Chapter 4. Distribution of content

RHEL 8 for SAP Solutions is installed using ISO images. For more information, see Installing RHEL 8 for SAP Solutions.

For information on RHEL for SAP Solutions offerings on Certified Cloud Providers, see SAP Offerings on Certified Cloud Providers.

Installation Steps for Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Solutions

After downloading, perform your installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Register and attach your server to a repository source — either a local Red Hat Satellite instance or the Customer Portal Subscription Management service.
Apply the release lock and activate the SAP repositories in the Red Hat subscription manager to get access to the additional packages provided by the Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Solutions subscription.
Execute the Red Hat Enterprise Linux system roles for SAP to automatically perform all required OS preconfiguration tasks to get started with the SAP workload installation afterwards.
When your Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Solutions system is ready, you can start your SAP installation, for example SAP HANA Express Edition.
Get predictive IT analytics with connecting your system to Red Hat Insights. This is included with your subscription.

If you need help installing your product, contact Red Hat Customer Service or Technical Support.

SAP specific content is available on separate SAP repositories and ISOs and only for SAP-supported architectures (Intel x86_64, IBM Power LE).

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