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7/31/2019 171356_1 http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/1713561 1/16 19.01.2008 Page 1 of 16 Note 171356 - SAP software on Linux: Essential information Note Language: English Version: 260 Validity: Valid from 19.10.2007 Summary Symptom You want to install SAP software on Linux. More Terms Redhat, redhat, RH, SuSE, Suse, suse, Swapspace, swapspace, swap-space, ServicePack, IA-64, IA64, x86_64, AMD, Opteron, EM64T, POWER, zSeries, System z Cause and Prerequisites You want to install SAP software on Linux. You require the appropriate Linux distribution and permitted hardware to do this. After you successfully install Linux and before you carry out the actual SAP installation, you must also take some other matters into consideration that are not mentioned in the installation guide and are therefore addressed in this note. Solution ***************************************** *** This note is updated on a regular basis *** ***************************************** Contents I/.... Released Linux Distributions: II/... Supported hardware III/.. Special notes about installing the operating system IV/... General notes about installing the operating system V/ .... SAP software: saplocales VI/ ... SAP software: NPTL VII/ .. SAP software: Additional comments: VIII/ . Notes that are specific to the database IX/ ... Notes about IBM Power X/ .... Mounting installation CDs and installation DVDs XI/ ... Adding Linux application servers to existing SAP systems XII/ .. Use of Raw Devices, "Journaling File system" and LVM I/ Released Linux Distributions One of the following Linux distributions is required for installing SAP software on Linux: 1. 64-bit systems: o SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 & Intel EM64T

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Note 171356 - SAP software on Linux: Essential information

Note Language: English Version: 260 Validity: Valid from 19.10.2007

Summary

SymptomYou want to install SAP software on Linux.

More TermsRedhat, redhat, RH, SuSE, Suse, suse, Swapspace, swapspace, swap-space,

ServicePack, IA-64, IA64, x86_64, AMD, Opteron, EM64T, POWER, zSeries,

System z

Cause and PrerequisitesYou want to install SAP software on Linux. You require the appropriate

Linux distribution and permitted hardware to do this.

After you successfully install Linux and before you carry out the actualSAP installation, you must also take some other matters into consideration

that are not mentioned in the installation guide and are therefore

addressed in this note.

Solution

******************************************** This note is updated on a regular basis ********************************************

ContentsI/.... Released Linux Distributions:

II/... Supported hardware

III/.. Special notes about installing the operating system

IV/... General notes about installing the operating system

V/ .... SAP software: saplocales

VI/ ... SAP software: NPTL

VII/ .. SAP software: Additional comments:

VIII/ . Notes that are specific to the database

IX/ ... Notes about IBM Power

X/ .... Mounting installation CDs and installation DVDs

XI/ ... Adding Linux application servers to existing SAP systems

XII/ .. Use of Raw Devices, "Journaling File system" and LVM

I/ Released Linux DistributionsOne of the following Linux distributions is required for installing SAP

software on Linux:

1. 64-bit systems:

o SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 & Intel EM64T

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(SLES10-x86_64)

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for IBM Power (SLES10-PPC)

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for IBM System z

(SLES10-ZS, see Note 81737 for information about supported

Linux kernels, glibc versions and required packages)

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for Intel Itanium2 Proc. Family

(SLES10-IPF)

o SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 for AMD64 & Intel EM64T

(SLES9-x86_64, for release information, see Note816097)

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 for IBM POWER (SLES9-PPC)

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 for zSeries

(SLES9-ZS, see Note 81737 for information about supported Linux

kernels, glibc versions and required packages)

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 for Intel Itanium2 Proc. Family

(SLES9-IPF)

o SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 for zSeries

(SLES8-ZS, see Note 81737 for information about supported Linux

kernels, glibc versions and required packages)

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 for Intel Itanium2 Proc. Family

(SLES8-IPF, for release information, see Note 623653)

o Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 for AMD64 & Intel EM64T

(RHEL5-x86_64)

- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 for IBM Power (RHEL5-PPC)

- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 for Intel Itanium (RHEL5-IA64)

- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 for IBM System z (RHEL5-ZS, see Note

81737 for information about supported Linux kernels, glibc

versions and required packages)

o Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4

- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 for AMD64 & Intel EM64T

(RHEL4-x86_64, for release information, see Note816097)

- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 for IBM POWER (RHEL4-PPC)

- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 for Intel Itanium (RHEL4-IA64)

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- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3

- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 for Intel Itanium (RHEL3-IA64)

2. 32-bit systems:

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for x86 (SLES10-X86)

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 for x86 (SLES9-X86)

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 (SLES8)

- SUSE Linux Standard Server 8

(Note: As a result, all statements used for the 32-bit version

of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 also apply for the 32-bit

version of the SUSE Linux Standard Server 8.)

- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 for x86 (RHEL5-X86)

- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 for x86 (RHEL4-X86)

- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (RHEL3)

The following Linux distribution was also released for 32-bit systems and

R/3 Releases 4.x, but not for the recommended SAP kernel in the EXT version

(4.0B_EXT, 4.5B_EXT, 4.6D_EXT):

- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 (RHEL2.1)

If you want to change over to the EXT kernel and already use an earlier

Linux distribution, you need to upgrade to one of the Linux distributions

mentioned above.

Up to and including SAP Release 4.6x, the following technically obsolete

Linux distributions are also available for 32-bit systems:

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 7 (SLES7)

(Note: see Note 750884 for information about the end of

maintenance for SUSE SLES7)

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)

- Red Hat 7.1 (limited release, see Note 513277)

- Red Hat 6.2

- Red Hat 6.1 Enterprise Version 1.0 (special version of Red Hat

6.1)

For further information about this, see Note 171356 (up to and including

Version 173).

As soon as SAP software is used on one of the Linux distributions mentioned

above, we strongly advise you to finalize a service agreement with the

manufacturer of the Linux distribution or with a provider offering equalsupport. Otherwise, support may be denied if errors occur in connection

with the operating system.

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II/ Supported hardwareNote that only the host types released by the hardware partners are

suitable for using SAP software productively on Linux.

For current information about this, see the following SAP Notes:

606107 (Bull)

300900 (Dell)

171383 (Fujitsu Siemens)

171371 (HP)

171380 (IBM)

765424 (IBM POWER)

411970 (IBM zSeries)

907727 (SGI)

597470 (SUN)

832402 (Unisys)

Furthermore, you can find information on the Internet:http://www.sap.com/linux (Link: "Supported Platforms")

If you are unsure about what to do, you can contact the hardware partners

that are represented in SAP LinuxLab, for example by email: [email protected]

III/ Special notes about installing the operating system

o Red Hat Linux: InstallationPrior to the installation, refer to the notes corresponding to your

Red Hat version from the following list:

1048303 (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5)

722273 (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4)

625674 (RHEL 2.1: Notes on installation)

618173 (RHEL 2.1: on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1)

o SUSE Linux: InstallationPrior to the installation, refer to the note corresponding to your

SUSE version from the following list:

958253 (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10: Installation notes)

797084 (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9: Installation notes)

767814 (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8: Installation notes)

- Among other things, this note describes the "sapinit" RPM (or

up to and including SLES 9 Service Package 2: "SUSE-sapinit"

RPM). This should be installed in order for the parameters of

the Linux kernel to be set correctly.

- If you use the BRTOOLS (for example brbackup) delivered by SAP,

problems may arise when the system compresses data files. For

licensing reasons in SLES 8 and SLES 9, Novell SUSE does not

deliver the "compress" program that is otherwise used by UNIX.The problem can be avoided if you set the following parameters

in the file init<SID>.sap:

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compress_cmd = "gzip -c $ > $"

uncompress_cmd = "gunzip -c $ > $"

IV/ General notes about installing the operating system

o System languageYou must select English as the operating system language on all

Linux hosts that are running SAP software.

o Swap spaceWhile the Linux distribution is being installed, create partitions

of the type "swap" when you organize the hard disk(s).

Recommended total size: Twice the main memory structure (2 x RAM).

For earlier 32-bit Linux versions, the maximum size of a swap

partition is 2 GB, but if you require more space, distribute the

swap space over multiple swap partitions.The Linux kernel does not usually require much swap space, since

other limits have already been reached before the swap space has

reached full capacity ("late swap allocation").

However, if you discover that more swap space is required when

using SAP software, you can use the distribution-specific tools to

increase your swap space at any time.

o HostnameThe "hostname" command must only return the host name and not the

"Fully Qualified Domain Name" (for example: Fully Qualified Domain

Name: ls3001.wdf.sap-ag.de; required output from "hostname":

ls3001). Distribution-specific tools are available to change the

host name.

o Updating RPM packagesThe distributors (Novell SUSE and Red Hat) regularly provide

updates for your software. You may also import these updates in the

productive environment.

