SAP Business One® Powered by SAP HANA® on SUSE Linux Enterprise Ready to Run
SUSE have released a new version of SAP Business One® pre-installed OS image for Business One.
Since SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 we are happy to provide an pre-installed OS image which simplify the deployment process of SAP Business One®. The pre-installed OS image for Business One is a cooperation project between SAP, Hardware Partners and SUSE. Over the last three month we have developed,verified, fixed, verified and verified again. I’ve to say “Thank you” for all people who are involved in this project to make this happen. My great thanks to all Hardware Partners which are willing to verify the new pre-installed OS image for Business One and take care that this will work with their appliances.
Some small fact you should aware of:
- Base operating system of the pre-installed OS image for Business One is: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
- SUSE SAP Installation Wizard (partitioning and installation of SAP HANA and SAP Business One)
- System optimization for SAP HANA® and SAP Business One® in place
- Made for bare metal deployments only
- The pre-installed OS image requires a normal SUSE subscription for SLES and is a service from SUSE for the Business One partners without additional costs
- Can be activated with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications with suitable subscriptions
- in case of SLES for SAP Applications two migration are required:
- technical migration (product change) and a business migration (new subscription)
- SAP software for SAP HANA® and SAP Business One® is NOT part of the image
- Installation documentation is provided by SAP (there is no difference to the existing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 edition)
- SAP HANA Systemreplication automation is only possible with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications (Best Practice)
- needs suitable subscription
- needs migration
News and outlook:
As a result the new pre-installed OS image for Business One is verified by two new hardware partners in addition. They started from scratch and did the SAP certification and image validation. Nutanix and Supermicro have validated and contributed to support there hardware platform for the new pre-installed OS image for Business One. I’m responsible in the SAP LinuxLab here in St. Leon-Rot to coordinate the communication and try to assist all parties during the process.
We already have started internally the planing for the new deployment method to support SAP Business One® version 10.0. Our new method will be based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 and is mandatory for SAP Business One® 10.0. One last thing, we take care for SAP note 1944415 and do updates from time to time.
This is Bernd (SUSE) from the SAP Alliance team onsite in the LinuxLab
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Comments
Excellent information with unique content and it is very useful to know about the information based on blogs.
that great news – and many people waiting for long time for that – my question is there any demo version to test for us as developer and system administration
Hi,
thanks for your feedback. I’m sorry there is no demo version for that.
From my point of view there is no need for that. You can use that installer image and use a 60days subscription. This is for free and you can say this is like a demo 🙂 .
Go to:
https://www.suse.com/products/server/download/
and click on:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
The second option did you have is to skip the registration and work with the patch level we are providing with the image.
I hope this helps.
Bernd
Hi Bernd, Thanks for an enlightening article.
In our region many small business’s are going to Azure or AWS rather than staying on-premise. Is there any plan for the SLES 15 SP1 and SAP B1 10 images to be available on public cloud?
Hi Roger,
thanks for your feedback and your question. As it is allowed to run SAP BOne in the cloud by today too it will be possible for the upcoming version too. The deployment process in the cloud is slightly different compared to on-premise.
We plan to make the whole deployment much more common and thinking about alternative option. We will do a survey in January next year an listen to our partners what they wan’t to have. The cloud images / deployment is on our agenda but i can’t promise anything by today. I’m personally plan to invite the CSP’s to contribute us during the new image / deployment validation.
Have a good time, Merry Christmas and a Happy new Year.
Bernd
Hi Bernd, really good to ear, as we are Sap B1 Partners where do we can download this OS Image? Second question: if i do read well the OS Image is intended for bare metal installation, did you tried installing into Virtual Machines onto supported Hypervisors?
Thank you in advance for response and for you work.
Hello Roberto,
yes the image is intended to use for bare metal installations. The installer images is verified and tested by the hardware partners which has joined the development project and are SAP certified. The installation into a virtual machine could be possible but is not covered. We plan to support more installation setups with the new SLES 15 SP1 for Business One 10 installer.
We will ask the CSP’s and Hypervisors to join the next phase of development but I can’t promise anything at this time.
Regards Bernd
Can you share the direct link of SUSE to download the pre-installed OS image for Business One and installation,administration manual
Hi Pankaj,
Yes I could but I think the best way is to use the SAP note 1944415 which combines all the information what you are looking for. Please keep in mind you must be a SUSE partner to get access to download the image.
Regards Bernd
What all migrations needs to be done with SAP Business ONE
Hi Aditya,
I not sure if I catch your question to 100%. If you mean the migration from SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 to SUSE Linux Enterprise for SAP Applications 12 than you can follow this guidelines:
https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc/?id=000018895
Thanks and Regards Bernd
Is it possible to migrate from SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 Installer for SAP Business One” to “SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 for SAP Applications” ?
