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SAP on OracleDevelopment UpdateJuly 2013

Dr. Christian GrafDevelopment Manager

DB Platforms Oracle & InformixOS Platform Solaris

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Agenda

SAP on Oracle 10g

SAP on Oracle 11g

Engineered Systems Update

Virtualization Update

Operating Systems Update

DBA Tools

SAP on Oracle 10g


SAP on Oracle 10gSupported Releases

Patch Sets 10.2.0.4No longer supported.

Grace Period 10.2.0.4 ended 31 July, 2011 You need to upgrade to 10.2.0.5 to be eligible

for Extended Support

Patch Set 10.2.0.54th Patch Set for Oracle 10.2In final stage of regular Extended Support

10.2.0.5 General Availability since March 2011 May 2013 SAP Bundle Patch is most recent and

contains PSU 11 for 10.2.0.5 (10.2.0.5.11)

NEW! Last SAP Bundle Patch plannedfor August 2013


SAP on Oracle 10gNEW! Restricted Extended Support

Regular Extended Support expires 31 July, 2013

Restricted Extended SupportAugust 2013 through July 2015 Except: Itanium platforms until December 2015:

Windows IA64, Linux IA64,HP-UX IA64

Terms and Conditions‘Severity 1’ fixes only No more Critical Patch Updates (CPUs)

Prior Extended Support contract required For the time being, pricing for SAP ASFU

customers remains the same

For details see SAP Note 1110995


SAP on Oracle 10gSoftware Policy

SAP Bundle PatchesStarting 1 December, 2011 the following Oracle patch policy is effective:

A valid Oracle 10g Extended Support contract is required for downloading applying

any related Oracle 10g patch software from SMP: SAP Bundle Patches (SBPs) Patch Set Updates (PSUs) Critical Patch Updates (CPUs) …

Caution!SBPs etc. for Oracle 10g are visible on SAP Marketplace for all customers. However:

DOWNLOADING OR APPLYING THIS SOFTWARE IS PROHIBITED WITHOUT A VALID ORACLE 10GEXTENDED SUPPORT CONTRACT!

For details see SAP HotNews Note 1654734

SAP on Oracle 11g


SAP on Oracle 11gCertification

CertificationOracle Database 11 Release 2 (11.2) onlySAP products based on 640_EX2 kerneland later only Restricted to products which are in SAP Extended

Maintenance at least until end of 2010

Certification available on all OS platforms Except: Windows IA64, Linux IA64,

Linux on Power


Oracle 11.2 Instant ClientSAP-certified since February 2011Don’t forget:

UPDATE THE CLIENT FROM 10.2 TO 11.2 TO GET OUT OF ORACLE 10.2 EXTENDED SUPPORT OBLIGATION!


SAP on Oracle 11gOracle 11.2 Patch Set/PSU Schedule by SAP

Patch Set 11.2.0.1Oracle 11.2 Base ReleaseReleased in March 2010

No more individual CPUs and PSUs (July 2011 was last) November 2011 SAP Bundle

Patch was last

Patch Set 11.2.0.32nd Patch Set for Oracle 11.2Released 12 December, 2011

HP-UX PA-RISC available since June 2012 Windows available since

14 February, 2012 June 2013 SBP is most recent

and contains PSU 6 for 11.2.0.3 (11.2.0.3.6)

New SAP projects should start on 11.2.0.3 or higher

Patch Set 11.2.0.21st Patch Set for Oracle 11.2Released 10 November, 2010

General Availability since mid January 2011 Windows available since

10 May, 2011 May 2013 SBP is most recent

and contains PSU 10 for 11.2.0.2 (11.2.0.2.10)

NEW! Last SAP Bundle Patch planned for November 2013


SAP on Oracle 11gCompression

Advanced CompressionOLTP compressionSecureFile compressionRMAN Backup compressionData Guard Network compressionData Pump Export compression

License for Advanced Compression Option (ACO) required SAP ASFU license includes ACO

Index Compression– Already supported by SAP

(since version 10g)

No additional license required


SAP on Oracle 11gAutomatic Storage Management

ASM/ACFS available on all Platforms Unix/Linux since February 2011,

Windows from end of September 2011 Requirements:

Oracle 11.2.0.2, or higher Oracle Grid 11.2.0.2, or higher Kernel 640_EX2 or higher based SAP releases

Single Instance and RAC Support ACFS required for RAC installations with ASM1)

For details see SAP Note 1550133 Oracle ASM white papers on SCN

1) not available on HP-UX

ASM Support in SAP ToolsFull ASM Support provided in… BR*Tools 7.20 Patch 18

see SAP Note 1627541 Software Provisioning Manager 1.0 SP1

for SAP product versions 7.0X and 7.3X see SAP Note 1738053

NEW! SAP Master Data ManagementSAP MDM certified with ASM since June 2013 Starting with MDM 7.1 SP10 See SAP Note 1825328

