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SAP HA on Windows with SMB on ANF - add step for SAP installation user/Admin privileges
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articles/virtual-machines/workloads/sap/high-availability-guide-windows-netapp-files-smb.md

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ms.topic: article
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ms.tgt_pltfrm: vm-windows
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ms.workload: infrastructure-services
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ms.date: 01/12/2022
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ms.date: 02/13/2022
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ms.author: radeltch
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* [Add probe port in ASCS cluster configuration](sap-high-availability-installation-wsfc-file-share.md)
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* [Installation of an (A)SCS Instance on a Failover Cluster](https://www.sap.com/documents/2017/07/f453332f-c97c-0010-82c7-eda71af511fa.html)
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* [Create an SMB volume for Azure NetApp Files](../../../azure-netapp-files/create-active-directory-connections.md#requirements-for-active-directory-connections)
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* [NetApp SAP Applications on Microsoft Azure using Azure NetApp Files][anf-sap-applications-azure]
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> [!IMPORTANT]
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> CAUTION: Be aware that the installation of an SAP system with SWPM on SMB share, hosted on [Azure NetApp Files][anf-azure-doc] SMB volume, may fail with installation error for insufficient permissions like "warningPerm is not defined". To avoid the error, the user under which context SWPM is executed, needs elevated privilege "Domain Admin" during the installation of the SAP system.
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* [NetApp SAP Applications on Microsoft Azure using Azure NetApp Files][anf-sap-applications-azure]
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## Overview
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> When creating the Active Directory connection, make sure to enter SMB Server (Computer Account) Prefix no longer than 8 characters to avoid the 13 characters hostname limitation for SAP Applications (a suffix is automatically added to the SMB Computer Account name).
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> The hostname limitations for SAP applications are described in [2718300 - Physical and Virtual hostname length limitations](https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/2718300) and [611361 - Hostnames of SAP ABAP Platform servers](https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/611361).
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4. Create Active Directory connection, as described in [Create an Active Directory connection](../../../azure-netapp-files/create-active-directory-connections.md#create-an-active-directory-connection)
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5. Create SMB Azure NetApp Files SMB volume, following the instructions in [Add an SMB volume](../../../azure-netapp-files/azure-netapp-files-create-volumes-smb.md#add-an-smb-volume)
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6. Mount the SMB volume on your Windows Virtual Machine.
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4. Create Active Directory connection, as described in [Create an Active Directory connection](../../../azure-netapp-files/create-active-directory-connections.md#create-an-active-directory-connection). Make sure to add the user, under which context SWPM will be executed to install the SAP system, as Administrator privilege user in the Active Directory connection. If you don't add the SAP installation user as Administrator privilege user in the Active Directory connection, SWPM will fail with permission errors, unless you run SWPM ad user with elevated Domain Admin rights.
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6. Create SMB Azure NetApp Files SMB volume, following the instructions in [Add an SMB volume](../../../azure-netapp-files/azure-netapp-files-create-volumes-smb.md#add-an-smb-volume).
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7. Mount the SMB volume on your Windows Virtual Machine.
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> [!TIP]
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> You can find the instructions on how to mount the Azure NetApp Files volume, if you navigate in [Azure Portal](https://portal.azure.com/#home) to the Azure NetApp Files object, click on the **Volumes** blade, then **Mount Instructions**.

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