AWS for SAP

Introduction Since its initial release in early 2023, the AWS Systems Manager for SAP team has been working to enhance the service based on customer feedback to help SAP customers manage their SAP systems on AWS. In this blog we will review the following two enhancements that have been released with AWS Systems Manager Application […]

  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 […]

SAP customers running critical workloads on Linux on AWS often rely on Pacemaker, an open source resource manager, to orchestrate maximum availability. Pacemaker detects and reacts to failure scenarios that impact SAP uptime by disrupting the underlying infrastructure, the operating system or the SAP application itself. AWS worked with SUSE and Red Hat on the […]

Introduction Customers running SAP workloads will often exchange data with external sources using protocols such as SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP), File Transfer Protocol Secure (FTPS), File Transfer Protocol (FTP) and Applicability Statement 2 (AS2). Examples of types of data exchanged include purchase orders, invoices, inventory lists, bank statements and payroll data which typically contain […]

This blog post is a collaboration between Parker Bradshaw, Sr. Solutions Architect at AWS, Francesco Bersani, Solutions Architect at AWS, and Prince Jain, Principal Cloud Architect at doTERRA. Introduction In this blog post, we will discuss how doTERRA, a global essential oils company, overcame significant challenges by migrating to Amazon Web Services (AWS) and revamping […]

Introduction To modernize their SAP landscape, many AWS customers are leveraging the breadth and depth of AWS services to develop new applications and functionalities in accordance with SAP’s “clean core” approach. This simplifies future upgrades and extensibility, thus allowing them to innovate at a rapid pace using AWS services. To meet business demands faster and […]