How to Set Up SLES 12 for SAP HANA

Introduction

This tutorial covers How to Set Up SLES 12 for SAP HANA on SLES 12. SLES 12 (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16) is SUSE’s enterprise-grade Linux distribution. It uses the zypper package manager, AppArmor for mandatory access control, and systemctl for service management.

Step 1 — Configure SLES for SAP

zypper install -y patterns-sap-hana

Step 2 — Tune System for SAP

saptune solution apply HANA

Step 3 — Verify SAP Tuning

saptune solution verify HANA

AppArmor Considerations

Note: SLES 12 uses AppArmor for mandatory access control. Check AppArmor status with aa-status and enforce profiles with aa-enforce /etc/apparmor.d/<profile>.

Conclusion

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