SAP HANA Technical Documentation

SAP HANA Technical Documentation

SAP Whitepapers:

• SAP HANA Technical Overview Whitepaper: http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-60354 (general overview of what is SAP HANA) 
• SAP HANA System Landscape Guide: http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-60282 (explains the lifecycle management challenges of HANA) 
• SAP HANA Storage Requirements Whitepaper: http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-62595 (explains the storage requirements of HANA)
• SAP HANA High Availability Whitepaper: http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-60334 (explains the HA capabilities of HANA) 
• SAP HANA Scalability Guide: http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-60340 (explains the multiple perspectives regarding scaling SAP HANA) 
• HANA Memory Usage Explained: http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-60337 (explains the memory usage of SAP HANA in detail) 
• SAP HANA Guidelines for Being Virtualized with VMware: http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-60312 (SAP's recommendations for running SAP HANA virtualized) 
• SAP HANA Security Overview Whitepaper: http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-60371  (Overview of the security features of SAP HANA) 
• SAP Business Suite Powered by HANA - IT Management Fact Book: http://hana.sap.com/content/dam/website/saphana/en_us/PDFs/suiteonhanafactbooks/29546_GB_28576_SoH_12Fundamentals_en.pdf  (states TDI as the best option for customer running SAP Business Suite on HANA)  
• SAP Business Suite Powered by HANA - Fundamentals Fact Book : http://hana.sap.com/content/dam/website/saphana/en_us/PDFs/suiteonhanafactbooks/29546_GB_28576_SoH_12Fundamentals_en.pdf (explains the benefits of running SAP Business suite on HANA, as well as the key innovations included on the most current version of the software) 
• SAP HANA Performance Whitepaper: http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-60352 (exposes tests done and the performance achieved in SAP HANA defending its unique performance related capabilities)
• HANA Network Requirements Whitepaper: http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-63221 (this is an essential read for proper Network Integration of SAP HANA systems)
• Network Recommendations for SAP HANA System Replication: http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-56044

SAP Presentations:

• SAP HANA Architecture and Landscape Options: http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-60251 
• SAP HANA in Datacenters Overview SPS8 version: http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-60341 
• SAP HANA in Datacenters Overview SPS10 version: http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-68122 
• SAP HANA Tailored Datacenter Integration Overview: http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-63140 
• SAP HANA Backup and Recovery Overview: http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-62435 
• SAP HANA Virtualized Overview and Roadmap: http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-60329 
• SAP HANA Studio Overview:  http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-60363
• The New SAP HANA Economics: http://blogs.saphana.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/New-Economics-of-SAP-Business-Suite-powered-by-SAP-HANA_.pdf (PPT supporting that TDI and Virtalization are the way to reduce SAP HANA TCO as opposed to the appliance model) 
• Hasso Platner' presentation on S/4 HANA at SAPPHIRE Orlando 2015: http://hana.sap.com/content/dam/website/saphana/en_us/S4%20HANA/Final_Launch_S4HANA_Plattner.pdf  

Presentations on what's new:

• Most relevant SPS07, SPS08 and SPS09 news infrastructure wise:

o   Exhaustive list of all "What's new on SP7" resources: http://www.saphana.com/community/blogs/blog/2013/12/03/whats-new-in-sap-hana-sps07  
o   Exhaustive list of all "What's New" on SAP HANA SPS09: https://blogs.saphana.com/2014/10/21/what-is-new-in-sap-hana-sps-09/

FAQ:

• SAP HANA Tailored Datacenter Integration FAQ: https://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-62942 (is regularly updated and includes responses to typical TDI questions)
• SAP HANA Operations Expert Summit FAQ: http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-60276 (is regularly updated and includes responses to typical operations and general HANA official information questions)
• SAP S/4 HANA FAQ: http://scn.sap.com/community/business-suite/faq  
• Current Status of Support for SAP HANA on VMware: http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-60470 

Download:

• SAP HANA Studio:http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/index?rid=/webcontent/uuid/10e6e3ff-6081-2f10-e690-829e62f29a26

• SAP HANA Client: http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/webcontent/uuid/402aa158-6a7a-2f10-0195-f43595f6fe5f

Important Blog Posts:

