SAP on Microsoft Azure
- Length: 360 pages
- Edition: N
- Language: English
- Publisher: SAP Press
- Publication Date: 2020-12-29
- ISBN-10: 1493220179
- ISBN-13: 9781493220175
- Sales Rank: #3893232 (See Top 100 Books)
Run your SAP system on Microsoft Azure with this guide to architecture design and system administration! Get to know Microsoft Azure and its prerequisites, service options, and supported SAP products. Plan and build your system to last with high availability and disaster recovery, and then see how to migrate and operate your system once it’s live. Learn to configure and use encryption, backups, automation, compliance, and other key features. Make your cloud project painless!
a. Designing Your System
Begin with design considerations: sizing, availability, security, cost, and more. Then understand Microsoft Azure’s architecture and recommended practices for architecture design and service configuration. Walk through network architecture, storage options, and optimizations for your system.
b. Operating Your System
Make sure your system is operating at peak efficiency with tools like SAP Solution Manager and Azure monitor, and keep the bottom line in mind with cost management tools.
c. Protecting Your System
Hope for the best, plan for the worst. Make sure your system can run without significant downtime (high availability) and can be restored in the event of failure (disaster recovery). Leverage backup mechanisms, shared storage, and encryption to make your system resilient!
d. Preparing for Migration
Evaluate your migration readiness, preview the states of any migration project, and begin planning your migration.
1) Architecture
2) Deployment models and infrastructure
3) High availability and disaster recovery
4) Automation
5) Encryption
6) Governance and compliance
7) Backup and recovery
8) Migration
9) Operations and monitoring
10) Case studies
Dear Reader Notes on Usage Table of Contents Preface Objective of This Book Target Audience Structure of the Book Acknowledgments 1 Introduction to Microsoft Azure 1.1 What Is Microsoft Azure? 1.2 Cloud Deployment Options 1.2.1 Public Cloud versus Private Cloud 1.2.2 Hybrid Cloud 1.3 Cloud Models: Comparing IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS 1.3.1 Infrastructure as a Service 1.3.2 Platform as a Service 1.3.3 Software as a Service 1.4 Cloud Adoption Framework 1.5 Service Availability and Preview Features 1.6 Understanding Microsoft Azure’s SLAs 1.6.1 Service Level Agreement Percentages 1.6.2 When Microsoft Can’t Meet the SLA 1.6.3 Composite SLA 1.7 Why Move to Microsoft Azure? 1.7.1 Benefits of Moving an Enterprise Infrastructure 1.7.2 Event-Based Triggers 1.8 Summary 2 SAP on Microsoft Azure 2.1 The Unique SAP Architecture on Microsoft Azure 2.2 SAP on Microsoft Azure Support Prerequisites 2.3 Supported SAP Products, Databases, and Operating Systems 2.3.1 Supported Operating Systems 2.3.2 Supported Databases 2.3.3 Supported SAP Products 2.3.4 SAP HANA-Certified Hardware Directory 2.4 SAP Technology Stacks and Architecture 2.4.1 Distributed versus Standard Systems 2.4.2 SAP Technology Stacks 2.5 SAP on Microsoft Azure Reference Architecture 2.6 Deployment Models 2.6.1 All SAP on Microsoft Azure 2.6.2 Hybrid 2.6.3 Multi-Cloud 2.7 Paths to Microsoft Azure 2.7.1 Cloud Rationalization and the Five Rs of Migration 2.7.2 SAP Migrations versus New Implementations 2.7.3 Third-Party Systems 2.8 SAP Cloud Appliance Library 2.9 Relevant SAP Notes 2.10 Summary 3 Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Offerings