VMware Adapter for SAP Landscape
Management Administration Guide for
LaMa Administrators
Product version 1.4.1 running on vSphere 6.0
VMware Adapter for SAP Landscape Management Administration Guide for LaMa Administrators
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Contents
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Introduction to VMware Adapter for SAP Landscape Management 5
About This Guide 5
Target Audience 5
Prerequisites 6
Understanding the Organization of this Guide 6
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Overview of VMware Adapter for SAP Landscape Management: Purpose,
Benefits, Architecutre and Components 7
Product Overview 7
Features and Benefits 7
Reference Architecture 8
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Environment Setup 11
Configure SAP Landscape Management (LaMa) 11
Configure DNS 11
VLA Server Side Configuration 13
SAP Landscape Management (LaMa) Side Configuration 13
Configure LaMa to use the VMware Adapter for SAP Landscape Management 15
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Operations Overview 19
Operations 19
Forced Operations 19
Non-Forced Operations 20
Migrate 24
Provisioning 29
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Troubleshooting 51
Log Locations 51
Log Configurations 52
Existing Limitations 52
Known Issues 53
Possible Misconfigurations / Issues 56
Index 61
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Introduction to VMware Adapter for
SAP Landscape Management
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This chapter introduces you to the VMware Adapter for SAP Landscape Management. The SAP Landscape
Management product is also called
LaMa.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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“About This Guide,”
on page 5
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“Target Audience,”
on page 5
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“Prerequisites,”
on page 6
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“Understanding the Organization of this Guide,”
on page 6
About This Guide
VMware Adapter for SAP Landscape Management, part of the VMware private cloud solution for SAP, is a
virtual appliance that integrates SAP Landscape Management with VMware management software
(VMware vCenter Server and VMware vRealize Automation). This integration of SAP Landscapes with
VMware's market leading SDDC solutions lead to delivering unique automation capabilities, high
scalability, improved performance and advanced storage and network management. All this helps to
radically simplify the provisioning and management of SAP landscapes.
Note VMware private cloud solution to SAP defines the software stack to virtualize, secure and automate
SAP environments leveraging VMware's software defined architecture, At its core, it includes VMware
vSphere, VMware NSX, vRealize Automation and the VMware Adapter for SAP Landscape Management.
This procedural guide describes the user functions of SAP LaMa as it pertains to
VMware Adapter for SAP Landscape Management. It discusses several features, how they work, what each
feature does and the steps to execute the respective feature.
Target Audience
The user guide is written for administrators who deploy SAP LaMa in a VMware virtualized environment
and use the VMware adapter for SAP Landscape Management to provide better integration and faster /
easier management operations. Such administrators are either SAP BASIS administrators or VMware
vSphere administrators (typically VMware Certified Professionals - VCPs).
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Prerequisites
To use this guide effectively, readers must have experience as a SAP BASIS administrator using SAP LaMa.
For documentation related to SAP LaMa and / or training on SAP LaMa, please contact your SAP
representative.
Understanding the Organization of this Guide
This guide contains the following chapters:
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Introduction to VMware Adapter for SAP Landscape Management (this chapter) — About This Guide,
target audience, pre-requisites, and organization of this guide.
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Overview of VMware Adapter for SAP Landscape Management: Purpose, Benefits, Architecture and
Components
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Operations Overview
4
Troubleshooting
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Overview of VMware Adapter for SAP
Landscape Management: Purpose,
Benefits, Architecutre and
Components
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This chapter includes the following topics:
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“Product Overview,”
on page 7
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“Features and Benefits,”
on page 7
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“Reference Architecture,”
on page 8
Product Overview
VMware Adapter for SAP Landscape Management is a virtual appliance that integrates SAP Landscape
Management (LaMa) with VMware's Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) technologies, delivering unique
automation capabilities that radically simplify how SAP basis admins and end users provision and manage
SAP Landscapes. The results are faster time to market, and reduction in both TCO and operational errors
while managing SAP Landscapes.
The VMware Adapter for SAP Landscape Virtualization Management empowers SAP Basis Administrators
to rapidly clone, copy, refresh, mass stop and start, and migrate SAP systems between hosts, storage, and
network devices with SAP Landscape Management (LaMa) and VMware virtual infrastructure.
Features and Benefits
Note Key Features:
VMware Adapter for SAP Landscape Management dramatically simplifies and automates the life-cycle
management of SAP landscapes on VMware virtualized infrastructure:
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Provisioning — System Cloning, Copying and System Refresh
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Automate key SAP Basis provisioning tasks such as system cloning, copying, and system refresh
directly in VMware vCenter Server with SAP Landscape Management
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Leverage SA-API to provision SAP systems from templates in vRealize Automation
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Operations — SAP Hosts, Storage, and Network Migration
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Migrate VM, switch its data set and network to stand up SAP hosts, move environments, and
deploy disaster recovery solutions - all through the SAP Landscape Management interface
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Delivery — Self-Service Through vRealize Automation
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Enable end users to self-provision SAP Landscapes in vRealize Automation through blueprints
created by SA-API
Note Key Benefits:
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