Summary of SAP Partner integrations with SAP NetWeaver Landscape Virtualization Management 1.0

SAP NetWeaver Landscape Virtualization Management provides three main integration points for SAP Partner Technologies:

• Virtualization
  • What: Integration into Virtual Machine (VM) management infrastructure  
  • Purpose: To manage, migrate, visualize and perform “VM-based clone".
  • Note: A “VM-based clone” replicates data via the virtualization technology; Prerequisite is that all data is on virtual disks, e.g. “vmdk”

• Storage
  • What: Integration into shared/centralized storage management infrastructure
  • Purpose: To relocate adaptively installed SAP Systems and perform “Storage-based clone".
  • Note: A “Storage-based clone” replicates data directly via Storage based cloning and/or snapshot technologies

• Management/Orchestration (“External Interfaces”)
  • What: Integration with generic higher-level Management/Orchestration Software
  • Purpose: To allow generic Management/Orchestration Software tools to control LVM operations

Below is a high-level summary of what SAP Partners are supporting with SAP NetWeaver Landscape Virtualization Management. For the official, detailed documentation of these SAP Partner integrations, please follow the links under "further information" below.

• Virtualization
  • IBM PowerVM
    • Further/detailed information:
      • IBM Power HMC, IBM Systems Director, IBM Flex System Manager
      • SAP Note 1644520
      • (White Paper) Implementing and Using SAP NetWeaver Landscape Virtualization Management on IBM Power Systems and IBM PureFlex Power-nodes
      • (White Paper) Integrating IBM Infrastructure with SAP Landscape Virtualization Management
    • Supported OS’s
      • AIX
      • IBM i (no VM-based clone)
      • IBM Power Linux (no VM-based clone)

• VMware vCenter
  • Further/detailed information:
    • vCenter 2.5 onwards, VCE Vblock (with VMware vCenter)
    • SAP Note 1259069
    • VMWare based VM online cloning of an SAP System with the help of SAP Netweaver Landscape Virtualization Management  (SAP NW LVM) Software HowTo
  • Supported OS’s
    • Linux (RHEL and SLES)
    • Windows

• Storage
  • EMC (NFS)
    • Further/detailed information:
      • EMC VNX Storage
      • P2P, P2V, V2P and V2V operations
      • Everything SAP at EMC Community
      • (White Paper) SAP NETWEAVER LANDSCAPE VIRTUALIZATION MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE INTEGRATION WITH EMC
    • Supported OS’s
      • AIX
      • HP-UX
      • RHEL
      • SLES
      • Solaris

• EMC (SAN/Fiber Channel)
  • Further/detailed information:
    • EMC VMAX and VNX Storage
    • P2P operations
    • Everything SAP at EMC Community
    • (White Paper) SAP NETWEAVER LANDSCAPE VIRTUALIZATION MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE INTEGRATION WITH EMC
  • Supported OS’s
    • AIX
    • RHEL
    • SLES
    • Windows

• Hitachi/HDS (SAN/Fiber Channel)
  • Further/detailed information:
    • Hitachi VSP and AMS/HUS storage
    • P2P, P2V and V2V operations
    • SAP SCN Page: Hitachi / HDS
    • (White Paper) Hitachi Storage Adapter for SAP NetWeaver Landscape Virtualization Management (AIX)
  • Supported OS’s
    • AIX
    • Windows
    • Windows on Hyper-V

• HP
  • Further/detailed information:
    • Coming soon
  • Supported OS’s
    • Coming soon

• IBM (SAN/Fiber Channel)
  • Further/detailed information:
    • IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC), IBM Storwize V7000, IBM XIV Storage System
    • SAP Note 1644520
    • (White Paper) Implementing and Using SAP NetWeaver Landscape Virtualization Management on IBM Power Systems and IBM PureFlex Power-nodes
    • (White Paper) Integrating IBM Infrastructure with SAP Landscape Virtualization Management
  • Supported OS’s
    • AIX

• IBM DB2 for z/OS
  • Further/detailed information:
    • IBM Database Provisioning System
    • SAP System Refresh (DB only)
    • SAP Note 1785622
  • Supported OS’s
    • z/OS

• NetApp (NFS)
  • Further/detailed information:
    • Data ONTAP® 7.3.0 or higher
    • P2P, P2V, V2P and V2V operations
    • SAP SCN Page: NetApp
    • NetApp Compatibility & Support information for LVM
    • NetApp SSC Community
    • (White Paper) Integrating NetApp Storage with SAP NetWeaver Landscape Virtualization Management
  • Supported OS’s
    • AIX
    • HP-UX
    • RHEL
    • SLES
    • Solaris

• NetApp (SAN/iSCSI)
  • Further/detailed information:
    • Data ONTAP® 7.3.0 or higher
    • P2P, P2V, V2P and V2V operations
    • SAP SCN Page: NetApp
    • NetApp Compatibility & Support information for LVM
    • NetApp SSC Community
    • (White Paper) Integrating NetApp Storage with SAP NetWeaver Landscape Virtualization Management
  • Supported OS’s
    • Windows
    • SLES (Not yet validated by NetApp)
    • RHEL (Not yet validated by NetApp)

• NetApp (SAN/Fiber Channel)
  • Further/detailed information:
    • Data ONTAP® 7.3.0 or higher
    • P2P operations
    • SAP SCN Page: NetApp
    • NetApp Compatibility & Support information for LVM
    • NetApp SSC Community
    • (White Paper) Integrating NetApp Storage with SAP NetWeaver Landscape Virtualization Management
  • Supported OS’s
    • Windows (Not yet validated by NetApp)
    • SLES (Not yet validated by NetApp)
    • RHEL (Not yet validated by NetApp)

Glossary 

P2P = Physical-to-Physical

P2V = Physical-to-Virtual

V2P = Virtual-to-Physical              

V2V = Virtual-to-Virtual (i.e. relocate from VM to another VM, not the same as “migrate”)