SAP Landscape Management 3.0, Enterprise Edition

Example: Virtual Host Name Assignment

This section shows examples of the virtual host name assignment for systems with tenant databases.

System with tenant databases on a single host (scale-up)

The following diagram shows the virtual host name assignment for a system with two tenant databases, installed on a single host.

Tenant Database

Host

Virtual Host Name

Type

Description

DB1

Host 1

IP DB1 1

First master host

First potential nameserver candidate

DB2

Host 1

IP DB1 2

First master host

First potential nameserver candidate

System with tenant databases on multiple hosts (scale-out)

The following diagram shows the virtual host name assignment for a system with two tenant databases, installed on multiple hosts.

Host

Description

Host 1

First potential nameserver candidate

Host 2

Second potential nameserver candidate

Host 3

Third potential nameserver candidate

Tenant Database

Host

Virtual Host Name

Type

DB1

Host 1

IP DB1 1

First master host

DB1

Host 2

IP DB1 2

Second master host

DB1

Host 3

IP DB1 3

Third master host

DB2

Host 1

IP DB2 1

First master host

DB2

Host 2

IP DB2 2

Second master host

DB2

Host 3

IP DB2 3

Third master host