Hi Sameer,
yes of course it is. The SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 Installer for SAP Business One is on it base a SUSE Linux Enterprise Server. You can use the official provided script to migrate to a SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 for SAP Applications.
Please look here for more information regarding the process:
https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc/?id=000018895
Regards Bernd
Hi Sameer Bansal,
I know it’s late but maybe the information is still helpful for you. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 Installer for SAP Business One is only the a name for our installer image. The product behind is a native SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4. After the ISO is installed you have a plain SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 and you can follow the normal procedures for updates or migrations.
Regards Bernd
Hello
Is it possible to do “OS migration work from “SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 Installer for SAP Business One” to “SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 for SAP Applications”.
Is this is the correct link for this ‘
https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc/?id=000019421
Dileep
Hello Dileep,
yes this link is correct.
Regards Bernd
“We already have started internally the planing for the new deployment method to support SAP Business One® version 10.0.”
Any news on this? General release for version 10 is coming soon.
Hello Xander,
we are in the last phase of the new installer image validation for SAP Business One 10. We expect the new image close to the announcement that SAP HANA is validated for SLES15 SP2.
Regards Bernd
Hello,
Can we activate SLES for SAP application using SLES activation key?
Hi Momar,
I’m sorry but you can’t do this because these are two different products.
Regards Bernd
Hi Momar,
I’m sorry but you can’t do this because these are two different products.
Regards Bernd
Hi Bernd,
Do you know when specific SLES15 version for SAP Business One version 10 is released?
SLES15 installation for SAP B1 seems very different from previous SLES11/SLES12, and B1 version 10 is already available.
Hi Manuel,
SAP Business One 10 requires SLES15 SP1 and we don’t have a specific SLES version for this. What we provide is an installer image to simplify the deployment of the whole software stack on a certified appliance. The next version of this installer image is in the validation phase together with all IHV’s who would benefit from this.
We expect the new installer image very soon after the SAP HANA validation for SLES15 SP2 is done.
Regards Bernd
SLES for B1 is different than SLES for SAP app, isn’t it?
Can we get support if we purchase SLES standard support when running SLES for B1 with SAP B1?
Thanks
Hi Norman,
You are right, SLES for B1 is only a name for a special installer image. This is based on the SLES product. SLES for SAP is a own product with more benefits and features compared to SLES.
And yes again the SLES subscription perfectly fit to our SAP Business One installer image offering.
Regards Bernd
according to SAP Note 2020657 – SAP Business One, version for SAP HANA virtualized.
While it is mentioned in blog: Made for bare metal deployments only.
Can we get support for SUSE running B1 on vmware?
Thanks
Hi Norman,
my blog post is about the installer image what we as SUSE provide. This installer is only made for IHV’s and tested by them. You could install SLES + HANA + SAP Business One manually and if all SAP and SUSE requirements full filled and you will get support. You must use a certified environment and I can’t find VMware in the list of certified vendors for SAP Business One. Please check the SAP HANA hardware directory by yourself (Certified and Supported SAP HANA® Hardware).
Regards Bernd
Hi Bernd,
There was a Image for Suse 12SP4 customized for SAP HANA B1. However is there a similar customized image for Suse 15 SP0/SP1 only for SAP Hana B1 or it is recommended to install SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications which will have all the required repositories for SAP Hana B1.
Hi Anubhav,
I’m happy to announce that we have a new image available. Its based on SLES15 SP2 and can be downloaded here -> https://www.suse.com/slesb1hana
“Hana B1 or it is recommended to install SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications which will have all the required repositories for SAP”
All repositories what are required are available for SLES too. This is the reason why we build our installed image on SLES and not on SLES for SAP Applications. If would like to benefit from the advantages (longer product support life-cycle, HA, resource agents for SAP workloads, special support) of SLES for SAP Applications for sure you can use this.
Regards Bernd
Hi,
Is any update on SLES 15 SP 1 for SAP B1 OS ?
We are planning to upgrade SAP B1 for one of our customers but we are not able to find out the SLES 15 SP 1 OS image for SAP B1. Can you please tell when it will be released or can we use the standard SLES 15 SP 1 instead of SLES 15 SP1 for SAP B1 ?
Hi Tushar,
I’m happy to announce that we have a new image available. Its based on SLES15 SP2 and can be downloaded here -> https://www.suse.com/slesb1hana
Regards Bernd
Or can we use SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Application?
Hi Tushar,
you can use both SLES products to run SAP Business One on top of it. In case you have deployed the system with the image which we provide the SLES must be migrated to a SLES for SAP Applications. A guide is available here -> https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc/?id=7018744
Regards Bernd
hi, my question is: do we have the possibility to use sles standard to install on the top SAP Business one for Hana? or do we need the SLES SAP application?
I’m asking for this, because I see that the yearly cost is higher for the sap application version respect to standard one.. thank you for your answer,
Massimo