S4HANA ON AZURE

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Sachin Ghorpade
S/4H Installation in
Azure
SETUP AND CONFIG IN ONE DAY
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Table of Contents
Overview ..................................................................................................................................................... 2
Key Observations ........................................................................................................................................ 2
Pre-Requisite .............................................................................................................................................. 3
Setup Detail ................................................................................................................................................ 3
1. Setup the VM for database layer ........................................................................................................ 4
2. Setup the VM for application layer ..................................................................................................... 4
3. Generate the stack configuration file.................................................................................................. 5
4. Download the SAP Installation bits ..................................................................................................... 8
5. Prepare the database host .................................................................................................................. 8
6. Install the S/4H with Fiori .................................................................................................................... 9
6.1 Upgrade with SUM .......................................................................................................................... 24
7. Configure the Fiori ............................................................................................................................ 31
Appendix ................................................................................................................................................... 33
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Overview
You want to perform a setup of SAP S/4 HANA in Azure . And you do want to do it quick so that you can
experience the overall process and get ready for your landscape deployment. If so, this document is for
you. This document enables you to perform the setup and configuration of the S/4H in Azure.
In this setup, we used the embedded option of SAP Fiori. What is embedded option? Don’t worry, we will
cover the basics later in this document. This is a hybrid mode installation where SAP Application layer runs
on Windows and Large Instances on linux operating system.
Yes! You can accomplish this all in less than 1 day. Excited? Let’s begin…
Note! This document does not replace any of the SAP documentation. In fact, this document
complements those SAP documentations like Installation, config, or operations guide.
Key Observations
Before we jump to the installation, let’s first learn the few concepts/information.
1. You need SWPM2.0 SP2 for S/4H 1809 installation. With SWPM2SP02, you get the option to
install the following components
2. You need to download a stack configuration file which you pass to SWPM for the installation.
Refer Generate the stack configuration file for more details.
3. When you install Fiori server on top of S/4H Server, it is done via a SUM. SWPM automatically
triggers the SUM (if selected in the SWPM option) to install the Fiori components.
4. STMS is automatically setup by SWPM.
5. You don’t extract the .SAR or .ZIP files (except for the SWPM one).  SWPM automatically extracts
them during its execution.
6. There are two options to install Fiori components with S/4H:
a. Embedded: In this case, Fiori components are installed on the S/4H layer.
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b. Hub: In this case, Fiori components are installed on the separate server than the S/4H
server.
7. SWPM installs the following product version as part of the installation:
• SAP S/4HANA 1809
And then SUM will install the following add-ons:
• SAP S/4HANA Foundation 1809
• ABAP Platform 1809
• SAP FIORI for SAP S/4HANA 1809
• SAP FIORI FRONT-END Server 5.0
Pre-Requisite
• Virtual Machine is up and running for SAP Application layer
• Virtual Machine is up and running for database layer
• You have read master guide and installation guide from SAP
• You have validated the supported VMs for your workload (OSS note: 1928533)
• You have reviewed the Product Availability Matrix (PAM) for your OS, database, and SAP
application support
• SAP installation bits are download (Requires an OSS ID)
Setup Detail
• HANA Database server
o VM: Standard GS5 (32 vcpus, 448 GB memory)
o Operating System: SLES for SAP 12 SP3
o HANA Version: HANA 2 SP3 Rev 33
• Application server
o VM: Standard DS3 v2 (4 vcpus, 14 GB memory)
o Operating System: Windows Server 2016 Datacenter
o S/4H version: 1809
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Here is the overall setup and configuration flow looks like:
1. Setup the VM for database layer
2. Setup the VM for application layer
3. Generate the stack configuration file
4. Download the SAP Installation bits
5. Prepare the database host
6. Install the S/4H with Fiori
7. Configure the Fiori
1. Setup the VM for database layer
Please follow the documentation available Create a VM thru Azure portal. You use the following
configuration:
• VM Type: Standard GS5 (32 vcpus, 448 GB memory).
• Operating System: SUSE 12 SP3 for SAP.
• Disks: Three premium disks: /hana/shared, hana/data, and /hana/logs. You can size
them according to your need.
• You use “yast” to partition/format those disks with “ext4” file type.
2. Setup the VM for application layer
Please follow the documentation available Create a VM thru Azure portal. You use the following
configuration:
• VM Type: Standard DS3 v2 (4 vcpus, 14 GB memory).
• Operating System: Windows Server 2016 Datacenter.
• Disks: One premium disk for downloads and SAP Instance installation. You can size them
according to your need.
• You use “Disk Management” to partition/format the disk.
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3. Generate the stack configuration file
SAP made it easy for installation and to download the bits. You need to generate the stack file.
Do you need solution manager? No. Good news is you can generate the stack file from SAP’s
support portal.
Click https://apps.support.sap.com/sap(bD1lbiZjPTAwMQ==)/support/mp/index.html (requires
OSS credentials). This should open a maintenance planner.
Click “Plan for S4HANA” tile.
Select “Install New SAP S/4HANA System”
Enter SID and select the target version of the S/4H stack
Select frontend server option. In this installation, we chose “Co-deployed with
Backend”.