Category: SAP on AWS

Introduction This is part 2 of a blog series for End-to-End SAP Observability on AWS. Part 1 can be found here. Network performance is critical to enterprise applications like SAP which usually runs a company’s business processes. In the SAP blog “Network Performance Analysis for SAP Netweaver ABAP”, it explained how SAP’s three tier software […]

In a 2021 study done by ASUG and Pillir, the average annual spend to maintain the most valuable SAP custom code was $800,000. For 37% of organizations, this represents up to 50% of their annual IT spend. At the same time, 91% of SAP users rely heavily on SAP Custom code to run their mission […]

Introduction Enterprise applications generate a lot of data. Analyzing this data helps stakeholders make informed decisions. Enterprises use AI/ML for automating business processes, finding patterns at scale, and more. SAP is one of the most extensively used ERP solutions for different industries of varied scales and complexities. SAP systems are often integrated with external systems […]

Background Customers are always looking to improve their operational excellence and resiliency of their core business processes in SAP systems. To achieve this, they need a consolidated monitoring/observability dashboard for their SAP landscape, so they can correlate issues, and understand whether they are in the database, application server, presentation, or network layers, (including Internet connectivity) […]

Introduction In the current economic climate, cost optimization is a key priority for many businesses. As companies modernize their SAP implementations, optimizing the cost of running SAP workloads can free up resources which can instead be used for innovation. This blog shares insights and strategies for optimizing SAP workload costs and operations, leveraging best practices […]

  AWS Launch Wizard for SAP allows customers to automate the deployment of SAP applications such as SAP S/4HANA. It also provides customers the ability to personalize their SAP systems with the help of pre/post configuration scripts. Pre-deployment configuration scripts run right after the instances are launched and baseline Launch Wizard configuration activities – such […]

Automate SAP Deployments with AWS Launch Wizard for SAP APIs AWS Launch Wizard offers customers a fully automated process for deploying secure, high-performing, resilient, and efficient HANA-based SAP applications on AWS in just a few hours vs. weeks or months on-premises. The AWS Launch Wizard for SAP service provisions all of the necessary AWS resources […]

  Introduction SAP HANA is the defacto database for new SAP deployments and will be the only choice in the near future, with SAP ending general support for all non-HANA based systems by 2027. Patching databases in a consistent and automated manner is key to reduce TCO, especially for customers who operate a large number […]

This post was jointly authored by the following individuals from AWS: Pavol Masarovic, EMEA Principal SAP Innovation Architect  Allison Quinn, Senior Analytics Solutions Architect Australia and New Zealand Peter Perbellini, Head of APJ Solutions Architecture, ERP on AWS Introduction At AWS, we commonly hear from customers that they are looking to not only move their […]

In this blog, we will discuss how to upgrade SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) to the next service pack and how to perform a major version upgrade from SLES 12 to SLES 15. SAP customers who are running their SAP workloads using SLES 12 or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications (SLES for SAP)12 […]