Overview
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications (SLES for SAP) is a powerful operating system designed to run SAP applications on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) platform. It is the leading Linux platform for SAP S/4HANA and SAP NetWeaver, trusted by 90% of SAP HANA deployments. SLES for SAP prioritizes business continuity and security, providing comprehensive protection for SAP platforms and projects from start to finish. By enhancing security and reliability, it minimizes downtime, reduces costs and risks, and simplifies the management of SAP environments. This allows businesses to focus on their core SAP operations, while administrators spend less time on maintenance.
SAP endorses SLES for SAP as the operating system of choice, using it as a reference development platform and for their internal operations. Additionally, SLES for SAP boasts a vast customer base of over 30,000 SAP users. The solution offers innovative features tailored to optimize SAP deployments, including High Availability/Disaster Recovery, SAP HANA system replication agents, an SAP HANA Firewall, automated configuration and deployment of SAP clusters, and Live Patching for seamless updates without service downtime.
With SUSE's Bringing Your Own Subscription (BYOS) scheme, users can use existing subscriptions to access and deploy SLES for SAP in their environment, providing flexibility and cost-effectiveness.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Critical features to run SAP are only in SLES for SAP, but not in regular SLES, including HA support and 3 years longer lifecycle.
Highlights
- Trusted by SAP Users & Endorsed by SAP: The most popular Linux platform for SAP HANA and NetWeaver, trusted by 90% of HANA deployments and 70% of NetWeaver applications on Linux.
- Enhanced Performance and Security: Built-in features reduce downtime, enhance security, optimize performance, and streamline system maintenance, empowering businesses continuity with increased uptime and security.
- SLES for SAP Includes Trento Premium, an open cloud native web console that can be installed separately, aiming to help SAP Basis consultants and administrators check the configuration, monitor and manage the entire OS stack of their SAP environments, including HA features.
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EBS General Purpose SSD (gp3) volumes | $0.08/per GB/month of provisioned storage |
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64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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An AMI is a virtual image that provides the information required to launch an instance. Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) instances are virtual servers on which you can run your applications and workloads, offering varying combinations of CPU, memory, storage, and networking resources. You can launch as many instances from as many different AMIs as you need.
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Use the image to start an instance of your choice in Amazon EC2. Once the instance is running connect to it using a Secure Shell (SSH) client as 'ec2-user' and the configured SSH key. You may connect the instance to the SUSE Customer Center (SCC) or the region local SUSE operated update infrastructure using your existing SUSE registration key. Use 'SUSEConnect -r' or 'registercloudguest -r', respectively to enable your instance to receive maintenance updates and security fixes.
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