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182 | 182 | </itemizedlist> |
183 | 183 | <para>For a general overview of the technical components of the KVM architecture, refer to |
184 | 184 | <link |
185 | | - xlink:href="https://documentation.suse.com/sles/12-SP4/html/SLES-all/cha-kvm-intro.html" |
186 | | - >https://documentation.suse.com/sles/12-SP4/html/SLES-all/cha-kvm-intro.html</link></para> |
| 185 | + xlink:href="https://documentation.suse.com/sles/12-SP5/html/SLES-all/cha-kvm-intro.html" |
| 186 | + >https://documentation.suse.com/sles/12-SP5/html/SLES-all/cha-kvm-intro.html</link></para> |
187 | 187 | </sect2> |
188 | 188 |
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189 | 189 | <sect2 xml:id="sec-sap-hana-virtualization-scenarios"> |
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566 | 566 | <listitem> |
567 | 567 | <para>Be a SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Supported VM Guest as per Section 7.1 |
568 | 568 | <quote>Supported VM Guests</quote> of the SUSE Virtualization Guide (<link |
569 | | - xlink:href="https://documentation.suse.com/sles/12-SP4/html/SLES-all/cha-virt-support.html#virt-support-guests" |
570 | | - >https://documentation.suse.com/sles/12-SP4/html/SLES-all/cha-virt-support.html#virt-support-guests</link>).</para> |
| 569 | + xlink:href="https://documentation.suse.com/sles/12-SP5/html/SLES-all/cha-virt-support.html#virt-support-guests" |
| 570 | + >https://documentation.suse.com/sles/12-SP5/html/SLES-all/cha-virt-support.html#virt-support-guests</link>).</para> |
571 | 571 | </listitem> |
572 | 572 | <listitem> |
573 | 573 | <para>Comply with KVM limits as per SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 release notes |
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598 | 598 |
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599 | 599 | <sect2 xml:id="sec-kvm-hypervisor-installation"> |
600 | 600 | <title>KVM Hypervisor Installation</title> |
601 | | - <para>For details refer to Section 6.4 Installation of Virtualization Components of the SUSE |
602 | | - Virtualization Guide (<link |
603 | | - xlink:href="https://documentation.suse.com/sles/12-SP4/html/SLES-all/cha-vt-installation.html#sec-vt-installation-patterns" |
604 | | - >https://documentation.suse.com/sles/12-SP4/html/SLES-all/cha-vt-installation.html#sec-vt-installation-patterns</link>)</para> |
| 601 | + <para>For details, refer to Section 6 (Installation of Virtualization Components) of the SUSE |
| 602 | + Virtualization Guide, available for download at <link |
| 603 | + xlink:href="https://documentation.suse.com/sles/12-SP5/html/SLES-all/book-virt.html" |
| 604 | + >https://documentation.suse.com/sles/12-SP5/html/SLES-all/book-virt.html</link>.</para> |
605 | 605 | <para>Install the KVM packages using the following Zypper patterns:</para> |
606 | 606 | <screen>zypper in -t pattern kvm_server kvm_tools</screen> |
607 | 607 | <para>In addition, it is also useful to install the <quote>lstopo</quote> tool which is part |
@@ -634,9 +634,9 @@ Combined: 63</screen> |
634 | 634 | <title>Assign Network Port at PCI NIC Level</title> |
635 | 635 | <para>The required network port(s) should be assigned to the Guest VM as described in |
636 | 636 | section <quote>14.10.2 Adding a PCI Device with virsh</quote> in the SUSE Virtualization |
637 | | - Guide for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2(<link |
638 | | - xlink:href="https://documentation.suse.com/sles/12-SP2/" |
639 | | - >https://documentation.suse.com/sles/12-SP2/</link>)</para> |
| 637 | + Guide for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, available for download at <link |
| 638 | + xlink:href="https://documentation.suse.com/sles/12-SP5/" |
| 639 | + >https://documentation.suse.com/sles/12-SP5/</link>.</para> |
640 | 640 | <formalpara> |
641 | 641 | <title>Persist detach of PCI NIC port</title> |
642 | 642 | <para>Before starting the VM, the PCI NIC port must be detached from the Hypervisor OS, |
@@ -670,13 +670,10 @@ virsh nodedev-detach pci_xxxx_xx_xx_0</screen> |
670 | 670 | <title>Storage Configuration on Hypervisor</title> |
671 | 671 | <para>As with compute resources, the storage used for running SAP HANA must also be SAP |
672 | 672 | certified. Therefore only the storage from SAP HANA Appliances or SAP HANA Certified |
673 | | - Enterprise Storage (<link |
674 | | - xlink:href="https://www.sap.com/dmc/exp/2014-09-02-hana-hardware/enEN/enterprise-storage.html" |
675 | | - >https://www.sap.com/dmc/exp/2014-09-02-hana-hardware/enEN/enterprise-storage.html</link>) |
676 | | - is supported. In all cases the SAP HANA storage configuration recommendations from the |
| 673 | + Enterprise Storage is supported. In all cases, the SAP HANA storage configuration recommendations from the |
677 | 674 | respective hardware vendor and the SAP HANA Storage Requirements for TDI (<link |
678 | 675 | xlink:href="https://www.sap.com/documents/2016/05/e8705aae-717c-0010-82c7-eda71af511fa.html" |
679 | | - >hhttps://www.sap.com/documents/2016/05/e8705aae-717c-0010-82c7-eda71af511fa.html</link>) |
