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By: Bernd Schubert

June 22, 2023 1:19 pm

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Add more power to Prometheus

A while ago I published this article: https://www.suse.com/c/discover-the-hidden-treasure/ . Today, I would like to share my most recent experiences with you. This post will show you the value collectd can provide for your Prometheus-based observability solution. Let me give you a brief introduction of collectd. Collectd is a daemon that reads various system statistics, […]

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By: Michael Tabron

April 14, 2022 7:41 pm

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How to migrate to SAP applications in the cloud

Increasing numbers of organizations are turning to the cloud to support their SAP applications. The cloud appeals to them for several reasons — it has built-in fault tolerance; it scales easily with demand; and it reduces capital expenditures by offloading the responsibility for hardware support onto the cloud provider. However, moving to the cloud isn’[…]

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By: Sören Schmidt

March 22, 2022 1:46 pm

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The Treasure Hunting goes on: “Collecting saptune Data with Prometheus”

Three weeks ago my colleague Bernd Schubert published a blog post about Discover the hidden treasure. This one is sort of a follow-up and describes, how to use the textfile.collector to retrieve data from saptune. I recommend to read his blog post first, because I'll not explain everything in all details. "Wait!", […]

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By: Bernd Schubert

March 1, 2022 5:22 pm

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By: Michael Tabron

February 2, 2022 3:50 pm

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Webinar: An Innovative Way to Find and Fix Hidden Errors in SAP Configurations

High availability (HA) for SAP systems is essential to maintaining business operations but many system administrators and even system integrators find it complex to implement. The last thing an organization wants is to have a mission-critical SAP S/4HANA or NetWeaver system fail when or shortly after it’s launched. However, this is exactly what has […]

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By: Michael Tabron

August 4, 2021 7:09 pm

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SLES for SAP Applications 15 SP3 Update Webinar … with a bonus

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 is available, and SAP has validated it for SAP HANA systems about 30 days after it’s availability. So now you’re asking yourself, “What’s new in this version and how does it help me?”. Well, here’s how you find out. I’[…]

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By: Bernd Schubert

May 25, 2021 3:54 pm

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Treasure hunting or how to have your crazy weekend NOT at work…

Cloud service provider (CSP) deployment wizards and ready2go deployment solutions are state of the art today. The installation of a complete SAP landscape, e.g. with the SUSE Terraform project (please check here), can be done within hours. What you will get is something like in the example picture below. With each new system your […]

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By: Michael Tabron

March 8, 2021 5:57 pm

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How Open Source Makes SAP More Manageable

SAP continues to help drive the digital transformation of tens of thousands of companies of all sizes and sectors. In fact, SAP software touches nearly every aspect of how modern businesses are run. And with continued improvements to the platform, SAP is helping businesses to constantly move forward, to make them more capable, powerful, and […]

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By: Michael Tabron

September 2, 2020 5:08 pm

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SLES for SAP Applications 15 SP2: What’s New and What’s Next

Attention all SAP Basis Administrators and IT infrastructure engineers who are responsible for implementing and managing SAP infrastructures. Are you concerned about the time and effort to move your current SAP landscape to SAP S/4HANA in the cloud? Are you interested in ways to work more efficiently and spend less time on routine maintenance? Is […]

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