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Installation Procedure for Sybase 16. 3 Patch Level 3 Always-on + DR on Suse 12. 3 – Recent Customer Proof of Concept

Microsoft

Mar 13, 2019

First published on MSDN on Jun 18, 2018
In recent months we saw several customers with large investments into Hana technologies approach Microsoft for information about deploying large mission critical SAP applications on Azure with the Sybase ASE database.

SAP Hana customers are typically able to deploy Sybase ASE at little or no additional cost if they have licensed Hana Database.

Many of the customers that have contacted Microsoft are shutting datacenters or terminating UNIX platforms and moving ECC or BW systems in the size range of 25-45TB DB volume to Azure. An earlier blog describes some of the requirements and best practices for VLDB migrations to Azure. https://blogs. msdn. microsoft. com/saponsqlserver/2018/04/10/very-large-database-migration-to-azure-recommendations-guidance-to-partners/

Until recently there was no simple documented straight forward installation procedure for a typical two node High-Availability pair with Synchronous replication and a third node with Asynchronous replication. This is quite a common requirement for SAP customers.

This blog is designed to supplement the existing SAP provided documentation and to provide some hints and additional information. The SAP Sybase team are continuously updating and improving the Sybase documentation, so it is always recommended to start with the official documentation and then cross reference this documentation. This document is based on real deployments from Cognizant and DXC. The latest version of Sybase & Suse were then installed in a lab test environment to provide screenshots

High Level Overview of Installation Steps

The high-level installation process for a 3 tier SAP Distributed Installation is:

Read required OSS Notes, Installation Guides, Download Installation Media and the SAP on Sybase Business Suite documentation
1. For SUSE Linux Release 12 with SP3 release note : https://www. suse. com/releasenotes/x86_64/SUSE-SLES/12-SP3/
2. SAP Software Downloads https://support. sap. com/en/my-support/software-downloads. html
3. SWPM Download https://support. sap. com/sltoolset
4. Sybase Release Matrix https://wiki. scn. sap. com/wiki/display/SYBASE/Targeted+ASE+16. 0+Release+Schedule+and+CR+list+Information
5. Sybase Official Documentation https://help. sap. com/viewer/product/SAP_ASE/16. 0. 3. 3/en-US

Provision Azure VMs with Suse for SAP Applications 12. 3 with Accelerated Networking Enabled

Perform OS patching and preparation steps detailed below

Run SWPM Distributed Install and install the ASCS Instance

Export the /sapmnt NFS share

Mount the /sapmnt NFS share on the Primary, Secondary and DR DB server

Run SWPM Distributed Install and install the Primary DB Instance

Run SWPM Distributed Install and install the Primary Application Server (Optional: add additional App servers)

Perform Sybase Always-on preparation steps on Primary DB Instance

Run setuphadr on Primary DB Instance

Run SWPM Distributed Install and install the Secondary DB Instance

Perform Sybase Always-on preparation steps on Secondary DB Instance

Run setuphadr on Secondary DB Instance

Run SWPM Distributed Install and install the DR DB Instance

Perform Sybase Always-on preparation steps on DR DB Instance

Run setuphadr on DR DB Instance

Run post steps such as installing Fault Manager

Deployment Config

Suse 12. 3 with latest updates

Sybase 16. 03. 03

SWPM version 22 or 23. SAP Kernel 7. 49 patch 500. NetWeaver ABAP 7. 50

Azure Ev3 VMs with Accelerated Networking and 4 vcpu

Premium Storage – each DB server has 2 x P20 disks (or more as required). App server has only a boot disk

Official Sybase Documentation (some steps do not work, supplement with this blog) https://help. sap. com/viewer/product/SAP_ASE/16. 0. 3. 3/en-US

Sample Response Files are attached here: Sybase-Sample-Response-Files . It is recommended to download and review these files

Sybase Always-on does not leverage OS level clustering technologies such as Pacemaker or Windows cluster. The Azure ILB is not used. Instead the SAP workprocess is aware of the Primary and Secondary Sybase server. The DR node does not support automatic failover and this is a manual process to setup and configure SAP app servers to connect to the DR node

This installation shows a "Distributed" installation. If the SAP Central Services should be highly available, follow the SAP on Azure documentation for Pacemaker

Sybase Fault Manager is automatically installed on the SAP PAS during installation

Be careful of Linux vs. Windows End of Life characters. Use Linux command cat -v response_file. rsIf ^M are seen then there are Windows EOL characters.

