Chapter 4. SAP Automation and Performance
4.1. RHEL System Roles for SAP
The Red Hat Enterprise Linux System Roles for SAP, provided exclusively with the Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Solutions subscription, removes human error from complex and repetitive SAP configuration tasks, such as configuration of a Red Hat Enterprise Linux system for installation of SAP HANA or SAP NetWeaver software.
Customers can use RHEL system roles for SAP to enforce SAP best practices for configuration and setup of both SAP NetWeaver and SAP HANA deployments based on RHEL.
Additional resources
- For more information, see Red Hat Enterprise Linux System Roles for SAP.
4.2. tuned
To ensure that RHEL is configured appropriately to best support SAP workloads, the RHEL for SAP Solutions provides tuned profiles “sap” and "sap-hana", which contain many of the SAP best practices and some additional configure settings.
Additional resources
- For more information, see Getting started on your SAP HANA journey with RHEL 8 for SAP Solutions and SAP Note 2777782.
4.3. Compatibility libraries
RHEL for SAP Solutions provides additional GCC runtime compatibility libraries required by newer SAP NetWeaver and SAP HANA releases. These GCC runtime compatibility libraries can be installed independently of the standard GCC runtime libraries provided by RHEL.
4.4. Smart Management
The RHEL subscription includes the Smart Management Add-on to provide easy management and updates of Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems by using Red Hat Satellite Server.
