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A winning combination:
IBM System z and SAP business solutions
SAP on DB2 for z/OS on IBM System z is a solution offered by IBM for accessing an SAP database, implemented on an IBM System z using IBM DB2 for z/OS, from a diverse network of clients that run the SAP Web Application Server. Client operating systems include AIX, Linux for System x, Linux for System z, and Windows.
For many large enterprises, SAP solutions play a critical role in almost all functional areas, from business planning to customer relationship management, and from logistics to sales fulfillment. SAP software supports complex business processes throughout such organizations and extends them to customers, partners and suppliers.
With operations in multiple time zones, and Web-based customers and suppliers able to access your systems 24 hours a day, it is vital to run SAP solutions on a platform that can adapt dynamically to meet changing requirements. High availability and resilience are crucial. The pressure to continually drive down operational costs means that enterprises must achieve these goals for IT without incurring high total cost of ownership.
The combination of SAP solutions and IBM System z servers uniquely addresses these requirements, providing excellent availability, security and flexibility for business-critical operations.
By selecting IBM System z servers for your SAP software environment, you can cut complexity and automate systems management, while enabling your business to respond faster and more cost-effectively to changing levels of demand.
IBM System z servers and SAP solutions: key values
- Business Resilience:
- Achieve ultra-high availability for SAP databases and applications, delivering always-on data and services to employees, clients and suppliers; respond reliably to unpredictable spikes in demand
- Best-of-Breed Data Serving:
- Scale up and scale out, to handle enterprise databases and transaction volumes with ease; deliver phenomenal performance throughout rapid business growth
- Simplification:
- Harmonize your SAP environment by consolidating multiple applications and databases to a single System z9 server, for easier management, greater automation, and the possibility of improved throughput and lower TCO
- Integration:
- Utilize existing mainframe skills and resources and extend them to SAP solutions; integrate SAP applications with corporate data and legacy applications.
A major aspect of the SAP on DB2 solution is the recommended integration with IBM Tivoli System Automation, ensuring high availability of systems and databases. The IBM publication Business Continuity for SAP on IBM System z (SC33-8206-02) describes the SAP/IBM high availability solution environment and how to take full advantage of it.
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