sap-provision-power-virtual-server-plan-deploy.md

copyright	lastupdated	keywords	subcollection
years 2020	2020-12-17	SAP, {{site.data.keyword.cloud_notm}} SAP-Certified Infrastructure, {{site.data.keyword.ibm_cloud_sap}}, SAP Workloads	sap

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Planning your deployment

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This is a complementary offering from {{site.data.keyword.IBM}} Power Systems, with low latency access to {{site.data.keyword.cloud}} services {: note}

You should be familiar with the fundamental components and options that are provided by {{site.data.keyword.IBM_notm}} Power Systems Infrastructure offerings for SAP. Before you start deploying the servers, make sure that you read the important information in the Get started section. {: shortdesc}

The 'Must-Reads' before you start deployment

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To ensure that your first deployment is a success, read:

• {{site.data.keyword.IBM_notm}} Power Systems Infrastructure environment introduction
• The Plan your SAP workloads topic group
• The Infrastructure for SAP design considerations topic group - especially the Sample storage configurations on IBM Power Infrastructure section

Other useful documents

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See the respective topics in the Get started section for:

• SAP HANA design considerations for High Availability and Disaster Recovery (HA/DR)
• SAP HANA backups - Storage impacts on Recovery Time Objective (RTO)
• SAP NetWeaver design considerations for High Availability configuration

IBM Power Virtual Servers specific information

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As {{site.data.keyword.IBM_notm}} {{site.data.keyword.powerSysShort}}s is a complementary offering from {{site.data.keyword.IBM_notm}} Power Systems. It's accessed as an extra offering from the {{site.data.keyword.cloud}} catalog.

To begin using {{site.data.keyword.powerSysShort}}s, first make an instance of a {{site.data.keyword.powerSysShort}}s group from the {{site.data.keyword.cloud_notm}} catalog. This server group is called a resource, and is contained within a resource group.

After the {{site.data.keyword.IBM_notm}} {{site.data.keyword.powerSysShort}}s group exists, it is shown as a resource in the Dashboard and can be accessed. Opening the resource shows the service page of the {{site.data.keyword.IBM_notm}} {{site.data.keyword.powerSysShort}}s group and new instances of {{site.data.keyword.IBM_notm}} {{site.data.keyword.powerSysShort}}s can be provisioned.

More information and descriptions are available in Constructs for provisioning IBM Power Virtual Servers