Example:cat -v test. sh

Output:

Line 1 ^M

Line 2 ^M

Line 3 ^M

(Note: CTRL+M is a single character in Linux, which is carriagereturn in Windows. This needs to be fixed before utilizing the file in Linux )

To fix the issue

$> dos2unix test. sh

Output

Line 1

Line 2

Line 3

Hosts file configuration used for this deployment

Example: <IP Address><FQDN> <SHORTNAME> <#Optional Comments>

10. 1. 0. 9     sybdb1. hana. com     sybdb1    #primary DB

10. 1. 0. 10 sybapp1. hana. com    sybapp1    #SAP NW 7. 5 PAS

10. 1. 0. 11 sybdb2. hana. com     sybdb2        #secondary DB

10. 1. 0. 12 sybdb3. hana. com    sybdb3        #tertiary DB for DR

Common Prepare Steps on all Suse Servers

sudo zypper install -y glibc-32bit

sudo zypper install -y libgcc_s1-32bit

#these two glib 32bit are mandatory otherwise Always-on will not work

sudo zypper up -y

Note : It is mandatory to reboot the server if kernel patches are applied.

#resize the boot disk. The default linux root disk of 30GB is too small. Shutdown the VM and edit the disks in Azure Portal or Powershell. Increase the size of the disk to 60-100GB. Restart the VM and run the commands below. There is no benefit or advantage to provisioning an additional separate disk for a SAP application server

sudo fdisk /dev/sda

##delete the existing partition (this will not delete the data) and create [n] new primary [p] partition with defaults and write [w] config

sudo resize2fs /dev/sda2

sudo reboot

#Check Accelerated Networking is working

/sbin/ethtool -S eth0 | grep vf_

#Add these entries to the hosts file

sudo vi /etc/hosts

10. 1. 0. 9 sybdb1. hana. com sybdb1 #primary DB

10. 1. 0. 10 sybapp1. hana. com sybapp1 #SAP NW 7. 5 PAS

10. 1. 0. 11 sybdb2. hana. com sybdb2 #secondary DB

10. 1. 0. 12 sybdb3. hana. com sybdb3 #tertiary DB for DR

#edit the waagent to create a swapfile

sudo vi /etc/waagent. conf

line to look for>>

ResourceDisk. EnableSwap=n

ResourceDisk. SwapSizeMB=

Modify the above values Note : Swap size must be given in MB size only.

#enable the swapfile and set a size of 2GB or more. Example:

ResourceDisk. EnableSwap=y

ResourceDisk. SwapSizeMB=2000

Once done restart of the agent is necessary to get the swap file up and active.

sudo systemctl restart waagent

Other Services to be enabled and restarted are:

sudo systemctl restart nfs-server

sudo systemctl enable nfs-server

sudo systemctl status uuidd

sudo systemctl enable uuidd

sudo systemctl start uuidd

sudo systemctl status uuidd

##run sapcar and unpack SWPM 22 or 23

sapcar -xvf SWPM10SP22_7-20009701. SAR

SAP APP Server ASCS Install

sudo /source/swpm/sapinst SAPINST_REMOTE_ACCESS_USER=<os-user>

Open a web browser from a Management Server and enter the Suse os-user name and password https://10. 1. 0. 10:4237/sapinst/docs/index. html

##after install exportthe NFS Share for /sapmnt

sudo vi /etc/exports

#add this line /sapmnt*(rw,no_root_squash)

## open port 2049 for nfs on NSG if required [by default VMs on same vnet can talk to each other]

sudo systemctl restart nfs-server

SAP DB Instance Install

##do common preparation steps such as zypper and hosts file etc

#create disks for sybase

sudo fdisk -l | grep /dev/sd

sudo fdisk /dev/sdc -> n, p, w

sudo fdisk /dev/sdd -> n, p, w

#It is generally recommended to use LVM and create pv, lv etc here so we can test performance later with striping additional disks.

Note: if multiple disk used in creating data / Backup / Log storage, make a necessary striping enabled to get optimal performance.

