Prerequisites
We recommend familiarizing yourself with these guides:
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SAP Note 2606828 - Oracle Database Roadmap for SAP NetWeaver
(SAP portal access required)
Technical requirements
Before you begin deploying Oracle database for SAP applications on Amazon, ensure that you meet the following requirements:
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If necessary, request a service limit increase by creating a support ticket. This is to ensure that the Amazon services required for Oracle database deployment are not constrained by the default limit. For more information, see Amazon service quotas
. For example, you may have to increase the Amazon EC2 instance limit before your Oracle deployment.
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You will need the following information for your existing resources while running the Amazon CLI commands to create Amazon EC2 and Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)
resources.
| Information | Description |
| Amazon Region | Region where you want to deploy your Amazon resources. |
| Availability Zone (AZ) | Availability Zone within your target Region where you want to deploy your resources. |
| Amazon VPC id | Amazon VPC where you want to deploy your Amazon EC2 instances for SAP installation. |
| VPS subnet id | Subnet where you want to deploy your Amazon EC2 instances. |
| Linux AMI id | Amazon Machine Image (AMI) that will be used to launch your Amazon EC2
instances. You can find the latest Linux AMIs on Amazon
Marketplace |
| Key pair | Make sure that you have generated the key pair in your target Region and that you have access to the private key. |
| Security group id | Name of the security group that you want to assign to your Amazon EC2 instances. |
| Access key ID | Access key for your Amazon account that will be used with Amazon CLI tools. |
| Secret access key | Secret key for your Amazon account that will be used with Amazon CLI tools. |
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Create security groups and open ports to enable communication. For existing security groups, ensure that the required ports are open. For a list of ports, refer to TCP/IP ports of all SAP products
and Managing Oracle Database Port Numbers .
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Ensure that you have installed and configured Amazon CLI with required credentials, if you plan to use it to launch instances. For more information, see Installing the Amazon CLI
.
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If you plan to use the Amazon Web Services Management Console, ensure that you have the essential credentials and permissions to launch and configure Amazon services. For more information, see Access management for Amazon resources
.
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Ensure that you have the software files required for installation readily available. You can stage these in Amazon S3
or Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS). Amazon EFS can be easily shared on all of your installation hosts. For more information, see Create your Amazon EFS file system .
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Oracle for SAP on Amazon is supported on an OEL OS. For more information, see SAP Note 1656099
and SAP Note 2358420 (login required). If you are currently using a different OS, you can procure licenses and perform a migration. For more information, see Migrating Oracle Database Workloads . To use AMIs published by Oracle, see Launch an Oracle Linux instance in Amazon .