Engineered Systems Update


Engineered Systems UpdateExadata and Exalogic

Oracle Exadata Database Machine X2 | X3Support for X2-2, X2-8 and NEW! X3-2, X3-8Oracle Exadata License required x86-64 hardware only Oracle Linux 5 OR Solaris 11 Oracle 11.2.0.2 or later required Supported for NW 7.0 or higher based SAP

products

For details see SAP Note 1590515 Oracle Exadata white paper on SCN

Oracle Exalogic X2 | X3Support for X2-2 and NEW! X3-2In combination with Exadata only! x86-64 hardware only Oracle Linux 5 only Oracle 11.2.0.2 or later required on Exadata Supported for NW 7.0 or higher based SAP

products, Unicode only



Engineered Systems UpdateSPARC SuperCluster

Oracle SPARC SuperClusterSupported for SAP since end of April, 2012 T4-4 SPARC hardware Solaris 11 required Oracle 11.2.0.3 or later required Supported for NW 6.40 or higher based SAP

products 640_EX2, 720_EXT kernels only



Engineered Systems UpdateOracle Database Appliance (ODA)

Oracle Database Appliance (ODA)Supported for SAP since December, 2012 ODA Version 2.4 + ODA OAK Patch 2.4.1 Oracle Linux 5 only Oracle 11.2.0.3.4 or higher Supported for NW 7.0 or higher based SAP

products

For details see SAP Note 1785353 Oracle ODA white paper on SCN

Virtualization Update


Virtualization UpdateOracle VM

CertificationSupported for SAP since February, 2013 OVM 3.2.1 or higher x86-64 platforms See SAP Note 1808268

Guest Operating Systems Support Oracle Linux 5 and 6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (SP2 or above) Solaris 10 and 11 Microsoft Windows planned No Red Hat Enterprise Linux support

SAP Products Support All SAP products certified for supported guest OS Check PAM for OS availability for SAP product

Oracle Database Support Single Instance

10.2.0.5, 11.1 (non-NW, e.g. BO), 11.2 All Linux guests (but RHEL)

Real Application Clusters (RAC) minimum 11.2.0.3 Oracle Linux guests only


Virtualization UpdateNEW! Microsoft Hyper-V

CertificationSupported for SAP since June, 2013 Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Private and Public Cloud See SAP Note 1329848

Guest Operating Systems Support includes Windows Server 20121)

Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1

1) planned for Q1CY2014, Oracle 11.2.0.4 only

SAP Products Support All SAP products certified for supported guest OS Check PAM for OS availability for SAP product

Oracle Products Support All Oracle products certified for Windows Server,

including Oracle Database 11.2 Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) 11.2 Oracle Client 11.2

Operating Systems Update


Operating Systems UpdateSolaris 11

CertificationCertified for SAP products based on SAP NetWeaver 2004s and 7.X SPARC and x86-64 platforms only See SAP Note 1669684

Solaris 11

Release State released mid May 2012

SAP Kernel Versions 640_EX2, 7.20_EXT

Minimum Oracle Version 11.2.0.3


Operating Systems UpdateOracle Linux

CertificationCertified for SAP products based on SAP NetWeaver x86-64 platforms only Unicode only (both SAP application

and database servers) See SAP Note 1565179

Oracle Linux 51) Oracle Linux 6

RHEL Compatible

UnbreakableEnterprise

Kernel

RHEL Compatible

UnbreakableEnterprise

Kernel

Release State released released end of April 2012

SAP Kernel Versions 7.0X, 7.1X, 7.20 7.X

Minimum Oracle Version 11.2.0.2 11.2.0.31) updates supported as of update 5 (OL 5.5)


Operating Systems UpdateRed Hat Enterprise Linux

CertificationCertified for SAP products based on SAP NetWeaver 2004s and 7.X x86-64 platforms only

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Release State released mid April 2012

SAP Kernel Versions 640_EX2, 7.X

Minimum Oracle Version 11.2.0.3

DBA Tools


SecurityABAP Secure Store

MotivationOPS$ connect vulnerable to attack For recommendations on how to secure

OPS$ mechanism against potential attack see SAP Note 157499

ABAP Secure StoreTo strengthen database security Database password encrypted in file system Makes OPS$/SAPUSER connect obsolete Allows remote_os_authent=false

AvailabilityAvailable for all 7.X kernel-based SAP versions Optional but recommended for Oracle 10 and 11,

mandatory for upcoming Oracle 12 SAP Kernel 7.20 Patch 100 required Available throughout 7.X via 7.20 downwards-

compatible kernel (DCK) since Q4/2011

Notes1623922 Connect to Oracle Database1622837 New Connect Method of AS ABAP to Oracle via SSFS

157499 OPS$ Connect and Security Aspects


BR*Tools 7.20Secure Store Support

Changing the Database Passwordbrconnect –f chpass now handles both OPS$ Connect ( SAPUSER table) Secure Connect ( Secure Store/SSFS)

mechanism and changes the password in the proper location. Supports both ABAP and Java Secure Store

Expert option –s|–secstore

To force or skip changes in a specific SSFS-s|-secstore abap|abapshd|

java|javashd|brtools|none

BR*Tools Secure StoreIn combination with ABAP SSFS:Fully eliminates need for OPS$ user! Own BR*Tools Secure Store on database server Access through BRT$ADM database user in

BR*Tools SSFS instead of OPS$ user Use -u|-user // option with BR*Tools

AvailabilitySecure Store Support is available as of BR*Tools 7.20 Patch 27.

See SAP Note 1764043


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