dump-metrics
package is part of the BaseOS repository and thevhostmd
package is part of the AppStream repository. -
Future solutions: All future solutions for SAP applications will be added to the RHEL for SAP Solutions repository. See the datasheet Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Solutions for more information.
Software components included with the Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP HANA repository
- rhel-system-roles-sap (only in RHEL 7.7 Batch Update 3 and later): Provides the automated RHEL system preparation of a local or remote server for the installation of SAP HANA or SAP NetWeaver, including required packages, kernel parameters, network parameters, and so on.
rhel-system-roles-sap
can be integrated into Red Hat Satellite Server and Red Hat Ansible Tower. For more information, please see Red Hat Enterprise Linux System Roles for SAP. - Scalable File System Add-On (XFS): Provided at no additional cost.
- compat-sap-c++: Provides additional runtime compatibility libraries required by newer NetWeaver and HANA releases. These libraries are installed independently of the standard runtime libraries provided by RHEL.
- tuned profiles-sap-hana: Provides the sap-hana tuned profile to tune RHEL for running SAP HANA.
- resource-agents-sap-hana: Resource agents and other components for managing SAP HANA Scale-Up System replication. For more information see Supported Scenarios of Automated SAP HSR in HANA Scale-Up.
- Future solutions: All future solutions for SAP applications will be added to the RHEL for SAP Solutions repository. See the datasheet Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Solutions for more information.
- resource-agents-sap-hana-scaleout: Resource agents and other components for managing SAP HANA Scale-Out System replication. See Supported Scenarios of Automated SAP HSR in HANA Scale-Out for more information.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux High Availability Add-on
The RHEL for SAP Solutions subscription includes the Red Hat Enterprise Linux High Availability Add-on. Red Hat Enterprise Linux High Availability provides all the necessary packages for configuring a pacemaker-based cluster that provides reliability, scalability, and availability to critical production services.
RHEL System Roles for SAP
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP includes RHEL System Roles for SAP to assist with remotely or locally configuring RHEL, before installing SAP HANA or SAP NetWeaver software.
See Red Hat Enterprise Linux System Roles for SAP for more information.
Smart Management for lifecycle management Add-on
The RHEL subscription includes the Smart Management Add-on. The Smart Management Add-on is required for each Red Hat Enterprise Linux system that you want to manage with Red Hat Satellite. The add-on provides easy management and updates of Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems using Red Hat Satellite.
Red Hat Insights for proactive optimization Add-on
The RHEL subscription includes the Red Hat Insights Add-on. Red Hat Insights analyzes IT infrastructure against Red Hat’s constantly expanding knowledge base to provide real-time assessment for risks related to performance, availability, stability, and security. See the Red Hat Insights web page for details.
Live Kernel Patching
Live kernel patching is also supported as part of the RHEL for SAP Solutions subscription, starting with RHEL 7.6 and RHEL 8.1. See Is live kernel patch (kpatch) supported in Red Hat Enterprise Linux ? for more information.
Refer to the corresponding article for registering SAP Applications or SAP HANA system to the Update Services for SAP Solutions:
How to subscribe SAP Applications system to the Update Services for SAP Solutions
How to subscribe SAP HANA systems to the Update Services for SAP Solutions
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21 Comments
I was told that "Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Solutions" was not available on 7.5, but this article says 7.2+ and above is supported. Is 7.5 currently supported for "Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Solutions"?
if I understood it right the red hat subscription covers all rhel 7 minor releases and red hat supports them for the os part. Usually the interesting limit is what does SAP support for the application you want to run. For HANA this would (currently) be 7.2 - 7.4 depending on the version (https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/display/ATopics/Technical+Resources+for+SAP+HANA+on+Red+Hat)
RHEL 7.5 has been certified for SAP HANA.
https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata states there is no extended support for 7.5
Hello Klaas,
I'm assuming that by 'extended support' you mean the 'extended update support'. In any case please note the difference between extended update support (EUS) and Update services for SAP Solutions (E4S). While EUS is available as of now for RHEL 7.5 (ends April 30, 2020), the E4S is not available for RHEL 7.5 minor version. We are working on explaining the reasons why the RHEL 7.5 is not part of E4S and once we have a proper statement for that we will update it here and other places.
This KB refers to RHEL for SAP HANA, which has been deprecated. Is the table still accurate for RHEL for SAP Solutions, which is the replacement for both the old SAP Applications and HANA versions? RHEL for SAP Applications is still available for subscription to support non-HANA SAP deployments (SAP ERP on ORACLE, for instance) but it is not our go-forward advice.
"The RHEL for SAP Solutions subscription may be used with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, but it does not include Red Hat Insights and Update Services for SAP Solutions. "
I don't believe this is correct, as Insights is now included as part of the RHEL subscription.
Hi, I am bit unsure what you mean by "Update Services for SAP Solutions (E4S)" feature. Is this covering the upgrade from one version to another?
Hi, all details are there: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/#Update_Services_for_SAP_Solutions
Hi everyone, just for completeness, information about upgrade from one version to another can be found here https://access.redhat.com/articles/4263361
I've get a notification about a change on this page (because i follow) - but how can I see the difference? (there is no change log AND/OR diff function)
Thank you
Hello,
We added an intro at the beginning of the document, under Resolution>What is Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Solutions? The revision history is only available to people with edit access.
Hope this helps.
Hello, thank you for info - it helps for this single case ... but generally a history function would be a great help. (maybe for your CIP process an idea :-) )
Hello Bernhard,
This is, indeed, a very good suggestion. I would like to let you know that we are internally working on this new feature but we don't have an ETA yet. It would consist on some kind of "diff" functionality where the changes made would be easily visible.
Thank you for helping us improving our Customer Portal.
Hello Jesus,
thank you for info - if the feature is released it would be great to get informed. Hint: SAP has this feature for his notes (loooong time). I love it - the change the notes on regulary basis and it's great to see the changes outlined
Thank you KR Bernhard
Hello Bernhard,
The best way to get informed about the progress of this feature is to open a support case with us so that you will get regular updates about it from the engineer who will take your case. In case of need, feel free to mention my name to my colleague and I will take a look at the support case if any help is needed.
Have a nice day.
SAP S/4HANA - Pacemaker Cluster Solution is required High Availability & Resilient Storage Addons.
If we take RHEL for SAP Solutions will it be covered both High Availability & Resilient Storage Addons under RHEL for SAP Solutions subscription?
If i am not wrong, RHEL for SAP Solutions includes only High Availability add-on. Not Resilient Storage add-on.
Resilient Storage add-on is a separate add-on which often includes the access and support for High Availability (Reference: https://access.redhat.com/articles/3290201)
Sivakumar, Resilient Storage requires HA, but HA not always requires Resilient Storage. Acknowledging the different use cases which exists, RHEL for SAP Solutions subscription does include the RHEL HA add-on (pacemaker) and also our separately developed RHEL HA solutions for SAP Hana, S/4HANA and NetWeaver. To provide customers with most flexibility on how to implement those, the Resilient Storage add-on is however not included by default and may or may not be purchases separately from the other subscription.
Is Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Solutions subscription needed when installing Oracle for SAP ?
Generally speaking, It's the application on top which needs to state which operating systems are being supported. Hence this question would need to be raised towards Oracle, if to support their DBMS on RHEL for SAP Solutions.