Example:

vgcreate VG_DATA /dev/sdc /dev/sdd

lvcreate -l 100%F VG_DATA -n lv_data -i 2 -I 256

sudo pvcreate /dev/sdc1 /dev/sdc1

sudo pvcreate /dev/sdc1 /dev/sdd1

sudo pvscan

sudo vgcreate syb_data_vg /dev/sdc1

sudo vgcreate syb_log_vg /dev/sdd1

sudo lvcreate -i1 -l 100%FREE -n syb_data_lvsyb_data_vg

sudo lvcreate -i1 -l 100%FREE -n syb_log_lvsyb_log_vg

sudo mkfs. xfs -f /dev/syb_data_vg/syb_data_lv

sudo mkfs. xfs -f/dev/syb_log_vg/syb_log_lv

sudo mkdir -p /sybase/source

sudo mkdir -p /log

sudo mkdir -p /sapmnt

sudo blkid | grep log

sudo blkid | grep data

Edit /etc/fstab and add the entries for the created disks.

Option 1:

Identify based on created volume group and lv details.

Ex: ls /dev/mapper/

And fetch the right devices

Ex: syb_data_vg-syb_data_lv

Add the the entries into /etc/fstab

sudo vi /etc/fstab

Add the lines.

/dev/mapper/syb_data_vg-syb_data_lv /hana/data xfs defaults,nofail 1 2

Option 2:

#now sudo su - to root user and run this (replace GUID) - cannot run this with sudo command, must be root

sudo su -

echo "/dev/disk/by-uuid/799603d6-20c0-47af-80c9-75c72a573829 /sybase xfsdefaults,nofail02">> /etc/fstab

echo "/dev/disk/by-uuid/2bb3f00c-c295-4417-b258-8de43a844e23 /log xfsdefaults,nofail02">> /etc/fstab

exit

sudo mount -a

sudo df -h

##create a directory for the source files.

sudo mkdir /sybase/source

## copy source files

sudo chmod 777 /sybase/source -R

## setup automount for /sapmnt

### - use auto mount not the "old" way sudo mount -t nfs4 -o rw sybapp1:/sapmnt /sapmnt

sudo mkdir /sapmnt

sudo vi /etc/auto.master

# Add the following line to the file, save and exit

+auto.master

/- /etc/auto.direct

sudo vi /etc/auto.direct

# Add the following lines to the file, save and exit

/sapmnt -nfsvers=4,nosymlink,sync sybapp1:/sapmnt

sudo systemctl enable autofs

sudo service autofs restart

sudo /sybase/source/swpm/sapinst SAPINST_REMOTE_ACCESS_USER=<os-user>

Open web browser and start installation

SAP PAS Install

##do same preparations as ASCS for zypper and hosts file etc

sudo /source/swpm/sapinst SAPINST_REMOTE_ACCESS_USER=<os-user>

https://10. 1. 0. 10:4237/sapinst/docs/index. html

AlwaysOn Install Primary

##do same preparations as ASCS for zypper and hosts file etc

Check that these libraries are installed otherwise Fault Manager will silently fail

sudo zypper install glibc-32bit

sudo zypper install libgcc_s1-32bit

##Login as syb<sid> - in this case the <sid> = ase

sybdb1 /sybase% whoami

sybase

sybdb1 /sybase% pwd

/sybase

sybdb1 /sybase% ls

ASEsourcesybdb1_dma.rssybdb1_setup_hadr. rs

sybdb1 /sybase% cat sybdb1_dma.rs | grep USER_INSTALL_DIR

USER_INSTALL_DIR=/sybase/ASE

sybdb1 /sybase%

sybdb1 /sybase% source/ASE1633/BD_SYBASE_ASE_16. 0. 03. 03_RDBMS_for_BS_/SYBASE_LINUX_X86_64/setup.bin -f /sybase/sybdb1_dma. rs -i silent

Note: if the command does not run put several <space> characters before the -i silent
Full path to setup.bin from ASE. ZIP file. Full path to response file otherwise it will fail with non-specific error message

