Operations baseline for SAP on Azure

This article builds on a number of considerations and recommendations defined in the Azure landing zone article enterprise-scale design area for management and monitoring. Following the guidance in this article will help explore how to operationally maintain an SAP platform on Azure enterprise estate, with centralized management and monitoring at the platform level. The article presents key recommendations for SAP operations teams to maintain SAP systems within the Azure platform. Since SAP is a mission-critical platform, the guidance on the enterprise-scale design areas should also be included in your design.

Design considerations:

Here are some design considerations for SAP on Azure monitoring and management:

  • Consider a centralized Azure Log Analytics workspace with Azure Monitor and Application Insights for establishing platform and application-layer monitoring.

  • Consider inter-virtual machine (VM) latency monitoring for latency-sensitive applications.

  • Consider scheduling AzAcSnap from a central VM rather than on individual VMs.

Design recommendations:

Here are some design recommendations for SAP on Azure monitoring and management: