HANA on POWER

SAP HANA Database Maintenance Revision 122.15 of SAP HANA platform software Support Package Stack (SPS) 12 is now available externally for download on SAP Service Marketplace.
Please check the SAP Note 2569594 – SAP HANA 1.0 SPS 12 Database Maintenance Revision 122.15.

Three interesting webinars/replays are now made available:

“Configuration and Patch Management for SAP HANA on IBM Power Systems”
January 31, 2018, 10:00 am EDT / 4:00 pm CET

Link: http://ibm.biz/ConfigPatchMgmtSUSE

Webinar

Now this one is a “SUSE Standup” which means it gets really technical! Mike Friesenegger is a SUSE Technical Strategist who has extensive experience with IBM Power Systems and with SAP applications. He will go into the details of using SUSE Manager and SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching to quickly find and fix non-compliant SAP systems, and those with security risks. This one includes live demonstrations.

“BITI: How You Can Supercharge Your HANA System”

Link: http://ibm.biz/SuperCHHANAASUG

Webinar/Replay

Now your HANA engine that has been running on 4 gears is able to kick into 5th gear. Join IBM’s Alfred Freudenberger and Rich Rommel, along with ASUG’s Adam Page, as they discuss what has changed in the landscape and how this removal of the HANA speed limit can directly benefit you.
ASUG and IBM want to help you supercharge HANA within your organization; spend an hour with us and learn how you can unleash the beast for your company.

“Never shut down SAP HANA on IBM Power Systems?
Not exactly but we are getting closer.”

Link: ibm.biz/NeverRebootLivePatching

Webinar/Replay

This webinar/Replay is presented by Jay Kruemcke, our very own IBM Champion and Product Manager for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for POWER. Jay will talk about new capabilities that support high performance, high availability and easier systems management for SAP operations on IBM Power servers. This includes support we’ve added recently for SUSE Manager and SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching.

SolMan 7.2 has been made available on HANA 2.0 in the last weeks of 2017 -> http://ibm.biz/SolMan72availHANA20

SAP has announced support of RHEL 7.4 for HANA in SAP note 2235581 – SAP HANA: Supported Operating Systems.
Please note the prerequisite of HANA 2.0 revision 23 or later.

To avoid any problems I recommended two things to consider/to act:
1) Concerning HANAonPower:
Implement highest Revision Level of HANA, either HANA 1.0 SPS12 Rev. 122.15 (when it is available from SAP) or HANA 2.0 SPS02 Rev 23 (available)
2) Concerning Security Vulnerability on hardware:

IBM has been made aware of this
vulnerability and is working across the Power ecosystem on remediations. The
most immediate action you can take to protect yourself is to prevent
execution of unauthorized software on any system that handles sensitive
data and to continue to monitor the PSIRT blog for continuous updates as they become available.
If you need further info/explanation please contact me via PN.