for SAP 3.1 Microsoft Azure Enterprise Enrollment Hierarchy 3.2 Connectivity to Microsoft Azure 3.2.1 ExpressRoute 3.2.2 Site-to-Site Virtual Private Network 3.2.3 Point-to-Site Virtual Private Network 3.3 Microsoft Azure Pricing Calculator and Total Cost of Ownership Calculator 3.4 Infrastructure Foundation Pillars 3.4.1 Compute 3.4.2 Storage 3.4.3 Network 3.5 Shared Storage 3.5.1 Microsoft Azure Shared Storage 3.5.2 Microsoft Azure Shared Disks 3.5.3 Microsoft Azure NetApp Files 3.6 Operating System Licenses in Microsoft Azure 3.7 Platform Maintenance and Notifications 3.8 Microsoft Azure Dedicated Host 3.8.1 Virtual Machine Provisioning and Tracking Capacity 3.8.2 Cost 3.9 SAP HANA on Azure (Large Instances) 3.9.1 SAP HANA on Azure (Large Instances) Revision 4 3.9.2 Deployment Timeline and Communication 3.10 Key Vault 3.11 Microsoft Azure Landing Zone 3.12 Summary 4 System Design Framework 4.1 Security 4.1.1 Identity 4.1.2 Network Security 4.1.3 Infrastructure Security 4.1.4 Application and Data Security 4.2 Performance 4.2.1 Compute 4.2.2 Storage 4.2.3 Network 4.2.4 Database and Application 4.2.5 Scalability 4.3 Resiliency 4.3.1 Platform Resiliency 4.3.2 Availability Set 4.3.3 Availability Zone 4.3.4 Region Resiliency 4.3.5 Microsoft Azure Site Recovery 4.3.6 Microsoft Azure Backup Service 4.3.7 Microsoft Azure Storage Resiliency 4.3.8 Microsoft Azure Load Balancer 4.4 Operational Efficiency 4.4.1 Operational Use Cases 4.4.2 Monitoring 4.4.3 Governance 4.4.4 Cost Optimization 4.4.5 Automation 4.5 Summary 5 Governance and Compliance 5.1 Policies 5.2 Management Groups 5.3 Resource Groups 5.4 Role-Based Access Control 5.4.1 How to Use Role-Based Access Control 5.4.2 Role-Based Access Control Scope 5.4.3 Role-Based Access Control versus Policy 5.5 Naming Conventions 5.6 Resource Locks 5.7 Tagging 5.8 Microsoft Azure Blueprint 5.9 Regulatory and Audit Compliance 5.9.1 Regulatory Compliance 5.9.2 Microsoft Azure Logs 5.9.3 Reporting 5.10 Summary 6 Infrastructure Architecture Guidance 6.1 Microsoft Azure Regions 6.2 Subscription Design 6.3 Connectivity and Network Design 6.3.1 Connectivity to Microsoft Azure 6.3.2 Network Design 6.3.3 Subnet Sizes for Gateway, Bastion, and Microsoft Azure NetApp Files 6.3.4 SAP HANA Network Zones 6.3.5 Database App Connectivity and Management Network 6.3.6 Perimeter Network 6.4 Compute 6.5 Storage 6.6 Summary 7 Resiliency 7.1 High Availability 7.1.1 Shared Storage Using Platform as a Service 7.1.2 SAP Application Server 7.1.3 SAP Central Services and Database 7.1.4 SAP Central Services on Windows Operating System 7.1.5 SQL Server Database on Windows Operating System 7.1.6 High Availability on the Linux Operating System 7.1.7 IBM DB2 7.1.8 Oracle Database 7.1.9 SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise Database 7.1.10 SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence 7.1.11 Standalone Enqueue Server 2 7.1.12 Multi-SAP System ID for SAP Central Services 7.2 Disaster Recovery 7.2.1 Recovery Time Objective and Recovery Point Object 7.2.2 Microsoft Azure Paired Regions 7.2.3 Disaster Recovery for SAP 7.2.4 Disaster Recovery of SAP Components 7.2.5 Application Disaster Recover 7.2.6 Shared Storage in the Secondary Region 7.2.7 Test and Drills 7.3 Reference Architecture 7.4 Summary 8 Backup Architecture and Mechanisms 8.1 Backup and Restore Overview 8.2 Backup Classifications 8.3 Microsoft Azure Backup and Recovery Vault 8.4 Virtual Machine Backup 8.5 Database Backup 8.5.1 Microsoft Azure Backup for