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“Operations,”
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“Forced Operations,”
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“Non-Forced Operations,”
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“Migrate,”
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“Provisioning,”
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Operations
Operations in SAP LaMa execute features to existing SAP systems and infrastructure. Some examples of
these operations are activating and deactivating SAP systems. With the
VMware Adapter for SAP Landscape Management there are three types of operations that you can perform
—
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Forced Operations — Forced operations ignore system services and daemons on the target SAP system
and are generally non-graceful operations. The three forced operations that are supported are —
a
Forced Deactivate (Shutdown OS)
b
Forced Deactivation (Power Off)
c
Forced Suspend
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Non-Forced Operations — Non-Forced operations execute on the target SAP system and generally get
executed in a graceful manner. The four Non-Forced operations that are supported are —
a
Activate
b
Deactivation
c
Deactivate
d
Suspend
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Migrate Operation — The migrate operation allows you to migrate a SAP virtual machine onto another
host / network / datastore.
Forced Operations
To access these features, you should login to the SAP LaMa administrative console and navigate to the
Virtualization tab under Operations tab in the main menu bar.
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To execute a forced operation —
Procedure
1
Select a SAP system
2
Click the Forced fly-out button
3
Click the Forced selection option that you intend to execute from the list
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‑2. Forced Operations
There are three forced operations that are supported —
1
Forced Deactivate (Shutdown OS) — You use the Forced Deactivate option to shut down the operating
system.
2
Forced Deactivation (Power Off) — You use the Forced Deactivation option to power off the operating
system.
3
Forced Suspend — You use the Forced Suspend option to suspend the SAP system virtual machine.
Note When you suspend a virtual machine (VM), the current system memory of the VM is written to
the disk. Then the VM is powered off. When you later restart the VM from vCenter Server Appliance,
the VM continues from exactly the same state as it was when it was suspended, including executing any
running transactions.
Non-Forced Operations
There are four Non-Forced operation features that you can execute —
1
Activate — You use this feature to power on the virtual machine, operating system and then the SAP
system.
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Deactivation — You use this feature to gracefully shut down the SAP system and then the operating
system.
3
Deactivate — You use this feature to gracefully shut down the SAP system, operating system and then
the virtual machine too.
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Suspend — You use this feature to gracefully shutdown the SAP system and then suspend the virtual
machine.
Activate
Activate is a Non-Forced operation feature. You use it to gracefully power on the virtual machine, the
operating system and the SAP system.
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‑3. Activate
Prerequisites
Procedure
1
Select the SAP system that you want to activate
2
Click on the Activate button on the menu bar.
Deactivation / Deactivate
Deactivation is a Non-Forced operation that causes a graceful shut down of the SAP system and also the
operating system. Deactivate is a Non-Forced operation that causes a graceful shut down of the SAP system,
the operating system and then the virtual machine.
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‑4. Deactivation / Deactivate
Prerequisites
Procedure
1
Select the SAP system
2
Click the Deactivate fly-out button on the menu bar.
3
Now Click the Deactivation (OS Shutdown) or Deactivate (Power Off) option in the drop down menu
depending on the operation that you intend to execute.
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For some Non-Forced operations like Deactivate or Suspend, LaMa may perform stop and unprepared
operation for the SAP systems and will prompt for confirmation.
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‑5. Operations Optionsd
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Upon confirmation the host will be marked as locked until the end of the operation.
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‑6. Host Marked Locked until end of operation
Deactivation operation causes a graceful shut down of the SAP system and also the operating system. On
the other hand, Deactivate operation causes a graceful shut down of the SAP system, the operating system
and then the virtual machine too.
Suspend
Suspend is a Non-Forced operation that causes a graceful shutdown of the SAP system and then the
suspension of the virtual machine.
Prerequisites
Procedure
1
Select the SAP system to be suspended
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