The same also applies for the "Collections of updates", that is

"Service Packs" (Novell SUSE) or "Updates" (Red Hat).

We recommend that you import the latest available "Service Pack"

(Novell SUSE) or the latest "Update" (Red Hat). You should use the

latest available installation media when you are installing this.

 Note for all "Service Packs" and "Updates": If you areusing a non-Unicode version of the SAP software, you must install

the "saplocales" again after every update of the "glibc" RPM (see

below or Note 516716).

 Also note: For information about assessing customer modificationsto a Linux kernel, see Note 784391.

V/ SAP software: saplocalesFor non-Unicode versions of the SAP software, the installation of an

appropriate locales RPM package is required. If you set up Unicode systems,

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you can ignore the next section of this note.

o Up to and including SAP ERP 2005, you must install the "saplocales"

RPM relevant for your operating system version.

o Note 187864 contains further information about the "saplocales"

package.

These are the available "saplocales" packages:

1) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1

saplocales-2.20.4-1 # adjusted SAP code pages

(see saplocales_rhel21_i386_version-1.zip, attached to this note)

2) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (32-bit systems)

saplocales-2.30.2-5 # adjusted SAP code pages

(see saplocales_rhel30_i386_version-5.zip, attached to this note)

3) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (64-bit systems)

saplocales-2.30.2-5 # adjusted SAP code pages

saplocales-32bit-2.30.2-5 # adjusted SAP code pages

(see saplocales_rhel30_ia64_version-5.zip, attached to this note)

4) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 for x86

saplocales-2.30.4-4 # adjusted SAP code pages

(see saplocales_rhel40_i386_version-4.zip, attached to this note)

5) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 for AMD64 & Intel EM64T

saplocales-2.30.4-4 # adjusted SAP code pages

(see saplocales_rhel40_x8664_version-4.zip, attached to this note)

6) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 for IBM POWER

saplocales-2.30.4-4 # adjusted SAP code pages

(see saplocales_rhel40_ppc64_version-4.zip, attached to this note)

7) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 for Intel Itanium

saplocales-2.30.4-4 # adjusted SAP code pages(see saplocales_rhel40_ia64_version-4.zip, attached to this note)

8) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 for x86

saplocales-2.5-2 # modified SAP codepages

(see saplocales_rhel5_i386_version-2.zip, attached to this note)

9) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 for AMD64 & Intel EM64T

saplocales-2.5-2 # modified SAP codepages

(see saplocales_rhel5_x86_64_version-2.zip, attached to this note)

10) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 for IBM POWER

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saplocales-2.5-2 # modified SAP codepages

(see saplocales_rhel5_ppc64_version-2.zip, attached to this note)

11) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 for IBM System z

saplocales-2.5-2 # modified SAP codepages

(see saplocales_rhel5_s390x_version-2.zip, attached to this note)

12) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 for Intel Itanium

saplocales-2.5-2 # modified SAP codepages

(see saplocales_rhel5_ia64_version-2.zip, attached to this note)

13) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 (32-bit systems)

saplocales-2.20.5-4 # adjusted SAP code pages

(see saplocales_sles8_i386_version-4.zip, attached to this note)

14) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 for IBM zSeries

saplocales-2.20.5-2 # adjusted SAP code pages

saplocales-32bit-2.20.5-2 # adjusted SAP code pages

(see saplocales_sles8_s390x_version-2.zip, attached to this note)

15) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 for Intel Itanium2 Proc. Family

saplocales-2.20.5-3 # adjusted SAP code pages

saplocales-32bit-2.20.5-3 # adjusted SAP code pages

(see saplocales_sles8_ia64_version-3.zip, attached to this note)

16) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 for x86

saplocales-2.3.3-10 # adjusted SAP code pages

(see saplocales_sles9_i386_version-10.zip, attached to this note)

17) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 for AMD64 & Intel EM64T

saplocales-2.3.3-10 # adjusted SAP code pages

(see saplocales_sles9_x86_64_version-10.zip, attached to this note)

18) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 for IBM POWER

saplocales-2.3.3-10 # adjusted SAP code pages

(see saplocales_sles9_ppc64_version-10.zip, attached to this note)

19) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 for IBM zSeries

saplocales-2.3.3-8 # adjusted SAP code pages

saplocales-32bit-2.3.3-8 # adjusted SAP code pages

(see saplocales_sles9_s390x_version-8.zip, attached to this note)

20) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 for Intel Itanium2 Proc. Family

saplocales-2.3.3-10 # adjusted SAP code pages

saplocales-32bit-2.3.3-10 # adjusted SAP code pages

(see saplocales_sles9_ia64_version-10.zip, attached to this note)

21) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for x86

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saplocales-2.4-2 # modified SAP codepages

(see saplocales_sles10_i386_version-2.zip, attached to this note)

22) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 & Intel EM64T

saplocales-2.4-2 # modified SAP codepages

(see saplocales_sles10_x8664_version-2.zip, attached to this note)

23) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for IBM POWER

saplocales-2.4-2 # modified SAP codepages

(see saplocales_sles10_ppc64_version-2.zip, attached to this note)

24) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for IBM System z

saplocales-2.4-2 # modified SAP codepages

saplocales-32bit-2.4-2 # adjusted SAP code pages

(see saplocales_sles10_s390x_version-2.zip, attached to this note)

25) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for Intel Itanium2 Proc. Family

saplocales-2.4-2 # modified SAP codepages

saplocales-32bit-2.4-2 # adjusted SAP code pages

(see saplocales_sles10_ia64_version-2.zip, attached to this note)

These RPM packages are attached to this note. If you find a more recent

version of the "saplocales" RPM package than is mentioned in the text of

this note, use the more recent version.

The attachments to this note are zip archives that you can unpack as shown

in the following example:

unzip saplocales_sles10_x8664_version-1.zip

You can import the resulting RPM packages as follows:

rpm -ivh saplocales-2.4-1.x86_64.rpm

Important: after each "glibc" RPM update, you must import "saplocales"again (see below or Note 516716).

VI/ SAP software: NPTLCurrent Linux distributions (as of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9) are based on "Native Posix Threading

Library" (NPTL). This is an improved implementation of the threading

mechanism. It adheres more closely to the POSIX requirements than the

previous implementation on Linux ("LinuxThreads").

As regards NPTL, note that some software must first be adjusted to NPTL so

that it can continue to work correctly. When you use RHEL 3/4 and SLES 9,

you can rely on a compatibility mode, so that problem software can also be

used on NPTL. To do this, set the environment variable LD_ASSUME_KERNEL to

2.4.1:

Bash Shell: export LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.1

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C shell: setenv LD_ASSUME_KERNEL 2.4.1

The following SAP software requires you to set the environment variable

LD_ASSUME_KERNEL to 2.4.1 before you execute this software.

1) SAP kernels up to and including Version 6.20

(Exception: the current patch level of the SAP kernel 4.6D_EXT and 6.20

are compatible with NPTL.)

(Note: Your SAP kernel is not compatible with NPTL if, for example,

the call of "disk+work" ends with a

"Floating Point Exception".)

2) SAPINST

3) SAP DB database or MaxDB database, see Note 788272

(Exception: versions for AMD64/EM64T)

4) Oracle database: runInstaller,

However, there is also the opposite case that LD_ASSUME_KERNEL cannot be

set, or at least not to a value lower than 2.4.21. This applies to thefollowing SAP software:

o SAP kernel as of Version 7.00

As of Version 7.0, the SAP kernel generates the following error

message:

"SAP Web Application Server requires NPTL on Linux."

"Please refer to section NPTL of SAP note 171356."

"Running in LinuxThreads-compatibility mode only allowed

while running a SAP upgrade."

If the error message occurs during an SAP upgrade, you can ignore

it. Otherwise, deactivate the environment variable

LD_ASSUME_KERNEL, to avoid getting the error message.

VII/ SAP software: Additional comments:

SAP kernel 7.10 on RHEL 4 or SLES 9If you want to use the SAP-Kernel 7.10 together with Red Hat Enterprise

Linux 4 or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9, you must also refer to Note

1021236.

VIII/ Notes that are specific to the database

Informix database: Additional installation notes (R/3 4.0Band 4.5B)If you want to install R/3 Release 4.0B or 4.5B together with the Informix

database, you must take into account important additional information. In

this regard, the subdirectory UNIX/LINUX_32 on the kernel CD contains the

file README. Its contents are particularly important if you are trying to

avoid problems that are associated with "password encryption"

(/etc/pam.d/passwd contains the entry "crypt" instead of "md5").

