2070786 - SAP on VMware vSphere: minimum SAP and OS requirements

Symptom

You are setting up your server with VMware vSphere and need to know SAP and operating system guest minimum requirements.

Are the following SAP systems releases supported on VMware virtual machines (VMware OS guests)?

SAP R/3 4.6C
SAP R/3 Enterprise (4.7x110/4.7x200)
SAP NetWeaver 04/ SAP ECC 5.0.
SAP NetWeaver 04S/SAP NetWeaver 7.00.
SAP NetWeaver 7.x.y.

Are the following Microsoft Windows Server guest operating systems releases supported by VMware?

Windows Server 2000.
Windows Server 2003 (32-bit).
Windows Server 2003/2003 R2 (64-bit).
Windows Server 2008/2008 R2.
Windows Server 2012/2012 R2

Environment

SAP NetWeaver on VMware vSphere

Keywords

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