##run this command to unlock the sa account. Command will fail if "-X" is not specified

isql-Usapsso -PSAPHana12345 -SASE -X

sp_locklogin sa, unlock

go

##If any errors occur review this note

2450148 - 'Warning: stopService() only supported on windows' message happened during HADR configuration -SAP ASE

##Run setuphadr after editing the response file based on Sybase documentation (sample response file is attached to this blog)

setuphadr /sybase/sybdb1_setup_hadr.rs

AlwaysOn Install Secondary

##do same preparations as ASCS for zypper and hosts file etc

Check that these libraries are installed otherwise Fault Manager will silently fail

sudo zypper install glibc-32bit

sudo zypper install libgcc_s1-32bit

##do same preparations as ASCS for zypper and hosts file etc

#create disks for sybase

sudo fdisk -l | grep /dev/sd

sudo fdisk /dev/sdc -> n, p, w

sudo fdisk /dev/sdd -> n, p, w

#only 1 disk, but created pv, lv etc here so we can test performance later with striping additional disks

sudo pvcreate /dev/sdc1 /dev/sdc1

sudo pvcreate /dev/sdc1 /dev/sdd1

sudo pvscan

sudo vgcreate syb_data_vg /dev/sdc1

sudo vgcreate syb_log_vg /dev/sdd1

sudo lvcreate -i1 -l 100%FREE -n syb_data_lvsyb_data_vg

sudo lvcreate -i1 -l 100%FREE -n syb_log_lvsyb_log_vg

sudo mkfs. xfs -f /dev/syb_data_vg/syb_data_lv

sudo mkfs. xfs -f/dev/syb_log_vg/syb_log_lv

sudo mkdir -p /sybase/source

sudo mkdir -p /log

sudo mkdir -p /sapmnt

sudo blkid | grep log

sudo blkid | grep data

#now sudo su - to root user and run this (replace GUID) - cannot run this with sudo command, must be root

sudo su -

echo "/dev/disk/by-uuid/799603d6-20c0-47af-80c9-75c72a573829 /sybase xfsdefaults,nofail02">> /etc/fstab

echo "/dev/disk/by-uuid/2bb3f00c-c295-4417-b258-8de43a844e23 /log xfsdefaults,nofail02">> /etc/fstab

exit

sudo mount -a

sudo df -h

sudo mount -a

sudo df -h

##create a directory for the source files.

sudo mkdir /sybase/source

## copy source files

sudo chmod 777 /sybase/source -R

## setup automount for /sapmnt

### - use auto mount not the "old" way sudo mount -t nfs4 -o rw sybapp1:/sapmnt /sapmnt

sudo mkdir /sapmnt

sudo vi /etc/auto.master

# Add the following line to the file, save and exit

+auto.master

/- /etc/auto.direct

sudo vi /etc/auto.direct

# Add the following lines to the file, save and exit

/sapmnt -nfsvers=4,nosymlink,sync sybapp1:/sapmnt

sudo systemctl enable autofs

sudo service autofs restart

sudo /sybase/source/swpm/sapinst SAPINST_REMOTE_ACCESS_USER=<os-user>

Stop the autofs and unmount the /sapmnt - sapinst will continue

The /sapmnt must be mounted again shortly after

##Login as syb<sid> - in this case the <sid> = ase

/sybase/source/ASE1633/BD_SYBASE_ASE_16. 0. 03. 03_RDBMS_for_BS_/SYBASE_LINUX_X86_64/setup. bin -f /sybase/sybdb2_dma. rs -i silent

isql-Usapsso -PSAPHana12345 -SASE -X

sp_locklogin sa, unlock

go

2450148 - 'Warning: stopService() only supported on windows' message happened during HADR configuration -SAP ASE

##Run setuphadr after editing the response file based on Sybase documentation (sample response file is attached to this blog)

setuphadr /sybase/sybdb2_setup_hadr.rs

Do not restart the RMA - this is not required

AlwaysOn FM Install & Post Steps

The Sybase documentation for these steps is here.

https://help. sap. com/viewer/efe56ad3cad0467d837c8ff1ac6ba75c/16. 0. 3. 3/en-US/286f4fc8b3ab4439b3400e97288152dc. html

The documentation is not complete. After doing the steps on the documentation link review this Note

