SAP HANA and Virtualization
SAP HANA is supported on bare-metal and virtualized platforms.
Note Some of the virtualization platforms that are available for SAP HANA are only supported in non-production environments. For more information on supported versions, see 1788665 - SAP HANA Support for virtualized / partitioned (multi-tenant) environments.
VMware vSphere
SAP HANA is supported on VMware vSphere for scale-up, multi-VM and scale-out production environments, including SAP HANA Tailored Datacenter Integration deployments. For more information, see Best Practices and Recommendations for Scale-up Deployments of SAP HANA on VMware vSphere and Best Practices and Recommendations for Scale-Out Deployments of SAP HANA on VMware vSphere.
Hitachi LPAR
Hitachi Unified Compute Platform for the SAP HANA Platform with logical partitioning (LPAR) in a scale-up or multi-VM configuration is a pre-configured virtual appliance ready to plug into a network to provide real-time access to operational data for use in analytic models. SAP HANA on Hitachi solutions with logical partitioning are based on a number of bare metal appliance configurations with modifications that are required for running logical partitions (LPARs) in dedicated mode. For more information, see Hitachi Unified Compute Platform for the SAP HANA Platform with Logical Partitioning in a Scale-Up Configuration Using Hitachi Compute Blade 2500 and Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform.
Huawei FusionSphere
SAP HANA is supported for production and non-production use in a virtualized environment using Huawei FusionSphere. For more information, see Best Practices for Deploying SAP HANA on Huawei FusionSphere Virtualization Platform and Guide for Deploying SAP HANA on Huawei FusionSphere Virtualization.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux KVM Hypervisor
SAP HANA is supported on the KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) hypervisor in a non-production environment. For more information, see SAP HANA ON KVM BEST PRACTICES RESOURCE GUIDE.26 PUBLIC
SAP HANA Server Installation and Update Guide Concepts and Requirements for an SAP HANA System
SUSE Linux Enterprise Hypervisor
SAP HANA can be run in virtualized environments using XEN and KVM for virtual single VM deployments for test and development scenarios. Both the XEN and KVM hypervisor are built into SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications. For more information, see SAP Note 2284516 - SAP HANA virtualized on SUSE Linux Enterprise hypervisors .
IBM PowerVM
SAP HANA can be deployed on IBM PowerVM for IBM Power Systems. PowerVM is a combination of hardware, PowerVM Hypervisor, and software, which includes other virtualization features, such as the Virtual I/O Server. For more information, see IBM PowerVM Best Practices.
