VMware and SAP

 

The advanced features in products from SAP and VMware combine synergistically to create perhaps the most powerful business process automation system that it is possible to build with today's technology.

Our customers who want to leverage the agility provided by SAP NetWeaver® enhancement packages also need the flexibility and powerful management features of VMware technology to achieve the kind of seamless, efficient network of interrelated processes that has long been envisioned but nearly impossible to achieve.

Learn more about SAP and VMware through the following resources:

White Papers

VMware vShield App Protecting Virtual SAP Deployments
This Technical Solution whitepaper describes use cases of deploying SAP with vShield App and provides a starting point to plan for security architecture to cover a SAP installation on VMware in production and non-production environments.

Protection of Business-Critical Applications in SUSE Linux Enterprise Environments Virtualized with VMware vSphere 4 and SAP® NetWeaver® as an Example
This white paper presents technologies and solutions for increasing application availability for Linux systems in virtualized environments. Various options for increasing application availability are presented as well as evaluated, and recommendations are made for building a high availability SAP NetWeaver system platform. The white paper is intended primarily for system architects and IT managers.

Virtualizing the SAP desktop client SAP GUI on Windows using VMware ThinApp
This white paper provides a beginner’s guide to virtualizing the SAP desktop client SAP GUI on Windows using VMware ThinApp. The target audience is administrators who are new to ThinApp and are responsible for deploying the SAP front end client.

Virtualization as a Business Enabler: ROI and TCO benefits for SAP customers by HP and VMware
This white paper addresses the customer benefits and the methodology for obtaining significant cost savings and environmental benefits when updating the SAP infrastructure and introducing virtualization with VMware vSphere. The expected cost savings are up to $2,8M over the first 3 years of the new deployment, and expected ROI is 10 months.

Fujitsu Publishes the First SAP Three Tier Benchmark on VMware vSphere
Fully Virtualized Environment Supports 16,000 Users and achieves 87,800 SAPs

Open Up New Possibilities for Your SAP Landscape
The benefits of virtualization are clear: By running several operating systems and applications at the same time on a single computer, you can dynamically rebalance applications...

Southwestern/Great American virtualizes on IBM BladeCenter for full disaster recovery
Worked with SAP, IBM and Dynamix, an IBM Premier Business Partner to unify and consolidate SAP and non-SAP application environments onto IBM BladeCenter and IBM Systems Storage DS4700; used VMware...

SAP Disaster Recovery Solution with VMware® Site Recovery Manager and EMC® CLARiiON® storage (registration required)
SAP Disaster Recovery Solution with VMware SRM and EMC CLARiiON This document outlines how, in a multi-tier SAP environment that resides on EMC CLARiiON storage, VMware Site Recovery Manager can help you: o Accelerate recovery for the virtual environment through automation. o Ensure reliable recovery by enabling non-disruptive testing. o Simplify recovery by eliminating complex manual recovery steps and centralizing management of recovery plans.

Sizing guide for SAP and VMware ESX Server running on HP ProLiant x86-64 platforms (registration required)
This document is intended for systems engineers working with customers to develop an SAP landscape. The landscape is expected to include multiple virtual machines supporting several components in a typical SAP environment.

Automated Disaster Recovery for Your SAP® Software Environment with NetApp and VMware Site Recovery Manager. (registration required)
SAP created this paper highlighting the VMware and NetApp disaster recovery solution developed in the SAP Co-Innovation Lab in Palo Alto, CA. VMware® and NetApp® have teamed with SAP to provide a solution that makes disaster recovery manageable,reliable, repeatable, and cost effective.

VMware Infrastructure for SAP Enterprise Applications: Use Cases
This paper covers use cases that range from server containment to disaster recovery, demonstrating tangible cost reduction, operational efficiency and time-saving benefits.

Deploying SAP Software on DB2 Using VMware Templates (registration required)
This guide demonstrates the deployment of SAP ERP software on IBM DB2 databases using template and cloning functionality available in VMware Infrastructure 3.2 Using VMware Templates.