1959660 - SYB: Database Fault Management

su - aseadm

rsecssfx put DB_CONNECT/SYB/DR_USER DR_admin -plain

rsecssfx put DB_CONNECT/SYB/DR_PASSWORD SAPHana12345

sybdb1:~ #su - aseadm

sybdb1:aseadm 1> rsecssfx put DB_CONNECT/SYB/DR_USER DR_admin -plain

sybdb1:aseadm 2> rsecssfx put DB_CONNECT/SYB/DR_PASSWORD SAPHana12345

sybdb1:aseadm 3>

sybdb2:~ #su - aseadm

sybdb2:aseadm 1> rsecssfx put DB_CONNECT/SYB/DR_USER DR_admin -plain

sybdb2:aseadm 2> rsecssfx put DB_CONNECT/SYB/DR_PASSWORD SAPHana12345

sybdb2:aseadm 3>

## Run AlwaysOn Tuning & Configuration script on Primary and Companion

isql -UDR_admin -PSAPHana12345 -Ssybdb1:4909

sap_tune_rs Site1, 16, 4

isql -UDR_admin -PSAPHana12345 -Ssybdb2:4909

sap_tune_rs Site2, 16, 4

sybdb2:aseadm 3> isql -UDR_admin -PSAPHana12345 -Ssybdb2:4909

1> sap_tune_rs Site2, 16, 4

2> go

TASKNAMETYPE

VALUE

----------------------- -----------------

------------------------------------------------------------

Tune Replication Server Start Time

Sun Apr 29 06:20:37 UTC 2018

Tune Replication Server Elapsed Time

00:07:11

TuneRSTask Name

Tune Replication Server

TuneRSTask State

Completed

TuneRSShort Description

Tune Replication Server configurations.

TuneRSLong Description

Waiting 180 seconds: Waiting Replication Server to fully up.

TuneRSTask Start

Sun Apr 29 06:20:37 UTC 2018

TuneRSTask End

Sun Apr 29 06:27:48 UTC 2018

TuneRSHostname

sybdb2

(9 rows affected)

## On the APP server only

sudo vi . dbenv. csh

setenv dbs_syb_ha 1

setenv dbs_syb_server sybdb1:sybdb2

## Restart the SAP App server

sapcontrol -nr 00 -function StopSystem ALL

sapcontrol -nr 00 -function StartSystem ALL

https://help. sap. com/viewer/efe56ad3cad0467d837c8ff1ac6ba75c/16. 0. 3. 3/en-US/41b39cb667664dc09d2d9f4c87b299a7. html

sybapp1:aseadm 6> rsecssfx list

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| Record Key | Status | Time Stamp of Last Update |

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| DB_CONNECT/DEFAULT_DB_PASSWORD | Encrypted| 2018-04-2903:07:11UTC |

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| DB_CONNECT/DEFAULT_DB_USER | Plaintext| 2018-04-2903:07:07UTC |

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| DB_CONNECT/SYB/DR_PASSWORD | Encrypted| 2018-04-2906:18:26UTC |

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| DB_CONNECT/SYB/DR_USER | Plaintext| 2018-04-2906:18:22UTC |

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| DB_CONNECT/SYB/SADB_PASSWORD | Encrypted| 2018-04-2903:07:19UTC |

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| DB_CONNECT/SYB/SADB_USER | Plaintext| 2018-04-2903:07:14UTC |

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| DB_CONNECT/SYB/SAPSID_PASSWORD | Encrypted| 2018-04-2903:07:42UTC |

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| DB_CONNECT/SYB/SAPSID_USER | Plaintext| 2018-04-2903:07:37UTC |

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| DB_CONNECT/SYB/SSODB_PASSWORD| Encrypted| 2018-04-2903:07:27UTC |

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| DB_CONNECT/SYB/SSODB_USER| Plaintext| 2018-04-2903:07:22UTC |

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| DB_CONNECT/SYB/SYBSID_PASSWORD | Encrypted| 2018-04-2903:07:34UTC |

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| DB_CONNECT/SYB/SYBSID_USER | Plaintext| 2018-04-2903:07:30UTC |

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| SYSTEM_PKI/PIN | Encrypted| 2018-04-2722:36:39UTC |

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| SYSTEM_PKI/PSE | Encrypted (binary) | 2018-04-2722:36:45UTC |

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Summary

-------

ActiveRecords : 14 (Encrypted: 8, Plain: 6, Wrong Key: 0, Error: 0)

Defunct Records : 12 (180+ days: 0; Show: "list -withHistory", Remove: "compact")

## Run the Fault Manager Installation steps on the SAP PAS application server

sybapp1:aseadm 24> pwd

/sapmnt/ASE/exe/uc/linuxx86_64

sybapp1:aseadm 25> whoami

aseadm

sybapp1:aseadm 26> . /sybdbfm install

replication manager agent user DR_admin and password set in Secure Store.

