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The integration of Oracle Clusterware 11g Release 2 running on the Solaris and Linux operating system with SAP NetWeaver 7.30 via the SAP integration scenario NW-HA-CLU 730 has been officially certified by SAP AG (certification reports 20284533 and 20284617). The integration is implemented with SAPCTL V7.

For more information, see SAP Note 1496927. March 28, 2013

The latest release of Oracle's server virtualization solution Oracle VM 3.2.1 has now been certified by SAP for x86_64 platforms. SAP products can now be deployed in Oracle VM virtualized environments using Linux and Solaris guests. Oracle VM provides SAP customers with a fully supported and certified virtualization environment for the Oracle database.

For more information on Oracle VM, see SAP Note 1808268. February 8, 2013

All SAP products based on SAP NetWeaver 7.x that are also certified for Oracle Database 11g Release 2 can now be used with the Oracle Database Appliance. Only the Oracle database can run on the Oracle Database Appliance. No SAP instance can be deployed on the Oracle Database Appliance. SAP instances have to run on different middle-tier machines of any hardware architecture and operating system.

For more information on the Oracle Database Appliance, see SAP Note 1760737 and the Oracle White Paper. December 5, 2012

There is now a new method for the connection between SAP processes and the Oracle database. Instead of storing the encrypted password in the database, it is stored in the file system. This means that the Oracle remote OPS$ connect, which has been used up till now, is no longer needed. For more information, see SAP Notes 1622837 and 1639578.

Secure storage is now supported in BR*Tools. For more information, see SAP Note 1764043. September 19, 2012

We now have a new updated version of the SAP Library documentation for SAP on Oracle, including BR*Tools.

For more information, see SAP Database Guide: Oracle. 18 Sep 2012

Oracle Linux 6 is the newest Linux version of Oracle for your SAP infrastructure computing needs. Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 2 is based on the mainline Linux kernel and boasts a wide range of new features and improvements relevant for enterprise workloads. It includes performance and scalability enhancements that enable Oracle to achieve excellent performance.

For more information, see SAP Note 1635808. May 16, 2012

Here are some presentations from the recent conference of the German Oracle Users Group (DOAG): July 18, 2013New!

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