Plan the deployment
Consider the following when planning your SAP HANA deployment.
Compute
Amazon provides multiple instance families with different sizes to run SAP HANA
workloads. See the SAP Certified and Supported SAP HANA Hardware Directory
Operating System
You can deploy your SAP HANA workload on SLES, SLES for SAP, RHEL for SAP with high availability and Update Services or RHEL for SAP Solutions.
SLES for SAP and RHEL for SAP with high availability and US products are available in Amazon Marketplace under an hourly or an annual subscription model.
SLES for SAP
SLES for SAP provides additional benefits, including Extended Service Pack Overlap
Support (ESPOS), configuration and tuning packages for SAP applications, and High
Availability Extensions (HAE). For details, see the SUSE SLES for SAP product page
If you plan to use Bring Your Own Subscription (BYOS) images provided by SUSE, ensure that you have the registration code required to register your instance with SUSE to access repositories for software updates.
RHEL for SAP
RHEL for SAP with high availability and Update services provides access to Red Hat
Pacemaker cluster software for High Availability, extended update support, and the
libraries that are required to run SAP HANA. For details, see the RHEL for SAP Offerings on Amazon
FAQ
If you plan to use the BYOS model with RHEL, either through the Red Hat Cloud Access
Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
A base AMI is required to launch an Amazon EC2 instance. Depending on your choice of operating system, ensure that you have access to the appropriate AMI in your target region for the deployment.
If you plan to use the SLES for SAP or RHEL for SAP Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) offered in Amazon Marketplace, ensure that you have completed the subscription process. You can search for SLES for SAP or RHEL for SAP in the Amazon Marketplace, and follow the instructions to complete your subscription.
If you are using Amazon CLI, you will need to provide the AMI ID when you launch the instance.
Storage
Deploying SAP HANA on Amazon requires specific storage size and performance to ensure
that SAP HANA data and log volumes both meet the SAP KPIs and sizing recommendations. Refer
the SAP
HANA on Amazon Operations Guide
Network
Ensure that your network constructs are set up to deploy resources related to SAP HANA. If you haven’t already set up network components such as Amazon VPC, subnets, route table, etc., you can use the Amazon Modular and Scalable VPC reference deployment to easily deploy a scalable VPC architecture in minutes. For details, see the reference deployment guide.