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3329687 - Is the Linux machine-id used by SAP software?

Symptom

Linux instance provide a unique Machine ID in:

/etc/machine-id

and depending on distributions also in:

/var/lib/dbus/machine-id

/var/lib/zypp/AnonymousUniqueId

In some cases, it may be necessary to change or reset the Machine ID, and information is needed if it affects SAP software.


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Environment

Linux (any supported distribution and version)

Product

SAP NetWeaver all versions ; SAP S/4HANA all versions

Keywords

Linux, Machine ID, /etc/machine-id, machine-id , KBA , BC-OP-LNX , Linux , BC-OP-LNX-OLNX , Oracle Linux , BC-OP-LNX-RH , Red Hat Linux , BC-OP-LNX-SUSE , SUSE Linux , How To

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