Most of you know that SLES was the only supported OS for SAP HANA few years back. But for quite sometime, Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP HANA 6.5 is certified minimum version available for productive usage, which is based on Intel IvyBridgeEX (Xeon E7 v2) CPU architecture.
I was working with SLES since Nov'2009 and installed SAP HANA 1.0 built 5 for the first time. Due to other commitments, I was not looked into RHEL part till Dec'2014. Remotely, from Bangalore, I was working hands-on with RHEL colleagues on their Lab through their OPEN program and that's why collected some basic knowledge on this.
SAP HANA 1.0 SPS08 is the minimum version of SAP HANA certified on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP HANA is required for SAP HANA installation. There is no custom Linux kernel available for running SAP HANA. The name of the repository for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Base Channel 6.5 is: rhel-x86_64-server-6. The library compatsapc++.so is a must for SAP HANA. The additional GCC runtime environment needed for SAP HANA on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 as SAP uses a more recent compiler for its more recent feature set.
The packages are included in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP HANA are - XFS, compat-sap-c++, and tuned profiles “sap-hana” & “sap-hana-vmware”.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Business Applications subscription should be used for running SAP Business Applications.
Single Node, Scale Out, SoH-Suite on HANA - all HANA configurations are certified on Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP HANA.
In April'2015, I have successfully completed SAP HANA Installation on RHEL platform. Then using my guide, Banaglore team was successfully installed SAP HANA 1.0 SPS 09 on RHEL in VM environment. We also done successful upgrade of HANA Rev. after the basic installation.
Meanwhile, Red Hat acknowledged my participation & contribution by recognising me as -
Red Hat Delivery Specialist - RHEL for SAP HANA.
Thank you, Red Hat Team !!
Debajit Banerjee : Red Hat Delivery Specialist - RHEL for SAP HANA
I have created the SAP HANA on RHEL Installation guide. This document discussed about the step-by-step process for preparation of RHEL OS and then SAP HANA Installation on it.
It can help for TDI specific activities. One can use the same and provide feedback.