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SAP on Oracle:

DevelopmentUpdate June/2007

Dr. Christian GrafDevelopment ManagerDB Platforms Oracle & InformixOS Platforms HPUX, Solaris, Tru64SAP AG

Oracle RAC @ SAP

Oracle 9i/10g @ SAP

Advanced Security

DBA Tools

SAP AG 2007, Oracle Integration at SAP, Dr. Christian Graf 4

Oracle 9.2: Oracle Update Extended Support

Oracle Release 9.2 enters Extended Support (ES) Phase in August 2007

First year of 9.2 Extended Support is free of additional charge!!

Conditions:Ø 9.2.0.8 will be last patchsetØ New patches and CPU’S are provided on basis of patchset 9.2.0.8 only Ø Beyond August 2007 new OS versions and OS platforms will not be certified on Oracle 9.2 Ø ES for Oracle 9.2 terminates on July 31st, 2010 Ø SAP customers who purchased the Oracle license from SAP participate automatically in

free of charge 9.2 ESØ Oracle direct customers should contact Oracle for detailsØ SAP will not certify additional SAP releases (e.g. NW2004s) on Oracle 9.2

For details please see SAP note 1021844 or Oracle Metalink


Oracle 10g certification for SAP

Ø SAP R/3 31I, 40B and 45B will not generally be supported with Oracle 10g Ø Temporary 10.2 support during SAP upgrades (see SAP note 819655)

Ø 4.6D_EXT/6.20/6.40 kernel based SAP applications are certified for Oracle 10.2Ø See OSS note 940794 for details

Ø 7.00 ff. Kernel based SAP applications are certified for Oracle 10.2 only

Ø Currently ~20% of SAP/Oracle installations are on Oracle 10g

Prerequisite for 10g certification: In 2007 SAP product must be at least in SAP Extended Maintenance


SAP on Oracle 10g: Notes & Documentation

Ø 720886: Oracle Database 10g: Integration into the SAP environmentØ 820062: Oracle Database 10g: Patchsets/Patches for 10.1.0.x

Ø 871096: Oracle Database 10g: Patchsets/Patches for 10.2.0.x

Ø 830576 Parameter recommendations for Oracle 10g

Ø 527843: Oracle RAC support in the SAP environment

Ø 828268: Oracle Database 10g: New Functions

Ø 925871: HotNews: Termination of ‘Customer Care Support’ for Oracle 9.2

Ø 1021844: HotNews: Oracle 9.2 Extended Support free until July 31, 2008

Ø Oracle 10.1/10.2 database upgrade guides

Ø http://service.sap.com/instguides -> Other Documentation -> Database Upgrades -> Oracle


“Big picture” of supported Oracle releases

Not Supported

Not Supported

Not Supported

Out of support

Out of support

Out of supportOracle 8.1.7

Ramp-Up only

Not Supported

Not Supported

Not Supported

Not SupportedMid 2009 Oracle 10.1

SupportedSupportedSupportedSupportedNot Supported Mid 2010Oracle 10.2

RAC

Not Supported

Not supported

Supported

R/3 31I - 4.6B

Supported

Supported

Supported

R/3 4.6C

Not SupportedSupportedSupported

July 2008ES*: 7/2010

Oracle 9.2 RAC

Mid 2010

July 2008ES*: 7/2010

Support by Oracle until

With NW 2004s SR1 ff. only

Supported**Supported**Oracle 10.2

Not SupportedSupportedSupportedOracle 9.2

NetWeaver2004s

Business Suite 2005

Web AS 6.40,NetWeaver2004,Business Suite 2004

Web AS 6.20based applications

* ES = Oracle Extended Support (first year no extra support fee)** Only supported for SAP applications which are at least in SAP Extended Maintenance beyond 2006


New Oracle 10g based SAP kernels

31I_EXT, 40B_EXT, 45B_EXT, 46D_EXT and 6.40 kernels are linked with Oracle 9.2 client libraries

Support issue as soon as Oracle 9.2 runs out of Oracle Customer Care Support

Build of new Oracle 10.2 client based SAP kernels requiredØ No new kernel for 31I - 45B. Products are in SAP Customer Specific Maintenance.Ø New kernel for 46D and 6.40 kernel release trackØ Kernel names: 46D_EX2 & 6.40_EX2Ø Schedule:

Ø 6.40_EX2: Q3/2007Ø 4.6D_EX2: Q4/2007 (only available for customers with SAP Extended Maintenance contract)

Desupport of ‘old SAP’ kernel releases (31I, 31I_COM, 40B, 40B_COM, 45B, 46D) as of January 31st, 2008. For Details please see SAP note 1009695.

