Merge pull request #101479 from msjuergent/osversion

Adapt OS version mentioned to HANA IaaS hardware directory

Author: PRMerger15

articles/virtual-machines/workloads/sap/get-started.md

@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ For information on integration of Azure services into SAP components, see:
 
 
 ## Change Log
+- 01/16/2020: Change in [How to install and configure SAP HANA (Large Instances) on Azure](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-machines/workloads/sap/hana-installation) to adapt OS releases to HANA IaaS hardware directory
 - 01/16/2020: Changes in [High availability for SAP NetWeaver on Azure VMs on SLES multi-SID guide](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-machines/workloads/sap/high-availability-guide-suse-multi-sid) to add instructions for SAP systems, using enqueue server 2 architecture (ENSA2)
 - 01/10/2020: Changes in [SAP HANA scale-out with standby node on Azure VMs with Azure NetApp Files on SLES](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-machines/workloads/sap/sap-hana-scale-out-standby-netapp-files-suse) and in [SAP HANA scale-out with standby node on Azure VMs with Azure NetApp Files on RHEL](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-machines/workloads/sap/sap-hana-scale-out-standby-netapp-files-rhel) to add instructions on how to make `nfs4_disable_idmapping` changes permanent.
 - 01/10/2020: Changes in [High availability for SAP NetWeaver on Azure VMs on SLES with Azure NetApp Files for SAP applications](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-machines/workloads/sap/high-availability-guide-suse-netapp-files) and in [Azure Virtual Machines high availability for SAP NetWeaver on RHEL with Azure NetApp Files for SAP applications](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-machines/workloads/sap/high-availability-guide-rhel-netapp-files) to add instructions how to mount Azure NetApp Files NFSv4 volumes.

articles/virtual-machines/workloads/sap/hana-installation.md

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ ms.service: virtual-machines-linux
 ms.topic: article
 ms.tgt_pltfrm: vm-linux
 ms.workload: infrastructure
-ms.date: 07/12/2019
+ms.date: 01/16/2020
 ms.author: juergent
 ms.custom: H1Hack27Feb2017
 
@@ -26,10 +26,7 @@ The installation of SAP HANA is your responsibility. You can start installing a
 > [!Note]
 > Per SAP policy, the installation of SAP HANA must be performed by a person who's passed the Certified SAP Technology Associate exam, SAP HANA Installation certification exam, or who is an SAP-certified system integrator (SI).
 
-When you're planning to install HANA 2.0, see [SAP support note #2235581 - SAP HANA: Supported operating systems](https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/2235581/E) to make sure that the OS is supported with the SAP HANA release you that you're installing. The supported OS for HANA 2.0 is more restrictive than the supported OS for HANA 1.0. 
-
-> [!IMPORTANT] 
-> For Type II units, currently only the SLES 12 SP2 OS version is supported. 
+When you're planning to install HANA 2.0, see [SAP support note #2235581 - SAP HANA: Supported operating systems](https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/2235581/E) to make sure that the OS is supported with the SAP HANA release you that you're installing. The supported OS for HANA 2.0 is more restrictive than the supported OS for HANA 1.0. You also need to check whether the OS release you are interested in is listed as supported for the particular HLI unit on this published [list](https://www.sap.com/dmc/exp/2014-09-02-hana-hardware/enEN/iaas.html#categories=Microsoft%20Azure). Click on the unit to get the whole details with the supported OS list of that unit. 
 
 Validate the following before you begin the HANA installation:
 - [HLI unit(s)](#validate-the-hana-large-instance-units)
@@ -81,9 +78,6 @@ The **sixth step** is to check etc/hosts. As the blades get handed over, they ha
 
 ## Operating system
 
-> [!IMPORTANT] 
-> For Type II units, only the SLES 12 SP2 OS version is currently supported. 
-
 The swap space of the delivered OS image is set to 2 GB according to the [SAP support note #1999997 - FAQ: SAP HANA memory](https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/1999997/E). As a customer, if you want a different setting, you must set it yourself.
 
 [SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 for SAP applications](https://www.suse.com/products/sles-for-sap/download/) is the distribution of Linux that's installed for SAP HANA on Azure (Large Instances). This particular distribution provides SAP-specific capabilities "out of the box" (including pre-set parameters for running SAP on SLES effectively).
@@ -104,7 +98,7 @@ The following are SAP support notes that are applicable to implementing SAP HANA
 - [SAP support note #171356 – SAP software on Linux:  General information](https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/1984787)
 - [SAP support note #1391070 – Linux UUID solutions](https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/1391070)
 
-[Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP HANA](https://www.redhat.com/en/resources/red-hat-enterprise-linux-sap-hana) is another offer for running SAP HANA on HANA Large Instances. Releases of RHEL 6.7 and 7.2 are available. Note, opposite to native Azure VMs where only RHEL 7.2 and more recent releases are supported, HANA Large Instances do support RHEL 6.7 as well. However, we recommend using an RHEL 7.x release.
+[Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP HANA](https://www.redhat.com/en/resources/red-hat-enterprise-linux-sap-hana) is another offer for running SAP HANA on HANA Large Instances. Releases of RHEL 7.2 and 7.3 are available and supported. 
 
 Following are additional useful SAP on Red Hat related links:
 - [SAP HANA on Red Hat Linux site](https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/display/ATopics/SAP+on+Red+Hat).
@@ -113,11 +107,9 @@ Following are SAP support notes that are applicable to implementing SAP HANA on
 
 - [SAP support note #2009879 - SAP HANA guidelines for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) operating system](https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/2009879/E)
 - [SAP support note #2292690 - SAP HANA DB: Recommended OS settings for RHEL 7](https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/2292690)
-- [SAP Support Note #2247020 - SAP HANA DB: Recommended OS settings for RHEL 6.7](https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/2247020)
 - [SAP support note #1391070 – Linux UUID solutions](https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/1391070)
 - [SAP support note #2228351 - Linux: SAP HANA Database SPS 11 revision 110 (or higher) on RHEL 6 or SLES 11](https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/2228351)
 - [SAP support note #2397039 - FAQ: SAP on RHEL](https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/2397039)
-- [SAP support note #1496410 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x: Installation and upgrade](https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/1496410)
 - [SAP support note #2002167 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x: Installation and upgrade](https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/2002167)
 
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