DB2 UDB database: Additional RPM packages requiredIf you want to use DB2 UDB as a database, you must install the support for

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the Korn shell before installing the DB2 database software. The RPM package

that you require is called "ksh" (as of SLES 10 and RHEL 5) or "pdksh" (up

to SLES 9 and RHEL 4), and it is available on one of the Linux installation

CDs.

Additional considerations for DB2 on IBM POWER:

o DB2 UDB V8 (as of FixPak 9)

- SLES 9 or higher - IBM XL C/C++ Advanced Editions V7.0/V8.0 for

the Linux runtime environment component

- RHEL 4 or higher - IBM XL C/C++ Advanced Editions V7.0/V8.0 for

the Linux runtime environment component

o DB2 UDB V9

- SLES 9 Service Package 2 or higher - IBM XL C/C++ Advanced

Editions V8.0 for the Linux runtime environment component

- RHEL 4 U2 or higher - IBM XL C/C++ Advanced Editions V8.0 for

the Linux runtime environment component

You can find further information below in the section "Notes

about IBM Power".

Oracle database: Additional RPM packages requiredAdditional considerations for Oracle on IBM POWER:

o Oracle 10g:

- SLES 9 or higher - IBM XL C/C++ Advanced Editions V7.0/8.0 for

the Linux runtime environment component

- RHEL 4 or higher - IBM XL C/C++ Advanced Editions V7.0/8.0 for

the Linux runtime environment component

You can find further information below in the section "Notes about IBM

Power".

Important: You must meet certain requirements to install Oracle 10g withthe "IBM XL C/C++ Advanced Editions V8.0 for the Linux runtime environment

component". For more detailed information about this workaround, see Note

975196.

IX/ Notes about IBM PowerFor DB2 UDB Version V9, V8 (as of FixPak 9) and Oracle 10g, the IBM XL

C/C++ runtime environment component ("Runtime") is not delivered with the

database. The runtime component must be downloaded separately from IBM.

More information is available at:

http://www.ibm.com/software/awdtools/xlcpp/support

Here, search for "Linux Runtime". The runtime component is specific to theLinux kernel version.

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Additional prerequisites:

The v7.0 runtime component is compatible with the following operating

systems supported by SAP.

- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (RHEL4, RHEL4 U1) for IBM POWER

- SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9.0 (SLES 9) for IBM POWER

Install the RPM packages of the v7.0 runtime component in this

order:

a) xlsmp.msg.rte-1.5.0

b) xlsmp.rte-1.5.0

c) vacpp.rte-7.0.0

The v7.0.1 runtime component is compatible with the following operating

systems supported by SAP.

- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 2 (RHEL4 U2) or higher for

IBM POWER

- SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9.0 (SLES 9) for IBM POWER

Install the RPM packages of the v7.0.1 runtime component in this

order:

a) vacpp.rte-7.0.1-1 (or a more recent version)

b) xlsmp.msg.rte-1.5.1-1 (or a more recent version)

c) xlsmp.rte-1.5.1-1 (or a more recent version)

The v8.0. runtime component is compatible with the following operating

systems supported by SAP.

- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 Update 2 (RHEL4 U2) or higher for

IBM POWER

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Service Pack 2 (SLES 9 Service

Package 2) for IBM POWER

Install the RPM packages of the v8.0. runtime component in thisorder:

a) xlsmp.msg.rte-1.6.0-0.ppc64.rpm (or a more recent version)

b) xlsmp.rte-1.6.0-0.ppc64.rpm (or a more recent version)

c) vacpp.rte-8.0.0-0.ppc64.rpm (or a more recent version)

X/ Mounting installation CDs and installation DVDs

All installation CDs and installation DVDs created without a Rock RidgeExtension must be included in the file system with the option -o map=off,

so that file names appear with upper case spelling. You can use the

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Software Component Release FromRelease

To Release and Following

SAP_APPL 500 500 500

SAP_APPL 600 600 600

SAP_BASIS 46 46B 46B

SAP_BASIS 46 46D 46DSAP_BASIS 60 610 640

SAP_BASIS 70 700 700

SAP_BASIS 71 710 710

SAP_ABA 50A 50A 50A

SAP_ABA 620 620 620

SAP_ABA 640 640 640

SAP_ABA 700 700 700

SAP_ABA 710 710 710

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Number Short Text

1084263 Cluster File System: Use of GPFS on Linux

1069443 Different sort sequence on Linux

1066142 Linux: libj9vm22.so: cannot open shared object file

1065860 Linux: SLES 9/10, problems with libuuid

1056161 SUSE Priority Support for SAP applications

1048303 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5: Installation and upgrade

