vSphere 5.5 Client or Web Client: (Required) Creating, configuring and managing virtual machine.
vSphere ESXi 5.5 standard edition or higher: (Required) An overview introduction of ESXi available here.
However, the configuration section is valid for all the VMWare vSPhere versions. The following section about VMWare vSPhere installation is taking vSphere 5.5 for example, please find the relevant guide from VMWare website for your desired VMWare version. Important note about vSphere installation and configuration: Set Power Management to High Performanceĩ. BIOS settings of physical server:Īpply these BIOS settings in prior to vSphere 5.5 Installation.Įnable all BIOS virtualisation technology settingsĪllow Intel automatic CPU core overclocking technology (P-≠-States)Įnable the Data Execution Prevention bit (NX-bit), required for vMotionĨ. Apply this provision guide according for vSphere installation and setup in next section. This section guides you through the high-level provision of B1H on VMware. High-Level Guideline of Provisioning SAP Business One, Version on SAP HANA on VMWare vSphere SAP Notes about VMware vSphere configuration:ġ122388 – Linux: VMware vSphere configuration guidelinesġ943937 – Hardware Configuration Check Tool – Central Note 3. SAP HANA on VMware vSphere Best Practice Guide Please read the following guide carefully about the best practice of SAP HANA on VMware vSphere from VMware Inc. Best Practice of SAP HANA on VMWare vSphere
B1H on VM may result in around 12% performance downgrade comparing with B1H on physical server.Ģ.
SAS disks or a hybrid of SSD and SAS are also accepted for production environments on VMWare as long as they are part of the certified server (bill of material).
SAP BUSINESS ONE FOR HANA FULL
Certified servers with full SSD hard disks are not mandatory anymore.
Apart from B1H certified servers, you also can choose the SAP HANA certified server ( see SAP HANA PAM) for B1H VM in production.
In addition, the following conditions do apply for SAP Business One, version for SAP HANA on VMware:
SAP supports multiple SAP HANA VMs in production Follow the steps in note 2020657.
SAP supports one single SAP HANA VM and other non-SAP HANA VMs in production,Īs long the SAP HANA VM is configured with resource access priority other the other VMs and pinned to CPU socket.
SAP supports multiple VMs, either SAP HANA or non-SAP HANA in non-production, for example a B1 client VM.
More details about SAP HANA on VMWare vSPhere available in this wiki and note 1788665 (Disregard the other virtualisation options, HW partitioning technologies, Multiple Data Container and SAP BW section)Īs mentioned in note 2020657 above, SAP extends support for SAP Business One, version for SAP HANA on VMware to the same degree as general applicable for SAP HANA on VMware.