Keep existing values (yes/no)? (yes)

SAPHostAgent connect user: (sapadm)

Enter password for user sapadm.

Password:

Enter value for primary database host: (sybdb1)

Enter value for primary database name: (ASE)

Enter value for primary database port: (4901)

Enter value for primary site name: (Site1)

Enter value for primary database heart beat port: (13777)

Enter value for standby database host: (sybdb2)

Enter value for standby database name: (ASE)

Enter value for standby database port: (4901)

Enter value for standby site name : (Site2)

Enter value for standby database heart beat port: (13787)

Enter value for fault manager host: (sybapp1)

Enter value for heart beat to heart beat port: (13797)

Enter value for support for floating database ip: (no)

Enter value for use SAP ASE Cockpit if it is installed and running: (no)

installation finished successfully.

Restart the SAP Instance - FM is added to the ASCS start profile

sybapp1:aseadm 32> sybdbfm status

fault manager running, pid = 4338, fault manager overall status = OK, currently executing in mode PAUSING

*** sanity check report (5)***.

node 1: server sybdb1, site Site1.

db host status: OK.

db status OK hadr status PRIMARY.

node 2: server sybdb2, site Site2.

db host status: OK.

db status OK hadr status STANDBY.

replication status: SYNC_OK.

AlwaysOn Install 3rd Node (DR) Async

Official SAP Sybase documentation and Links:

https://blogs. sap. com/2018/04/19/high-availability-disaster-recovery-3-node-hadr-with-sap-ase-16. 0-sp03/

Documentation https://help. sap. com/viewer/38af74a09e48457ab699e83f6dfb051a/16. 0. 3. 3/en-US

https://help. sap. com/viewer/38af74a09e48457ab699e83f6dfb051a/16. 0. 3. 3/en-US/6ca81e90696e4946a68e9257fa2d3c31. html

1. Install the DB host using SWPM in the same way as the companion host

2. Copy the companion host response file

3. Duplicate the section with all the COMP entries and add it at the bottom and rename at section of the newly copied COMPs to DR (for example). Leave the old COMP and PRIM entries as is.

4. Change the setup site to DR

5. All other entries from PRIM and COMP must remain the same since the setuphadr run for 3rd node needs to know about previous 2 hosts.

6. Execute setuphadr

Review the Sample Response File attached to this blog

##do same preparations as ASCS for zypper and hosts file etc

Check that these libraries are installed otherwise Fault Manager will silently fail

sudo zypper install glibc-32bit

sudo zypper install libgcc_s1-32bit

##do same preparations as ASCS for zypper and hosts file etc

#create disks for sybase

Note : when multiple disks are added for data/log/backup to create a single volume, use right striping method to get better performance

Example:

vgcreate VG_DATA /dev/sdc /dev/sdd

lvcreate -l 100%F VG_DATA -n lv_data -i 2 -I 256

(for log use –l 32 )

sudo fdisk -l | grep /dev/sd

sudo fdisk /dev/sdc -> n, p, w

sudo fdisk /dev/sdd -> n, p, w

#only 1 disk, but created pv, lv etc here so we can test performance later with striping additional disks

sudo pvcreate /dev/sdc1 /dev/sdc1

sudo pvcreate /dev/sdc1 /dev/sdd1

sudo pvscan

sudo vgcreate syb_data_vg /dev/sdc1

sudo vgcreate syb_log_vg /dev/sdd1

sudo lvcreate -i1 -l 100%FREE -n syb_data_lvsyb_data_vg

sudo lvcreate -i1 -l 100%FREE -n syb_log_lvsyb_log_vg

sudo mkfs. xfs -f /dev/syb_data_vg/syb_data_lv

sudo mkfs. xfs -f/dev/syb_log_vg/syb_log_lv

sudo mkdir -p /sybase/source

sudo mkdir -p /log

sudo mkdir -p /sapmnt

sudo blkid | grep log

sudo blkid | grep data

edit /etc/fstab and add the entries for the created disks.

