Level: Intermediate Marianne Nesiem (aboukeer@ca.ibm.com), DB2/SAP Integration Test and Support, IBM Toronto
17 Feb 2005
Updated 11 Jul 2005 Understand how to implement SAP and IBM® DB2® Universal Database™ (DB2 UDB) in a Microsoft Cluster Server environment for maximum availability and fault tolerance on Windows. The author explains the architecture, walks you through the processes of planning, installing, and configuring these products together, and includes a wealth of detail on security, troubleshooting, and more. Handy checklists and FAQs are included.
High availability has become one of the most discussed information management topics and one of the most sought-after capabilities in many industries. A highly advanced-technology that provides high availability in the Microsoft Windows® environment is the Microsoft cluster technology.
Recently SAP has implemented support for the Microsoft cluster environment, and more and more SAP customers have begun to implement it as their high-availability solution. This paper is designed to assist users in planning and installing an SAP system running DB2 UDB as its database in a Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS) environment. Users and administrators who want to understand the architecture of SAP R/3 and DB2 UDB in an MSCS environment and to implement this architecture on their systems are the target audience.
The article includes the following topics:
- Overview of the implementation and architecture
- Planning and preparation
- Windows installation
- Cluster creation and drive mapping
- Installing DB2 and SAP
- Conversion to MSCS
- Post-installation activities
- Backing up your MSCS system
- Security
- The DB2MSCS tool
- Troubleshooting
- FAQs
- Useful publications and resources
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About the author | 
| | Marianne Nesiem is a member of the IBM SAP Integration and Support Centre at the IBM Toronto Lab. Her current activities include testing of SAP R/3 with DB2 UDB and helping customers with problem analysis and troubleshooting. She is also a customer advocate, providing custom-tailored support for large customer accounts running SAP and DB2. She is a DB2 Certified Solutions Expert and a UNIX systems administrator, and has experience in application development on Java for databases and other applications. |
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