{"id":213,"date":"2013-06-17T12:48:13","date_gmt":"2013-06-17T10:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/e3mag.com\/?p=213"},"modified":"2019-04-01T10:57:19","modified_gmt":"2019-04-01T08:57:19","slug":"look-back-and-further-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/look-back-and-further-ahead\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking back and further ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-ijc8w29d4ld1ealgiq3hbk5pxn266vaa\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Virtualization<\/span> on SAN and NAS basis, which the <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-u7n2mvt4mynqh52dmc7ydrw44ycdsb35\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\">Intel<\/span>-<span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-vpwn1o8faxftaoh3r452jfcjubk75hx3\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Virtualization<\/span> in the SAP Enterprise environment, was considered the innovation around the turn of the millennium.<\/p>\n<p>The <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-ai9f0vblqysug1rf5k5ze34ej3ez3odx\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\">Intel<\/span>-<span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-59cd46y1iqde81yk0zklfg1p1kxpn5c2\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Server<\/span>-<span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-9ozc17p0d98op1njaabzwub00k69cxj5\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Virtualization<\/span> was still in its infancy at that time; blade server<span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-8lwhgqhladuxkfel5j5g4ce3ukj0e0df\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Infrastructures<\/span> were the highest of feelings - with a low hardware footprint at the time.<\/p><div id=\"great-2317105529\" class=\"great-fullsize-content-en\" style=\"margin-bottom: 20px;\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6yfv7eho3Gc\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"banner_26-04_29_1200x150\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-400x50.jpg 400w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-768x96.jpg 768w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-100x13.jpg 100w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-480x60.jpg 480w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-640x80.jpg 640w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-720x90.jpg 720w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-960x120.jpg 960w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1168x146.jpg 1168w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-18x2.jpg 18w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-600x75.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"150\"  style=\" max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>No real milestone of a real <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-f6fq6zjs4k6di3e20syhe9ov4n6ytjpc\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Server<\/span>-<span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-pqumqp6zg4pke4wynuntibj5xc8nka43\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Virtualization<\/span> at that time.<\/p>\n<p>The possibility of decoupling SAP services from the actual OS was the focus.<\/p>\n<p>Especially storage<span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-txzv2lecyp2z2395i1bdetu585jnr8mn\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Virtualization<\/span> made this development possible. It formed a fixed point, so to speak, to keep all information centered.<\/p>\n<p>In this way, SAP services were able to access on an equal footing the <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-zrng4ykd4jr7eijo420ndirtvfft4ij5\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Server<\/span> access.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Goal of the concept:<\/strong> keep local changes that were necessary to the OS centralized like <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-cshgxeaimmuyen6q8b38oh0un8wz487v\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">LDAP<\/span> or the mount logic.<\/p>\n<p>Everything an SAP application needed was stored in a central point; was thus decoupled from the actual OS.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The effect:<\/strong> a shiftable workload on each <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-9cioijrruixzdpxfm0m1qdrhudd3gxwg\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Server<\/span>, integrated in an SAP<span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-adkitilo0ruzsywa2yokmxqzgu9zmayn\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Infrastructure<\/span>. And with the advantage of simplifying as well as reducing the effort of SAP system replacement, OS updates, hardware maintenance, system copy creation or system cloning.<\/p>\n<h3>Logical instead of physical units<\/h3>\n<p>Through the <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-medocfasp5jsqpkf1dmp3v7dypzvs2zj\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\">Intel<\/span>-<span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-asefqf110257tgav7332khxep0ihjeqc\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Virtualization<\/span> was based on the physical <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-aiseubp66hnuqsojkdecn7q0ym41wm0h\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Servers<\/span> via <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-t0xi4tnt29mtc7tqmvwjpefhys3ivvpv\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\">VMware<\/span> another degree of freedom is gained.<\/p>\n<p>This gave the SAP Adaptive Computing approach - in some ways a kind of precursor to the SAP <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-ih4kgnui2w61lto36h6kp85xi7v7u7ku\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Cloud computing<\/span> - added more capabilities like live migration.<\/p>\n<p>In the past, hardware maintenance required SAP services to be shut down.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Clear therefore:<\/strong> Resource extraction followed from the added value of the <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-quavn67kg1citog1vap1pwygog0y7a4u\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\">Intel<\/span>-<span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-pwbrkv8xvj1k914egdduzgrinajgbaj7\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\">VMware<\/span>-<span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-xjnuk0fb7ksfi5g9g1969h5xrs4f3qlb\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Virtualization<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Because:<\/strong> The system is no longer dependent on physical units, but now on logical units.<\/p>\n<p>In the present world, the de facto <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-c94psdabxoug02gfu0095p7srdxjcpmu\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Virtualization<\/span> with <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-q3w9cyd68yk6r0m2dmbjhcwtx9qrdak5\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\">VMware<\/span> intrinsically developed with into it.<\/p>\n<p>SAP internal were <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-k9ikys76htpj9ibzzp46d2olynqlrisq\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Suse<\/span> and <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-gm7wfjn1286x3z8c4asood0e6fp2r22c\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\">VMware<\/span> involved in order to optimize the hardware<span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-oag5mn5n9j96k2fhafhzeam3xuwfno7g\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Virtualization<\/span> also against the backdrop of SAP Cloud Computing with its various <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-mscq8xcdlgf9a32zf9wkw71hxkheikw5\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Cloud Computing<\/span>-principles such as SAP Private Cloud.