Option 1 :

Option 2 :

#now sudo su - to root user and run this (replace GUID) - cannot run this with sudo command, must be root

sudo su -

echo "/dev/disk/by-uuid/799603d6-20c0-47af-80c9-75c72a573829 /sybase xfsdefaults,nofail02">> /etc/fstab

echo "/dev/disk/by-uuid/2bb3f00c-c295-4417-b258-8de43a844e23 /log xfsdefaults,nofail02">> /etc/fstab

exit

sudo mount -a

sudo df -h

sudo mount -a

sudo df -h

Note: mount points are visible only when the folders are accessed in df –h command when auto mount is enabled.

##create a directory for the source files.

sudo mkdir -p /sybase/source

## copy source files

sudo chmod 777 /sybase/source -R

## setup automount for /sapmnt

### - use auto mount not the "old" way sudo mount -t nfs4 -o rw sybapp1:/sapmnt /sapmnt

sudo mkdir /sapmnt

sudo vi /etc/auto.master

# Add the following line to the file, save and exit

+auto.master

/- /etc/auto.direct

sudo vi /etc/auto.direct

# Add the following lines to the file, save and exit

/sapmnt -nfsvers=4,nosymlink,sync sybapp1:/sapmnt

sudo systemctl enable autofs

sudo service autofs restart

sudo /sybase/source/swpm/sapinst SAPINST_REMOTE_ACCESS_USER=<os-user>

Stop the autofs and unmount the /sapmnt - sapinst will continue

The /sapmnt must be mounted again shortly after

## Install the DMA on the DR Node

##Login as syb<sid> - in this case the <sid> = ase

source/ASE1633/BD_SYBASE_ASE_16. 0. 03. 03_RDBMS_for_BS_/SYBASE_LINUX_X86_64/setup. bin -f /sybase/sybdb3_dma. rs -i silent

isql-Usapsso -PSAPHana12345 -SASE -X

sp_locklogin sa, unlock

go

sybdb3 /sybase% uname -a

Linux sybdb3 4. 4. 120-92. 70-default #1 SMP Wed Mar 14 15:59:43 UTC 2018 (52a83de) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

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##Run setuphadr after editing the response file based on Sybase documentation (sample response file is attached to this blog)

sybdb3 /sybase% setuphadr /sybase/sybdb3_setup_hadr.rs

AlwaysOn Testing & Useful Command Syntax

In the section below planned and unplanned failovers as well as monitoring commands are used.

It is recommended to review the Sybase documentation and also to review these SAP Notes:

1982469 - SYB: Updating SAP ASE with saphostctrl

1959660 - SYB: Database Fault Management

2179305 - SYB: Usage of saphostctrl for SAP ASE and SAP Replication Server

## Check if Fault Manager is running on the SAP PAS with this command

ps -ef | grep sybdbfm

executable in /usr/sap/<SID>/ASCS00/work

sybdbfm is copied to sybdbfm. sap<SID>_ASCS00

cd /usr/sap/<SID>/ASCS00/work

. /sybdbfm. sapASE_ASCS00 status

. /sybdbfm. sapASE_ASCS00 hibernate

. /sybdbfm. sapASE_ASCS00 resume

login as syb<sid> in this case sybase

## Login to the RMA

isql -UDR_admin -P<<password>> -SASE_RMA_Site1 -I DM/interfaces -X -w999

## to see all the components that are running

sap_version all

go

## to see the status of a replication path

sap_status path

go

## to see the status of resources

sap_status resource

go

## Login to ASE

The syntax "-I DM/interfaces" does a lookup in the Sybase AlwaysOn configuration database to find the host and TCP port

isql -UDR_admin -P<<password>> -SASE_Site1 -I DM/interfaces -X-w999

## to clear down the transaction log run this command

dump tran ASE with truncate_only

go

## to show freespace in DB

sp_helpdb ASE

go

## Transaction log backups are needed on all replicas otherwise the Trans Log will become full

## to start/stop/get info on Sybase DB (and all required components for Always on like RMA) - run this on the DB host

sudo /usr/sap/hostctrl/exe/saphostctrl -user sapadm -function StartDatabase -dbname ASE -dbtype syb

sudo /usr/sap/hostctrl/exe/saphostctrl -user sapadm -function StartDatabase -dbname ASE_REP -dbtype syb

