AnyDB - SAP ASE

The SAP systems in a landscape have specific requirements for servers, operating systems, network setup, and supported storage.

Deployment of SAP AnyDB on IBM Cloud is similar to deployments with infrastructure with on-premises data centers. Therefore, use the information that is provided from SAP and the RDBMS providers.

To assist your project's planning phase, more design considerations are provided for SAP AnyDB - SAP ASE with IBM Cloud® for SAP.

Overview of SAP ASE with IBM Cloud®

Before you start the software deployment of SAP ASE, ensure that:

Check all relevant SAP ASE information and prerequisites (for example, SAP Notes)
All required packages are installed for the relevant OS that is used for SAP ASE

Documentation of SAP ASE

A good entry point into the documentation is the SAP Community page for SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE)

SAP ASE documentation:

For a current overview of the combinations of SAP ASE, SAP NetWeaver (or other SAP components), and operating systems - see the Product Availability Matrix (PAM)

SAP ASE and SAP NetWeaver on UNIX/Linux:

SAP ASE and SAP NetWeaver on Windows:

SAP ASE using Intel Virtual Servers

See SAP Note 2927211 - SAP Applications on IBM Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) Infrastructure environment for supported SAP ASE database versions.

SAP ASE using IBM Power Virtual Servers

This is a complementary offering from IBM Power Systems, with low latency access to IBM Cloud services.

See SAP Note 2855850 - SAP Applications on IBM Power Virtual Servers for supported SAP ASE database versions on AIX running on IBM Power Virtual Servers.