1037703 SLES10: SAPINST 642 terminates in step dGetHostInfo

1021236 Linux: Using SAP Kernel 7.10 on RHEL4 and SLES9

1008828 ACC 7.1 PI / Adaptive Computing Controller Collective Note

1008726 WebAS: Installation terminates at "Start Java Engine" stage

1001092 Daylight Saving Time - Changes in 2007

997990 Oracle Unbreakable Linux Support for Red Hat

977515 Linux System paged during MaxDB data backup/add volume

975196 IBM XL C/C++ Runtime environment V8.0 & Oracle 10.2 on Linux

966678 Prerequisite checker message in NetWeaver 2004s installation

960510 Linux: Cannot execute binary file

958253 SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10: Installation notes

945315 SAP installation on Linux on POWER/Oracle 10.2

941735 SAP memory management for 64-bit Linux systems

939406 System Copy 4.0B - 4.6C to Linux x86_64

936887 End of maintenance for Linux distributions

922352 Warning: em/initial_size_MB is bigger than em/max_size_MB

917815 System requirements Linux (32 bit) -liveCache/MaxDB 7.5-7.7

916650 System requirements pLinux - liveCache/MaxDB 7.5, 7.6, 7.7

916649 System requirements Linux X64,liveCache/MaxDB 7.5, 7.6, 7.7

916648 System requirements Linux (IA64) liveCache/MaxDB 7.5-7.7

910707 Linux locale ja_JP.SJIS: Missing characters

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Number Short Text

907727 Linux: Certified SGI Hardware

900929 Linux: STORAGE_PARAMETERS_WRONG_SET and "mmap() failed"

897662 BIOS settings on AMD64 SMP systems

895807 SAP support in virtualized Linux environments

894618 SCM 4.1: Availability/prerequisites of new platforms

893352 Upgrade to NW04 based SAP solutions on Linux x86_64

876282 Linux x86_64: Availability of R/3 4.7 Ext1.10, BW3.10, 6.x

865307 Installing ABAP 6.40 application server on Linux x86_64

861215 Recommended Settings for the Linux on AMD64/EM64T JVM

853972 ORA-27125 while creating the DB instance on Kernel 2.6 above

848442 Deleted swap points not visible in SAPOSCOL

832402 Linux: Certified Unisys hardware

825822 Installation 4.6C SR2 on Linux x86_64 with DB2

823941 SAP Start Service on Unix

816145 Installation 4.6C SR2 on Linux x86_64 with Oracle816097 Availability of SAP on Linux for the x86_64 platform

815368 SAP products: Released Linux versions

812875 saposcol exits or crashes during collection

811918 Installing MaxDB 7.5 for SAP products in Basis 46D

810008 Recommended Settings for the Linux on POWER JVM

800326 Certified SAP and EMC solutions for Linux environments

797084 SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9: Installation notes

791747 Linux: Printing from the SAP System (access method U)

788916 Red Flag Advanced Server 4.1: Installation notes

788770 Linux: R3SETUP - CALCRAM_IND_IND Phase fails788272 Compatibility of Linux Kernel 2.6/NPTL with MaxDB

784999 saposcol reporting incorrect swap amount

784391 SAP support terms and 3rd-party Linux kernel drivers

781434 46D_EXT: libcurses library not found/incorrect

775588 Linux: /tmp directory filled

772025 Linux: incorrect statistics for POWER systems using SMT

768727 Automatic process restart function in sapstart

767814 SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 8: Installation notes

765424 Linux: Released IBM Hardware - POWER based servers

756263 SLES8: Installation on new Blade Server models

755836 Linux (32 bit): TEXTENV_INVALID

750884 End of Maintenance by SuSE for SLES 7

746299 Recommended Settings for the Linux for zSeries JVM

723909 Java VM settings for J2EE 6.40/7.0

722273 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4: Installation and upgrade

709140 Recommended JDK and VM Settings for the WebAS630/640/7.0

706071 Linux: Memory in tmpfs is not released correctly

682083 OSS1 does not support all operating systems

642690 RSDBTIME returns errors on Linux servers

639097 PREPARE on 46C SR2 termination because C++ is not installed

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Number Short Text

638996 NFS mounted directories and saposcol

625674 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1: Notes on installation