Oracle RAC @ SAP

Oracle 9i/10g @ SAP

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Oracle RAC

Ø RAC 9.2

Ø Certified for all SAP Products based on 4.6D_EXT and 6.40 kernels

Ø RAC 10.2

Ø Pilot projects successfully completed on different platforms

Ø RAC 10.2 is certified for all SAP Products based on 4.6D_EXT ff.

Ø Oracle Clusterware solution SAPCTL for protecting SAP Enqueue Server

Ø No support for Raw Devices and ASM

For details regarding RAC certification please see SAP note 527843


Certified RAC 10.2 Configurations for SAP Products

Oracle Clusterware + OCFS 10.22003 Enterprise ServerWindows

Oracle Clusterware + NetApp Filer NFS10Solaris x64 (SUN)

SUN Cluster 3.x (x>=2) + SUN QFS 4.x (x>=5) or Veritas Foundation Suite 4.x

10Solaris SPARC (SUN)

PrimeCluster + NetApp Filer NFS orVeritas Foundation Suite 4.x

10Solaris SPARC (Fujitsu Siemens)

Oracle Clusterware + OCFS2 1.2.x orOracle Clusterware + NetApp Filer NFS

SLES9, RHEL4Linux (x86, x86_64, IA64, Power)

Oracle Clusterware + GPFS 2.3/3.x orHACMP 5L(*) + GPFS 2.3/3.x

5.2/5.3IBM AIX

TruCluster Server 5.15.1bHP Tru64

HP Service Guard Cluster File System (HP SGCFS)

11.23HP-UX

Cluster Version and CFS TypeOS Version

(*) Oracle Clusterware is preferred solution, HACMP support requires special request and approval from SAP/Oracle Development


SAPCTL – Oracle Clusterware Integration for SAP HA

Ø What is SAPCTL?

Ø Complete Integration Product from Oracle for SAP HA Framework (aka Enqueue Replication) with Oracle Clusterware

Ø More details and download in OSS note 971289

Ø Advantages:

Ø Fully Integrated with Oracle RAC

Ø Bundled with Oracle RAC (No Extra License Costs with Oracle RAC)

Ø Covers ABAP and Java Stack for 6.40 and 7.00 kernel based Products

Ø OS and Hardware independent – Currently released for Linux and AIX platforms

Ø No Need for additional Third-Party Clusterware (such as IBM HACMP, SteelEye, Red Hat or Sun Cluster) for SAP HA

Ø Allows minimum low Cost 2 Node SAP HA configuration on Linux with RAC


Important Documentation on RAC for SAP

Configuration White Papers: u RAC 9.2

l Configuring SAP R/3 4.6D for Use with Oracle Real Application Clustersl SAP R/3 4.x / Oracle 9iR2 RAC on Windows 2000/2003 – A Best

Practices Guideu RAC 10.2

l Configuration of SAP NetWeaver for Oracle Database 10g Real Application Clusters

l SAP NetWeaver / Oracle Database 10gR2 RAC on Windows 2003 –A Best Practices Guide

l SAP NW2004s, Oracle 10.2 RAC on Sun Cluster and QFS for Solaris SPARC and Solaris x86_64

l Providing High Availability for SAP Resources

http://service.sap.com/dbaora -> Media Library -> Oracle RAC

http://www.oracle.com/sap -> Oracle Products for SAP -> Real Application Clusters -> Best Practices

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Oracle Advanced Security Option @ SAP

Ø SAP will support In-transit data encryption (Networkencryption) and Transparent Data Encryption (TDE).

