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Operating system

You can deploy your SAP ASE workload on SLES, SLES for SAP, RHEL for SAP with High Availability and Update Services (RHEL for SAP with HA and US) or RHEL for SAP Solutions.

SLES for SAP and RHEL for SAP with HA and US products are available on 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 Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications product page to learn more about the benefits of using SLES for SAP. We strongly recommend using SLES for SAP instead of SLES for all your SAP workloads.

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 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP offerings on Amazon Web Services FAQ in the Red Hat Knowledgebase.

If you plan to use the BYOS model with RHEL, either through the Red Hat Cloud Access program or other means, ensure that you have access to a RHEL for SAP Solutions subscription. For details, see Overview of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Solutions subscription in the Red Hat Knowledgebase.