Planning

This topic explains the high availability concepts for a SAP system. It provides information about which SAP Central Services high availability policy to choose depending on the planned SAP installation. The main reason for this high availability setup is to reduce the downtime of an SAP system in case of software or hardware failures.

The high availability solution for SAP uses System Automation for Multiplatforms to automate all SAP components. System Automation for Multiplatforms detects failed components and restarts or initiates a failover. This setup will also help to reduce the operational complexity of an SAP environment and to avoid operator errors resulting from this complexity.