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SAP Note 171356 SAP software on Linux: Essential information
Note Language: English
12.03.2012

Version: 312

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Summary
Symptom
You want to install SAP software on Linux.

Other terms
Redhat, redhat, RH, SuSE, Suse, suse, Swapspace, swapspace, swap-space, ServicePack, IA-64, IA64, x86_64, AMD, Opteron, EM64T, POWER, zSeries, System z, Oracle Linux, OLReason and Prerequisites
You want to install SAP software on Linux. You require the appropriate Linux distribution and permitted hardware to do this. After you successfully install Linux and before you carry out the actual SAP installation, you must also take some other matters into consideration that are not mentioned in the installation guide and are therefore addressed in this note.

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Contents
I/.... Released Linux Distributions: II/... Supported hardware III/.. Other Linux environments that are supported. IV/... Special notes about installing the operating system V/ .... General notes about installing the operating system VI/ ... SAP software:Locales VII/ .. SAP software: NPTL VIII/ . SAP software: Additional comments: IX/ ... Notes that are specific to the database X/ .... Notes about IBM Power XI/ ... Mounting installation CDs and installation DVDs XII/ .. Adding Linux application servers to existing SAP systems XIII/ . Using virtualization technologies XIV/ .. Use of Raw Devices, "Journaling File system" and LVM

I/ ReleasedLinux Distributions
One of the following Linux distributions (64 bit) is required for installing SAP software on Linux: o

Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
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Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel EM64T (SLES11-x86_64) Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 for IBM Power (SLES11-PPC)Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 for IBM System z (SLES11-ZS, see Note 81737 for information about supported Linux kernels, glibc versions and required packages) Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 for Intel Itanium2 Proc. Family (SLES11-IPF)

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Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 & Intel EM64T (SLES10-x86_64) NovellSUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for IBM Power (SLES10-PPC) Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for IBM System z (SLES10-ZS, see Note 81737 for information about supported Linux kernels, glibc versions and required packages) Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for Intel Itanium2 Proc. Family (SLES10-IPF)

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Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
Novell SUSE LinuxEnterprise Server 9 for AMD64 & Intel EM64T (SLES9-x86_64, for release information, see Note 816097) Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 for IBM Power (SLES9-PPC) Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 for zSeries (SLES9-ZS, see Note 81737 for information about supported Linux kernels, glibc versions and required packages) Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 for Intel Itanium2 Proc. Family (SLES9-IPF)-

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Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8
Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 for zSeries (SLES8-ZS, see Note 81737 for information about supported Linux kernels, glibc versions and required packages) Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 for Intel Itanium2 Proc. Family (SLES8-IPF, for release information, see Note 623653)

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Red HatEnterprise Linux 6 for AMD64 & Intel EM64T (RHEL6-x86_64)
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 for IBM Power (RHEL6-PPC) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 for IBM System z (RHEL6-ZS, see Note 81737 for information about supported Linux kernels, glibc versions and required packages)

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Red Hat...