Linux Operating System with SAP HANA Reference
This guide provides the recommended Operating System configuration settings for running SAP HANA on Linux.
Recommended Configuration Settings
- SAP Note: 171356 - SAP Software on Linux: General information
- SAP Note: 1310037 - SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 11: Installation notes
- SAP Note: 1855805 - Recommended SLES 11 packages for HANA Support on OS level
- SAP Note: 2292711 - SAP HANA DB: Recommended OS Settings for SLES 12 / SLES for Applications 12 SP1
- SAP Note: 2205917 - SAP HANA DB: Recommended OS Settings for SLES 12 / SLES for Applications 12
- SAP Note: 1824819 - SAP HANA DB: Recommended OS Settings for SLES 11 / SLES for Applications 11 SP2
- SAP Note: 1954788 - SAP HANA DB: Recommended OS settings for SLES 11 / SLES for SAP Applications 11 SP3
- SAP Note 2240716 - SAP HANA DB: Recommended OS settings for SLES 11 / SLES for SAP Applications 11 SP4
- SAP Note: 1944799 - SAP HANA Guidelines for SLES Operating System Installation
- SAP Note: 1890444 - Slow HANA system due to CPU power save mode
- SAP Note: 2031375 - SAP HANA: Transparent HugePages (THP) setting on Linux
- SAP Note: 2013638 - SAP HANA DB: Recommended OS Settings for RHEL 6.5
- SAP Note: 2136965 - SAP HANA DB Recommended OS Settings for RHEL 6.6
- SAP Note 2247020 - SAP HANA DB Recommended OS Settings for RHEL 6.7
- SAP Note 2292690 - SAP HANA DB Recommended OS Settings for RHEL 7
- SAP Note: 2001528 - Linux: SAP HANA Database SPS 08 Rev 80 (or higher) on RHEL 6 or SLES 11
- SAP Note: 2161344 - HWCCT patch note
Vendor Specific Notes
IBM Power
- SAP Note 2055470 - HANA on Power Planning and Installation Specifics - Central Note
- SAP Note 2133369 - SAP HANA on IBM Power Systems: Central Release Note for SPS 09 and SPS 10
- SAP Note 2218464 - Support Products when running SAP HANA on IBM Power Systems
Lenovo
- SAP Note 1650046 - Lenovo Solution for SAP HANA - Operations Guide
- SAP Note 1661146 - Lenovo/IBM Check Tool for SAP HANA Appliances
- SAP Note 1898103 - Health Checker for IBM SAP HANA Appliance
Reference Guides
OS Commands Quick Reference
Command Description
- 'chmod' Change access rights
- 'chown' Change owner
'df -k' Disk Space
'find . -name "*<filename>*" -exec ls -l {} \; Find a file
'hdbcons "runtimedump dump"' Generate a SAP HANA Runtimedump file
- 'iostat' Display I/O statistics
- 'kill -9 <process id>' Kill a running process
- 'ls -l' List files and permissions
- 'man <command>' Display help for a command
- 'more <filename>' Show the first page of a file without opening
- 'ps -ef' Show running processes
- 'top -H' Memory Usage
- 'uname -a' System Name and Kernel Information
- 'vi <filename>' Open a file using the vi editor
- 'vmstat' Display virtual memory statistics
- 'whoami' Show current User