618173 Using SAP Kernel 6.20 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1

618104 "sapsysinfo" - Compiling system information on Linux

606107 SAP on Linux: released BULL hardware

600915 Linux/IA-64: Inst. FCS/CA 4.6C: Known problems

597470 Linux: Released Sun Microsystems hardware

597415 Logical volume manager (LVM) on Linux

574900 SAPOSCOL reports: *LINUX*: disc statistic not available

564874 SAP on Linux: Use on Foster NUMA hardware

552914 SAP BW 3.1 Content Server Installation on UNIX

540787 CPU affinity and CPU priority under Linux

516716 Linux: Locale problems after updating glibc

447029 Linux: Sorting problems in Asian character sets

411970 DB2/390: Application Server on Linux for zSeries401162 Work processes do not start (address already in use)

396202 Use of the SAP Application Server on Linux kernel 2.4

386605 SAP Memory Management for Linux (32-bit)

304378 Installtn LINUX: Connect terminates - SQL-952

300900 Linux: Available DELL hardware

195276 Linux: Starting the program using Remote Shell

190218 Linux: Print output from R/3 (acc. method L)

189582 Linux: Code page entries in table TCP0C

187864 Setlocale on Linux and table TCP0C for Linux

171383 Linux: Released Fujitsu-Siemens Comp. Hardware171380 Linux: Released IBM hardware (Intel and AMD processors)

171371 Linux: Released Hewlett Packard hardware

156548 Released operating systems SAP kernel 4.6x ORACLE

81737 DB2-z/OS: APAR List

Attributes

Attribute Value

Operating system LINUX

Attachments

File Type File Name Language Size

ZIP saplocales_sles8_i386_version-4.zip E 677 KB

ZIP source_saplocales_glibc_225.zip E 1.748 KB

ZIP source_saplocales_glibc_222.zip E 1.115 KB

ZIP saplocales_sles8_ia64_version-3.zip E 850 KB

ZIP saplocales_sles7_i386_version-2.zip E 677 KB

ZIP saplocales_rhel21_i386_version-1.zip E 597 KB

ZIP saplocales_sles7_s390x_version-1.zip E 795 KB

ZIP saplocales_sles8_s390x_version-2.zip E 811 KB

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File Type File Name Language Size

ZIP saplocales_sles10_s390x_version-1.zip E 469 KB

ZIP saplocales_rhel30_ia64_version-5.zip E 597 KB

ZIP saplocales_RH71_x86.zip E 677 KB

ZIP source_saplocales_glibc_224.zip E 576 KB

ZIP saplocales_sles9_s390x_version-7.zip E 436 KB

ZIP saplocales_rhel5_i386_version-1.zip E 443 KB

ZIP saplocales_rhel5_s390x_version-1.zip E 526 KB

ZIP saplocales_rhel30_i386_version-6.zip E 441 KB

ZIP source_saplocales_glibc_232.zip E 443 KB

ZIP saplocales_rhel40_i386_version-4.zip E 443 KB

ZIP saplocales_rhel40_ia64_version-4.zip E 611 KB

ZIP saplocales_rhel40_ppc64_version-4.zip E 442 KB

ZIP saplocales_rhel40_x8664_version-4.zip E 446 KB

ZIP source_saplocales_glibc_234.zip E 438 KB

ZIP saplocales_rhel5_ia64_version-2.zip E 422 KBZIP saplocales_rhel5_ppc64_version-2.zip E 406 KB

ZIP saplocales_rhel5_x86_64_version-2.zip E 505 KB

ZIP source_saplocales_glibc_251.zip E 1.238 KB

ZIP saplocales_sles9_i386_version-10.zip E 472 KB

ZIP saplocales_sles9_ia64_version-10.zip E 501 KB

ZIP saplocales_sles9_ppc64_version-10.zip E 445 KB

ZIP saplocales_sles9_x8664_version-10.zip E 531 KB

ZIP source_saplocales_glibc_233.zip E 1.191 KB

ZIP saplocales_sles10_i386_version-2.zip E 469 KB

ZIP saplocales_sles10_ia64_version-2.zip E 498 KBZIP saplocales_sles10_ppc64_version-2.zip E 443 KB

ZIP saplocales_sles10_x8664_version-2.zip E 530 KB

ZIP source_saplocales_glibc_24.zip E 1.231 KB