Smart Assist for SAP liveCache Hot Standby

Use Smart Assist for SAP liveCache Hot Standby to set up SAP liveCache Hot Standby instances for high available environment.

Before you can use Smart Assist for SAP liveCache Hot Standby, you must have already installed the Smart Assist for SAP MaxDB filesets. There is not a Smart Assist for SAP liveCache Hot Standby menu in the SMIT interface. To configure, discover, and manage SAP liveCache Hot Standby instances you must use the Smart Assist for SAP MaxDB menu in the SMIT interface.

You can complete following tasks with Smart Assist for SAP liveCache Hot Standby:
  • Configure a liveCache Hot Standby database instance by creating the appropriate PowerHA® SystemMirror® objects, such as resource groups, application controllers, application monitors, and service IPs.
  • Discover all the configured liveCache Hot Standby database instances that are running in the cluster and its associated resources, such as volume groups and logical hostnames.
  • Manage a liveCache Hot Standby database instance for high availability by staring or stopping monitor scripts to control flow of data from the SAP Advanced Planning and Optimizations (SAP APO) application.
  • Not to impact the performance of the primary instance of IBM System Storage with FlashCopy, functionality is used and triggered during starts and moves to sync the standby data.