Ø We are ready for pilot projects for Network EncryptionØ First pilot projects for TDE planned in ~Q2/2007

Ø Authentication feature of ASO is still being evaluated in regards to the integration effort needed with the SAP application.

Ø Each SAP certified ASO feature will be supported withthe ABAP as well as the Java stack.


Oracle Advanced Security Option @ SAP

Ø Some general good security practices:

Ø Apply the latest patchset or CPU for your releaseØ Apply all required one-off patches for your releaseØ Implement the SAP recommedations with regards to database parameterization for your

release.

Ø SAP Notes dealing with Oracle Database Security (released or planned)

Ø SAP Note 926023 Oracle database securityØ SAP Note 105047 Support for Oracle functions in the SAP environmentØ SAP Note 973450 Oracle Advanced Security: Native Network EncryptionØ SAP Note 980426 Oracle Advanced Security: SSL Network EncryptionØ SAP Note 974781 Oracle Advanced Security: Crypto-ChecksummingØ SAP Note 974876 Oracle Advanced Security: Transparent Data Encryption (TDE)

Oracle RAC @ SAP

Oracle 9i/10g @ SAP

Advanced Security

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MOPatch - Install Multiple Oracle Patches in One Run

Ø Motivation for MOPatch:Ø Oracle 10.2.0.2 based SAP system currently require about 30 one-off patches.

To install them is time consuming and error-prone task

Ø Features of MOPatchØ Reduces installation time for new 10.2 based SAP systemsØ Simplifies the installation and guarentees the correctness of necessary

patches to be appliedØ Automates the process of unpacking and applying the patches and eliminates

the need for user interactionØ Detects and handles appropriately

Ø zip file errors • patch conflicts • warningsØ errors • fatal errors

Ø Provides a concise execution summaryØ Collects patch READMEs and removes repeating template text, reducing them

in size by factor 5 – 6Ø NEW: Now supported for already ‚partly patched‘ Oracle databases as well!

Ø For details refer to OSS note 1027012


DBA Cockpit – Overview

Ø As of basis release 7.00 SP12 DBACOCKPIT is the new centraldatabase administration resp. monitoring transaction

Ø Unified framework and Look&Feel for all SAP supported DB/OS platforms

Ø DBACOCKPIT contains former ST04, DB02 and planning calendar(DB13) functions and includes several new monitors (particularly for Oracle 10g)

Ø Monitoring of RAC is included

Ø Monitoring and administration of remote Oracle and non-Oracledatabases (both ABAP and non-ABAP systems ) is possible via DB MultiConnect

Ø Former transactions ST04, DB02, DB13 and others are still availablebut have been renamed to ST04OLD, DB02OLD, DB13OLD etc. and will have status deprecated


DBA Cockpit – Entry Screen (T-Code ST04)

List of availabledatabases

Tree withanalysisfunctions


DBA Cockpit – Example


DBACOCKPIT – AWR Reports

Attention:

Add. Oracle Option required:

Diagnostic Package

Please see SAP note 1028068

Attention:

Add. Oracle Option required:

Diagnostic Package

Please see SAP note 1028068


DBACOCKPIT – New Planning Calendar (DB13)

Ø Introducing a new Planning Calendar was necessary to fullfillrequirements of accessibility

Ø Plannings and results of scheduled actions of the oldcalendar are preserved in the new one

Ø More flexibility in recurrency of scheduling actions

Ø Plannings and visibility of results is available for remotedatabases as well

Ø Old Planning Calender is still available under transactionDB13OLD

Ø SAP note will be provided as soon as new DBACockpit isavailable


DBACOCKPIT – New Planning Calendar (DB13)


Major Enhancements in BR*Tools 7.00 (1)

n Online LONG to LOB conversion (notes 646881, 835552)

n Tablespace and datafile rename and datafile drop (914174)u Simplifies tablespace reorganization

n Online segment shrink (online docu)u Retrieves unused space within tables and indexes

n Enhanced support for DBMS_STATS (notes 863881, 892296)u Statistics collection on Oracle dictionaryu Full support for standard DBMS_STATS processing

n Enhanced support for Java databases (notes 853610, 892294)u Support for stand-alone Java databases without DBSTATC and

