SAP on Windows and Microsoft SQL Server with NetApp Storage
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SAP on Windows® and Microsoft® SQL Server™ with
NetApp Storage
Best Practices
SAP Competency Center, NetApp
May 2007 | TR-3585
Abstract
This document provides customers and partners with the best practices for deploying NetApp storage in
support of SAP™ Business Suite solutions running in a Windows environment using a Microsoft SQL Server
database.
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Table of Contents
1 Introduction. 3
2 Storage Provisioning and Management. 5
2.1 Consolidation. 5
2.2 Storage Layout. 9
2.3 Sizing. 15
2.4 Installation. 16
2.5 Storage Migration. 17
3 System Management and Maintenance. 19
3.1 SAP System Cloning. 19
3.2 SAP Upgrade. 23
4 Business Continuance. 27
4.1 Backup and Recovery. 27
4.2 High Availability. 33
4.3 Disaster Recovery. 34
5 Archiving and Compliance. 37
6 Additional References. 40
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1 Introduction
Scope
This document is intended to provide customers and partners with best practices for deploying NetApp storage
systems in support of SAP Business Suite solutions running in a Windows environment using a Microsoft SQL
Server database. Primary consideration is given to addressing the common storage infrastructure design,
operation, and management challenges faced by business and IT leaders deploying the latest generation of SAP
solutions. Recommendations are generic and are specific neither to any given SAP application nor to the size and
scope of the SAP implementation. This guide assumes a basic understanding of the technology and operation of
NetApp and SAP products and was developed with input gathered from NetApp, SAP, Microsoft, and our
customers.
Business Challenges
Corporations deploying SAP solutions today are under great pressure to reduce TCO, accelerate ROI, and
increase the productivity and availability of their SAP landscapes through infrastructure simplification.
Restructuring activities, mergers and acquisitions, and constantly changing market conditions often r ...