| 676 | + >https://www.sap.com/documents/2016/05/e8705aae-717c-0010-82c7-eda71af511fa.html</link>) |
680 | 677 | should be followed. The SUSE Best Practices for SAP HANA on KVM - SUSE Linux Enterprise |
681 | 678 | Server for SAP applications 12 SP2 has been designed and tested to map the block devices for |
682 | 679 | SAP HANA on the Hypervisor directly into the VM. Therefore any LVM (Logical Volume Manager) |
@@ -839,8 +836,8 @@ systemctl stop irqbalance.service</screen> |
839 | 836 | <title>Create an Initial Guest VM XML</title> |
840 | 837 | <para>Refer to section 9 <quote>Guest Installation</quote> of the SUSE Virtualization Guide |
841 | 838 | (<link |
842 | | - xlink:href="https://documentation.suse.com/sles/12-SP4/html/SLES-all/cha-kvm-inst.html" |
843 | | - >https://documentation.suse.com/sles/12-SP4/html/SLES-all/cha-kvm-inst.html</link> |
| 839 | + xlink:href="https://documentation.suse.com/sles/12-SP5/html/SLES-all/cha-kvm-inst.html" |
| 840 | + >https://documentation.suse.com/sles/12-SP5/html/SLES-all/cha-kvm-inst.html</link> |
844 | 841 | ).</para> |
845 | 842 | </sect2> |
846 | 843 |
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@@ -1166,8 +1163,8 @@ lstopo-no-graphics</screen> |
1166 | 1163 | </disk></screen> |
1167 | 1164 | <para>For further details refer to section 12 <quote>Managing Storage</quote> in the SUSE |
1168 | 1165 | Virtualization Guide (<link |
1169 | | - xlink:href="https://documentation.suse.com/sles/12-SP4/html/SLES-all/cha-libvirt-storage.html" |
1170 | | - >https://documentation.suse.com/sles/12-SP4/html/SLES-all/cha-libvirt-storage.html</link>)</para> |
| 1166 | + xlink:href="https://documentation.suse.com/sles/12-SP5/html/SLES-all/cha-libvirt-storage.html" |
| 1167 | + >https://documentation.suse.com/sles/12-SP5/html/SLES-all/cha-libvirt-storage.html</link>)</para> |
1171 | 1168 | </sect3> |
1172 | 1169 | </sect2> |
1173 | 1170 |
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1206 | 1203 |
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1207 | 1204 | <sect2 xml:id="sec-install-sles-for-sap-inside-the-guest-vm"> |
1208 | 1205 | <title>Install SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications Inside the Guest VM</title> |
1209 | | - <para>Refer to the SUSE Guide <quote>SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 12 |
1210 | | - SP2</quote> (<link xlink:href="https://documentation.suse.com/sles-sap/12-SP2/"/>).</para> |
| 1206 | + <para>Refer to the <quote>SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 12 |
| 1207 | + </quote> guide, available for download at <link xlink:href="https://documentation.suse.com/sles-sap/12-SP5/"/>.</para> |
1211 | 1208 | </sect2> |
1212 | 1209 |
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1213 | 1210 | <sect2 xml:id="sec-guest-operating-system-configuration-for-sap-hana"> |
@@ -1264,13 +1261,13 @@ systemctl stop irqbalance.service</screen> |
1264 | 1261 | <listitem> |
1265 | 1262 | <para>Section 10 <quote>Basic VM Guest Management</quote> and others in the SUSE |
1266 | 1263 | Virtualization Guide for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (<link |
1267 | | - xlink:href="https://documentation.suse.com/sles/12-SP4/html/SLES-all/cha-libvirt-managing.html" |
1268 | | - >https://documentation.suse.com/sles/12-SP4/html/SLES-all/cha-libvirt-managing.html</link>)</para> |
| 1264 | + xlink:href="https://documentation.suse.com/sles/12-SP5/html/SLES-all/cha-libvirt-managing.html" |
| 1265 | + >https://documentation.suse.com/sles/12-SP5/html/SLES-all/cha-libvirt-managing.html</link>)</para> |
1269 | 1266 | </listitem> |
1270 | 1267 | <listitem> |
1271 | 1268 | <para>SUSE Virtualization Best Practices for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (<link |
1272 | | - xlink:href="https://documentation.suse.com/sles/12-SP4/html/SLES-all/article-vt-best-practices.html" |
1273 | | - >https://documentation.suse.com/sles/12-SP4/html/SLES-all/article-vt-best-practices.html</link>)</para> |
| 1269 | + xlink:href="https://documentation.suse.com/sles/12-SP5/html/SLES-all/article-vt-best-practices.html" |
| 1270 | + >https://documentation.suse.com/sles/12-SP5/html/SLES-all/article-vt-best-practices.html</link>)</para> |
1274 | 1271 | </listitem> |
1275 | 1272 | </itemizedlist> |
1276 | 1273 |
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@@ -2083,8 +2080,8 @@ or other application using the libvirt API. |
2083 | 2080 | </listitem> |
2084 | 2081 | <listitem> |
2085 | 2082 | <para>SUSE Virtualization Guide for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (<link |
2086 | | - xlink:href="https://documentation.suse.com/sles/12-SP4/html/SLES-all/book-virt.html" |
2087 | | - >https://documentation.suse.com/sles/12-SP4/html/SLES-all/book-virt.html</link>)</para> |
| 2083 | + xlink:href="https://documentation.suse.com/sles/12-SP5/html/SLES-all/book-virt.html" |
| 2084 | + >https://documentation.suse.com/sles/12-SP5/html/SLES-all/book-virt.html</link>)</para> |
2088 | 2085 | </listitem> |
2089 | 2086 | </itemizedlist> |
2090 | 2087 | </sect2> |
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