## to get Sybase DB status

sudo /usr/sap/hostctrl/exe/saphostctrl -user sapadm -function GetDatabaseStatus -dbname ASE -dbtype syb

## to get Sybase DB replication status

sudo /usr/sap/hostctrl/exe/saphostctrl -user sapadm -function LiveDatabaseUpdate -dbname ASE -dbtype syb -updatemethod Check -updateoption TASK=REPLICATION_STATUS

## to send a trace ticket logon to RMA and execute these commands

sap_send_trace Site1

go

sap_status active

go

## during HADR testing leave tail running on the file /usr/sap/<SID>/ASCS00/work

tail -100f dev_sybdbfm

## to force a shutdown of the DB engine run the command below. Always-on will try to stop a normal shutdown of the DB

shutdown with wait nowait_hadr

go

## to do a planned failover from Primary to Companion DB the normal sequence is:

1. Failover from Primary to Companion

2. Drain logs from Primary to the DR site

3. Reverse Replication Route to start synchronization from the new Primary to the Companion and DR

-- There is a new command that does all these steps automatically:

/usr/sap/hostctrl/exe/saphostctrl -user sapadm - -function LiveDatabaseUpdate -dbname ASE -dbtype syb -updatemethod Execute -updateoption TASK=FAILOVER -updateoption FAILOVER_FORCE=1 -updateoption FAILOVER_TIME=300

## it is recommended to use this command. If there are errors check in the path /usr/sap/hostctrl/work for log files

##other useful commands:

## to disable/enable replication from a Site to all routes

sap_disable_replication Site1, <DB>

sap_enable_replication Site1,Site2,<DB>

## command to manually failover

sap_failover <primary>,<standby>,<timeout>, [force], [unplanned]

## Materialize is a "dump and load" to reinitialize Sybase Alwayson replica.

sap_materialize auto,Site1,Site2,master

sap_materialize auto,Site1,Site2,<SID>

Sybase How To & Links

Customers familiar with SQL Server AlwaysOn should note that although it is possible to take a DB or Log backup from a replica, these backups are not compatible between Primary <-> Replica databases. It is also a requirement to run transaction log backups on the replica nodes unlike SQL Server.

SAP Notes:

2134316 - Can SAP ASE run in a cloud environment? - SAP ASE

1554717 - SYB: Planning information for SAP on ASE

1706801 - SYB: SAP ASE released for virtual systems

1590719 - SYB: Updates for SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (SAP ASE)

1959660 - SYB: Database Fault Management

2450148 - 'Warning: stopService() only supported on windows' message happened during HADR configuration -SAP ASE

2489781 - SAP ASE 16. 0 SP03 Supported Operating Systems and Versions

DBA Cockpit doesn't work by default after installation.

Setup DBA Cockpit as per:
2293673 - SYB: DBA Cockpit Correction Collection SAP Basis 7. 50

1605680 - SYB: Troubleshoot the setup of the DBA Cockpit on Sybase ASE

1245200 - DBA: ICF Service Activation for WebDynpro DBA Cockpit

For SUSE Linux Release 12 with SP3 release note : https://www. suse. com/releasenotes/x86_64/SUSE-SLES/12-SP3/

SAP Software Downloads https://support. sap. com/en/my-support/software-downloads. html

SWPM Download https://support. sap. com/sltoolset

Sybase Release Matrix https://wiki. scn. sap. com/wiki/display/SYBASE/Targeted+ASE+16. 0+Release+Schedule+and+CR+list+Information

Sybase Official Documentation https://help. sap. com/viewer/product/SAP_ASE/16. 0. 3. 3/en-US

Special thanks to Wajeeh Samdani from SAP Sybase Development in Walldorf

Special thanks to Cognizant SAP Cloud Team for their input and review of this blog

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