Important current info from SAP Note 2578899 – SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15: Installation Note and SAP Note 2684254 – SAP HANA DB: Recommended OS settings for SLES 15 / SLES for SAP Applications 15

ONLY relevant for special x86 hardware with AVX2 extention!

NOT relevant for HANAonPOWER!

  • glibc version for SLES15 SP3 and SLES15 SP4 on x86_64 CPUs with AVX2 extention
    Older glibc version could cause a crash on HANA systems.
    It is therefore recommended to update to  >= glibc-2.31-150300.46.1.

    The AVX2 extention can be checked with:
    # lscpu | grep avx2

    For more details please see: SUSE TID 21026