SQL Server and SAP HANA 8.5.2 Virtual Machine Backup with and without Database File Systems 8.5.3 Disk-Based Database Backup 8.5.4 Storage Snapshot 8.6 Shared Disk Backup 8.7 Third-Party Tools 8.8 Backup and Retention Policy 8.9 Restore and Recovery 8.9.1 Virtual Machine Restore 8.9.2 SQL Server and SAP HANA 8.9.3 Testing for all Use Cases 8.10 Management and Reporting 8.11 Summary 9 Automation 9.1 Infrastructure as Code 9.2 Automation Use Cases 9.2.1 Infrastructure Deployment 9.2.2 Application Deployment 9.2.3 Infrastructure and Application Lifecycle 9.3 Automation Tools 9.3.1 Microsoft Azure Cloud Shell 9.3.2 Microsoft Azure Resource Manager Template 9.3.3 Terraform 9.3.4 Orchestration versus Configuration Management 9.3.5 SAP Landscape Management 9.4 DevOps Integration 9.5 Quickstart Templates 9.6 Disadvantages of Using Automation 9.7 Automation Recommend Practices 9.8 Summary 10 Encryption 10.1 Encryption at Rest 10.1.1 Storage Service Encryption 10.1.2 Microsoft Azure Disk Encryption 10.1.3 Database Encryption 10.1.4 Backup Encryption 10.1.5 Microsoft Azure NetApp Files 10.1.6 Third-Party Software 10.2 Encryption in Transit 10.3 Key Management 10.4 Summary 11 Migrating SAP to Microsoft Azure 11.1 Planning and Readiness 11.1.1 Readiness Evaluation 11.1.2 Archiving and Cleanup 11.2 Migration Paths and Methodologies 11.2.1 Database Migration Methodologies 11.2.2 Homogeneous Migration 11.2.3 Heterogenous Migration 11.2.4 Application Server and SAP Central Services Migration 11.2.5 Third-Party Solutions for Migration 11.2.6 Migration Options Trade-Offs 11.3 Large Databases and Migration Optimizations 11.3.1 Large Database Challenges 11.3.2 Downtime Optimization Techniques 11.4 SAP Landscape Migration Phases 11.4.1 Pilot 11.4.2 Nonproduction 11.4.3 Production Rehearsal 11.4.4 Production Cutover 11.4.5 Large Landscape Migration 11.5 Lessons Learned 11.6 Summary 12 Operations 12.1 Cloud Operating Model 12.2 Operational Efficiency 12.2.1 SAP Snoozing 12.2.2 Autoscaling 12.2.3 Operating System and SAP Patching 12.2.4 Rightsizing and Virtual Machine Resizing 12.2.5 System Clone, Copy, and Refresh 12.2.6 Microsoft Azure Backup 12.2.7 Microsoft Azure NetApp Files and Disks Snapshot 12.2.8 SAP Landscape Management Integration 12.2.9 SAP HANA on Azure (Large Instances) to Virtual Machine Migration 12.2.10 SAP Licensing and Hardware Key 12.2.11 Operational Learning 12.3 Monitoring 12.3.1 SAP Solution Manager 12.3.2 Microsoft Azure Monitor 12.3.3 Dashboards 12.3.4 Alerts 12.3.5 Microsoft Azure Monitor for SAP Solutions 12.4 Cost Management 12.4.1 Understand the Cost Structure 12.4.2 Plan with Focus on Cost 12.4.3 Optimize for Cost Regularly 12.4.4 Microsoft Azure Cost Management 12.4.5 Cost Projections 12.5 Summary 13 Case Study 13.1 New Implementation Planning 13.1.1 Milestone #1: Sizing and Total Cost of Ownership Calculation 13.1.2 Milestone #2: Architecture Components 13.1.3 Milestone #3: Infrastructure and SAP Deployment 13.2 Migration Planning 13.2.1 Shared Architecture on Microsoft Azure 13.2.2 Resiliency Design (High Availability/Disaster Recovery) 13.2.3 Migration Methodology and Sequence 13.2.4 Phased Go-Live and Hybrid System Maintenance 13.2.5 Data Center Exit and Future Optimizations 13.3 Summary 14 Outlook 14.1 Marching towards SAP S/4HANA 14.2 Integration to Cloud Native Tools 14.3 SAP Innovations 14.4 Evolution of Microsoft Azure 14.5 Containers for SAP? 14.6 Summary The Author Index Service Pages Legal Notes
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