• SAP Netweaver ABAP and HANA on the same server resources: http://www.saphana.com/community/blogs/blog/2013/12/31/announcement-sap-hana-and-sap-netweaver-as-abap-deployed-on-one-server-is-generally-available   
• List of resources regarding SAP HANA Virtualized with VMware: http://www.saphana.com/community/blogs/blog/2013/11/05/just-a-matter-of-time-sap-hana-virtualized-in-production   
• Blog explaining the rules that apply for you to be able to install HANA on your own: http://www.saphana.com/community/blogs/blog/2013/11/04/now-its-up-to-you-to-perform-the-sap-hana-installation   
• Announcement of relaxed requirements for non-productive systems: https://blogs.saphana.com/2014/08/12/cost-optimized-sap-hana-infrastructure-requirements-for-non-production-usage/
• SAP HANA TDI Overview and latest status: https://blogs.saphana.com/2015/02/18/sap-hana-tailored-data-center-integration-tdi-overview/ 
• http://www.hanatutorials.com/ 
• http://www.guru99.com/sap-hana-tutorials-a-beginners-guide.html

SAP Technical Guides:

• SAP HANA Master Guide: http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-60318
• SAP HANA Server Installation & Update Guide: http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-60374
• SAP HANA Administration Guide: http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-60368
• SAP HANA Technical Operations Manual: http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-60369
• SAP HANA Database Client Installation and Update Guide: http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-60373 
• SAP HANA Manual Update Guide: http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-60372 
• SAP HANA Security Guide: http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-60371

Important SAP webpages on SAP HANA Openness:

• SAP HANA Openness main page: http://hana.sap.com/abouthana/hana-features/data-compatibility.html

Other Important SAP Technical References:

• TCP/IP Ports used by SAP Applications: http://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/display/TCPIP/Home+of+TCP-IP+Ports 

Relevant VMware Guides and Papers:

• VMware's page on everything about SAP HANA virtualization at SCN: http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-60470 
• Best Practices and Recommendations for Scale-up Deployments of SAP HANA on VMware vShpere: http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/SAP_HANA_on_vmware_vSphere_best_practices_guide.pdf   
• SAP HANA on VMware vShpere 5.5 Best Practices Resources Guide: http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/SAP_HANA_on_vMware_vsphere_5.5_best_practices_resource_guide.pdf   
• Other SAP HANA related resources at VMware.com: http://www.vmware.com/business-critical-apps/sap-virtualization/partnership   
• Bob Glodsand's Blog on Productive support for SAP HANA virtualized with vShpere: http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2014/05/sap-hana-now-supported-vmware-vsphere-5-5-production.html   
• VMware VROOM! Blog on SAP HANA Performance: http://blogs.vmware.com/performance/2014/05/virtual-sap-hana-achieves-production-level-performance.html
• VMware Presentation at SAPPHIRE 2015 on the announcement that SAP HANA Scale-out on VMware is now supported in production and is in Controled Availability: https://horizonworkspace.vmware.com/data/shf/nfY6Gui5RQ2KosRLKoH5DQAkZGJjOGExYjktNDNjYi00YzIzLTlkMmUtZmI5NWQwNDBkNTc5AQ==  

Relevant EMC / VCE Guides and Papers:

• EMC positioning and value proposition for SAP HANA: http://www.emc.com/collateral/emc-perspective/h14459-making-sap-hana-mainstream-datacenter-part1.pdf 
• Best Practices for SAP HANA Tailored Datacenter Integration with EMC VNX family: https://community.emc.com/docs/DOC-34450
• Best Practices for SAP HANA Tailored Datacenter Integration with EMC VMAX family: https://community.emc.com/docs/DOC-31467
• SAP HANA Tailored Datacenter Integration on EMC VMAX Storage System and Lenovo System x Servers: https://community.emc.com/docs/DOC-36203
• Storage Configuration  Best Practices for SAP HANA Tailored Datacenter Integration and EMC SCALEIO Converged Infrastructure: http://www.emc.com/collateral/white-papers/h13731-storage-configuration-best-practices-sap-hana.pdf
• Business Continuity Best Practices for SAP HANA Tailored Datacenter Integration with EMC Symmetrix VMAX: https://community.emc.com/docs/DOC-35692 
• Business Continuity Best Practices for SAP HANA Tailored Datacenre Integration with EMC VNX Systems, MirrorView and SnapView: http://www.emc.com/collateral/white-papers/h13955-vnx-storage-mirrorview-snapview.pdf
• Whitepaper on leveraging VCE vBlock Systems for SAP HANA Tailored Datacenter Integration: http://www.vce.com/asset/documents/sap-hana-tdi-whitepaper.pdf  
• Other EMC Documentation on SAP HANA TDI: https://community.emc.com/docs/DOC-31784

3rd Party documents of interest:

• Cisco's guide on configuring a system for SAP HANA Virtualized with VMware: http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-55263 
• Automate SAP HANA System Replication with SLES: http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-56278