DBCHECKORA control tablesu DB13C / DBACOCKPIT support for SAP Gateway connections to

Java database servers to avoid rsh calls (especially importantfor Windows)


Major Enhancements in BR*Tools 7.00 (2)

n Support for RMAN backup in split-mirror scenario (968507)u Incremental backup will be also possible

n Support for RMAN backup of standby database (968507)u Incremental backup will be also possible

n Support for split-mirror backup of standby database (968507)u Reducing the suspend time of applying archive logs

n Extended support for SAP system copy (note 1013028)

n Verification of data and archive files with RMAN (1016173)u For the first time, archivelog files can be verified for internal

corruptions before being backed up and deleted

n Management of database statistics (note 1033125)u More details on separate slide


Further Enhancements in BR*Tools 7.00 (1)

n Support for Oracle Recovery Manager proxy backup (914174)u Supported by some BACKINT partners

n Reducing INITIAL extent size during reorganizing (914174)u Allows releasing space after mass deletion of data

n Backups of remote databases without password (note 914174)u Valid for split-mirror and RAC backups

n Enhanced verification of the BRBACKUP backups (914174)u E.g. verification of saved control file in RMAN backups

n Creation of tablespaces with UNIFORM SIZE (note 900905)u Allows special handling of large tables


Further Enhancements in BR*Tools 7.00 (2)

n Support for Oracle 10g RAC (note 1033126)u Explicit handling of Oracle database services (Oracle CRS)

n Sort of table rows during reorganization (note 1016172)u Better data access times after reorganization

n Support for Oracle Data Pump for export / import (note 976435)u Allows parallel export / import and compression of meta data

n Verification of Oracle dictionary objects (note 914174)u Allows an explicit consistency check of Oracle dictionary

n Several new init<DBSID>.sap parameters (note 968507)u More details on separate slide


Management of database statistic

n Export table statisticsu Statistics of selected tables are exported to the STATTAB table

n Import table statisticsu Statistics of selected tables are imported from STATTAB table

n Delete table statisticsu Statistics of selected tables are deleted

n Restore table statisticsu Statistics of selected tables are restored to a previous version

n Lock table statisticsu Statistics of selected tables are locked

n Unlock table statisticsu Statistics of selected tables are unlocked

n Delete table statistics exportsu The selected exports of table statistics are deleted


New init<DBSID>.sap parameters

n rman_compress = no | yesu Activates RMAN backup set compression

n pre_split_cmd = "<pre_split_cmd>"u Pre-split command to be executed before split mirror disks

n post_split_cmd = "<post_split_cmd>"u Post-split command to be executed after split mirror disks

n pre_shut_cmd = "<pre_shut_cmd>"u Pre-shut command to be executed before database shutdown

n post_shut_cmd = "<post_shut_cmd>"u Post-shut command to be executed after database shutdown


Planned New Developments in BR*Tools 7.10

n Extension of BACKINT Interfaceu Support for backups at disk volume levelu Better support for snapshot technologiesu Enabling partners to utilize standard SAP restore / recovery

procedures using BRRECOVER while doing volume backup

n Support for Oracle Flashback database featureu Significant reduction of recovery time

Hint: Planned availability: Q4 / 2007


Additional Information

n Full documentation of BR*Tools 7.00 is available on:u http://help.sap.com/ -> Documentation -> SAP NetWeaver 2004s

-> Administrator's Guide -> Database Administration for Oracleu http://service.sap.com/dbaora -> Media Library -> General

-> "SAP Database Guide: Oracle", Release 7.00

n See SAP note 849483 for the current list of fixes and enhancements in BR*Tools 7.00

n BR*Tools 7.00 are available for download on SAP Service Marketplaceu Current patch set is 24 (recommended)u They can be used for all SAP releases supporting Oracle 10gu They can also be used for SAP databases based on Oracle 9.2u Prerequisite: Oracle instant client 10g must be installed


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