Use the information in this section to understand how Sun Cluster HA for SAP makes SAP highly available.
For conceptual information on failover and scalable services, see the Sun Cluster Concepts Guide for Solaris OS.
Sun Cluster HA for SAP provides fault monitoring and automatic failover for the SAP application to eliminate single points of failure in an SAP system. The following table lists the data services that best protect SAP components in a Sun Cluster configuration. You can configure Sun Cluster HA for SAP as a failover application or a scalable application.
Table 1–1 Protection of SAP Components
Sun Cluster HA for SAP requires a functioning cluster with the initial cluster framework already installed. See the Sun Cluster Software Installation Guide for Solaris OS for details on initial installation of clusters and data service software. Register Sun Cluster HA for SAP after you successfully install the basic components of the Sun Cluster and SAP software.