SAP R/3 on Oracle / Solaris / ZFS

Hello,
My unix administator is planning on upgrading to a new OS environment to Solaris 10 with ZFS. We currently run SAP R/3 4.6C kernel / Oracle 9i on Solaris release 5.8 and I would like to know what would be the path to take from here. Does SAP R/3 4.6C or even 4.7 Support ZFS and what about Running Oracle 10g datafiles on a ZFS system for the SAP Database.
Any support is appreciated,
Arun

Oracle doesn't certify any more filesystems or certain Storage Systems (see Oracle Metalink 403202.1 - Zeta File System (Zfs) On Solaris 10 Certified/Supported By Oracle) but it's supported to run on them
We run several databases (Oracle and non-Oracle) on ZFS - and combined with zones it's GREAT to consolidate systems.
Check http://www.sun.com/software/whitepapers/solaris10/zfs_veritas.pdf for a comparison between VXFS and ZFS.
The SAP system itself is agnostic about the underlying filesystem.
Markus

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goal system copy in R/3 4.6c + Oracle + Solaris
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tolik2525 wrote:
I'm also worried about fact that simple
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Maybe Oracle settings are wrong?How can Oracle be at fault when your diagnosis of the underlying file system shows it to perform poorly? How is Oracle support to rectify the storage system's poor performance?
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Hi,
Firstly I would suggest you to upgrade your database from Oracle Release 11.2.0.1.0 to Oracle Release 11.2.0.2 . This is the recommended Oracle 11g database version for SAP solutions. Many of your problem will get resolved with it.
Question 1:
So my first question would be is there any other suggestions besides adjusting the mentioned parameter above in order to ensure that no work processors going into hang state due to RFCs' occupying it as this issue always happens at the end of the month only when there are massive users accessing it.
For immediate resolution the approach you have followed is correct viz limiting number of dialog processes for RFC. Secondly you need to analyze why RFC processing takes so much time. You need check which programs are getting executed by those RFC.
Generate EarlyWatch report for more detailed view
Question 2:
My second question is what went wrong with the libttsh11.so file. How could it be 0 size in PRD when no signs of changes had happen to the PRD system. Is this a proven Oracle Bug or something else since I have never encountered anything like this before.
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Solution
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References
NOTE:257338.1 - Direct I/O (DIO) and Concurrent I/O (CIO) on AIX 5L
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