CoreToEdge SAP Systems AMIs on Amazon Web Services Setup Guide

CoreToEdge 5/15/17 V1.0

1 Contents 2 CoreToEdge SAP Systems AMIs on Amazon Web Services ................................................................... 2

2.1 Before We Start............................................................................................................................. 2

2.2 Welcome ....................................................................................................................................... 2

2.3 Document version ......................................................................................................................... 2

2.4 Licensing ........................................................................................................................................ 2

3 How to create your own SAP Business Suite environment .................................................................. 3

3.1 Prerequisites ................................................................................................................................. 3

3.2 Create your own SAP instance on AWS ........................................................................................ 3

3.3 Connect to your SAP AWS instance .............................................................................................. 6

4 System Information............................................................................................................................... 7

4.1 ABAP Application Server Details ................................................................................................... 7

4.2 OS Users and Groups .................................................................................................................... 7

2 CoreToEdge SAP Systems AMIs on Amazon Web Services

2.1 Before We Start This document introduces a product offering by CoreToEdge and will guide the reader through the

process of setting up and deploying our product.

It is assumed that the reader has the proper technical knowledge on the technologies mentioned below

including but not restricted to: AWS architecture, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, SAP Basis technology

and SAP HANA Database

2.2 Welcome CoreToEdge Preinstalled SAP systems AMIs include a SAP Business Suite system already installed.

Installation has been done by a team of experienced SAP Basis and AWS Consultants including all

available best practices for deployment of SAP systems on AWS.

These systems are ideal for small and medium deployments of non-productive systems where a single

instance can handle all workload and no high availability is required.

For production use cases and high availability scenarios we recommend the usage of custom built

systems that follow the best practices delivered by SAP and AWS and available on:

http://aws.amazon.com/es/sap/resources/ At CoreToEdge we can also offer custom deployment

options for large-scale, highly available and replicated SAP systems on AWS. You can reach us at

get@basis.support

The Preinstalled SAP systems AMIs do not include the corresponding SAP product license. You as a

customer acknowledge that you already have the license required to use this software. Also, you will be

responsible for operating your own AWS account.

2.3 Document version This document has been reviewed on May 15nd, 2017 and reflects some changes implemented on the

latest versions of our SAP BW∕4HANA AMIs at that time.

These are the current AMIs we made available for you:

Platform SAP Product Version Database Product Version

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SAP BW∕4HANA 1.0 SAP HANA 1.0

Our team of consultants is continuously working on updating available AMIs and adding new products.

In case you miss something, please let us know by sending an e-mail to get@basis.support

2.4 Licensing This is offered as a BYOL (Bring Your Own License) model. Please obtain your SAP license through SAP

or your preferred SAP partner.

Then download your license file from SAP Service Marketplace (http://service.sap.com/licensekeys).

3 How to create your own SAP Business Suite environment

3.1 Prerequisites ▪ An AWS account - if you don't have one yet, you can register here (click "Sign Up Now"). Have

your credit card handy.

▪ Amazon VPC (Virtual Private Cloud) or EC2-Classic.

▪ An SAP Service Marketplace valid S-User Account for requesting the SAP License Key.

3.2 Create your own SAP instance on AWS ▪ Log on to Amazon Market Place: https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace and find SAP

Preinstalled AMI by CoreToEdge Click into it and launch an instance.

▪ Configure AWS instance size from the available choices. For small SAP systems, up to 10

concurrent users, we recommend that you use an EC2 instance with at least 122 GB for

memory (ex. r3.4xlarge). For more detailed information about SAP Business Suite Sizing and

appropriate EC2 instance types, please refer to SAP documentation, SAP sizing tool and OSS

Notes (S-User required): (http://service.sap.com/instguides )

▪ (http://service.sap.com/quicksizer )

▪ (http://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/1656099 )

▪ You can launch the SAP System on EC2-CLASSIC or VPC:

▪ Next you can choose the EBS volume type, you can leave as default or use SSD / IOPS for best

performance:

▪ Next step is to tag the instance so you can identify it in the AWS Console:

▪ The next step is the security group. Default proposed values allow access from anywhere.

You should adapt these settings to meet your specific security policies:

▪ You can review your options here:

▪ After a few minutes, you can access your instance with SSH and do the final configuration

steps.

3.3 Connect to your SAP AWS instance ▪ Open an SSH client. (find out how to connect using PuTTY)

▪ Locate your private key file. The wizard automatically detects the key you used to launch the

instance.

▪ Your key must not be publicly viewable for SSH to work. Use this command if needed:

chmod 400 <keypair_name>.pem ▪ Connect to your instance using its Public IP. Example:

ssh -i "<keypair_name>.pem" ec2-user@<Public_IP> ▪ For more up-to-date information, please refer to AWS Guide at:

http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/AccessingInstancesLinux.html

▪ When connected, you can issue sudo su - hdbadm command to switch to SAP HANA DB OS

user.

▪ Then you can start the SAP Hana DB by using HDB start command.

▪ You can stop the SAP Hana DB by using HDB stop command.

▪ When connected, you can issue sudo su - b4hadm command to switch to SAP OS user.

▪ Then you can start the SAP application by using startsap command.

▪ You can stop the SAP application by using stopsap command.

▪ Please go to https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/licensekey/wizard and obtain a valid

license key for your system.

4 System Information

4.1 ABAP Application Server Details

Name Value Description

SID B4H System ID of the SAP system

CI Instance

Number

00 The instance number of the central instance (CI)

CS

Instance

Number

01 The instance number of the central services (CS) instance.

Password BB4h2017P@ss Password of the master system.

Username DDIC

SAP*

These are the standard users which you can use to access the ABAP

server.

Clients 000

001

These are the standard clients available in a newly installed SAP

system.

4.2 OS Users and Groups

Name Description

b4hadm SAP system administrator

hdbadm SAP HANA Database System Administrator

sapadm SAP Administrator