<\/p>\n<h3>Why the integration of Linux in particular?<\/h3>\n<p>Thematically, one must see that it is immensely important to be able to use the decoupling of the SAP application logic from the OS or the operating system as standard functionality.<\/p>\n<p>With Unix\/Linux it is built in from the start.<\/p>\n<p>Keeping up with the requirements was and is thus a relatively easy undertaking when using Linux.<\/p>\n<p>This also applies to the implementation - especially with regard to the tasks: initial set-up, maintaining flexibility or patching minimization.<\/p>\n<h3>High-Availability-<span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-whka21h0vwq8nak28j3fwqhhlbtnh4fb\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Cluster<\/span>-Integration<\/h3>\n<p>One can say: The concept of LVM and Linux fit together in an ideal way; if you like: a perfect tandem.<\/p>\n<p>Whereas the approach for Windows is rather: Resources are kept locally. Because Windows originally focused on the desktop.<\/p>\n<p>In concrete terms, for example, the registry keeps applications local - with the consequence that massive expenditure is sometimes required in concept creation, implementation, operation and maintenance in order to get to the goodies that Linux already has in its belly, so to speak.<\/p>\n<p>And to ensure corresponding high availability in the SAP private cloud, for example, the SAP Linux Lab has developed the <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-ezjt7d6ygqn9gmfaqk822sqgysm9ixpz\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Reference architecture<\/span> of the Shared Lib developed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The focus here:<\/strong> a HA-<span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-gt8x56jnv8vgrv363qxmqct5o65xxi1u\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Cluster<\/span>-integration in SAP LVM. Here too <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-fagzwwna3xfr1v9ppnjglqgxmnoohw0i\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Suse<\/span> significantly contributed with the HA Extension.<\/p>\n<p>Customers can rely on a cluster solution that complies with the SAP-defined <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-03chwbg4ts887y3uvp4urxm92j0k19jf\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Reference architecture<\/span> and which, in addition, will support SAP's<span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-bs2ng72zv9y682zf1jjrsadgunnyixh4\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">LVM<\/span>-integration and is supported via SAP Solution Manager.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conclusion:<\/strong> For more than ten years <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-rg36yq64aaqw04r75mdrqo61ixvzxpm3\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Suse<\/span> Linux from ACC via <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-zsinuvr8n1h7xkvjnflcny7ah1j3kj7u\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">LVM<\/span> and thus the <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-knmx7dw0tq1ol9npbbf3seqfh78tm1xl\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Cloud computing<\/span> active today and tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>This means that existing SAP customers who rely on Linux will no longer have to use the SAP <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-g65i2myg27ocmvo6qhr6dw0v8lf5164c\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Cloud computing<\/span> light.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAP Cloud Computing hits the ground running. Did you know that the SAP Cloud Enabler LVM is historically derived from the Adaptive Computing Controller, ACC for short - whose initial implementation took place on Suse Linux at the turn of the millennium? It's worth taking a look back to sharpen your view ahead.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":2830,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[24,7,1476],"tags":[66,82],"coauthors":[25625],"class_list":["post-213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-linux","category-meinung","category-mag1307","tag-suse","tag-suse-linux","pmpro-has-access"],"acf":[],"featured_image_urls_v2":{"full":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Linux.jpg",1000,431,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Linux-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Linux.jpg",400,172,false],"medium_large":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Linux-768x331.jpg",768,331,true],"large":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Linux.jpg",1000,431,false],"image-100":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Linux-100x43.jpg",100,43,true],"image-480":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Linux-480x207.jpg",480,207,true],"image-640":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Linux-640x276.jpg",640,276,true],"image-720":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Linux-720x310.jpg",720,310,true],"image-960":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Linux-960x414.jpg",960,414,true],"image-1168":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Linux.jpg",1000,431,false],"image-1440":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Linux.jpg",1000,431,false],"image-1920":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Linux.jpg",1000,431,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Linux.jpg",1000,431,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Linux.jpg",1000,431,false],"trp-custom-language-flag":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Linux.jpg",18,8,false],"bricks_large_16x9":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Linux.jpg",1000,431,false],"bricks_large":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Linux.jpg",1000,431,false],"bricks_large_square":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Linux.jpg",1000,431,false],"bricks_medium":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Linux.jpg",600,259,false],"bricks_medium_square":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Linux.jpg",600,259,false],"profile_24":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Linux-24x24.jpg",24,24,true],"profile_48":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Linux-48x48.jpg",48,48,true],"profile_96":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Linux-96x96.jpg",96,96,true],"profile_150":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Linux-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"profile_300":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Linux-300x300.jpg",300,300,true]},"post_excerpt_stackable_v2":"<p>Das SAP Cloud Computing schl\u00e4gt auf. Haben Sie gewusst, dass sich der SAP Cloud Enabler LVM historisch vom Adaptive Computing Controller, kurz: ACC, ableiten l\u00e4sst \u2013 dessen Erstimplementierung zum Jahrtausendwechsel unter Suse Linux stattfand? Ein Blick zur\u00fcck lohnt, um den Blick voraus zu sch\u00e4rfen.<\/p>\n","category_list_v2":"<a href=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/category\/opinion\/linux\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Linux Kolumne<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/category\/opinion\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Die Meinung der SAP-Community<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/category\/mag1307\/\" rel=\"category tag\">MAG 13-07<\/a>","author_info_v2":{"name":"Friedrich Krey, Suse","url":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/author\/friedrich-krey-suse\/"},"comments_num_v2":"0 comments","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}