all: Default SAP HANA master password and readme update explaining S-user

README.md

@@ -35,20 +35,20 @@ The Ansible Playbooks for SAP offer several key benefits:
 ### Supported Deployment Scenarios
 | SAP Product | Versions | Deployment Topology | Database |
 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
-| SAP HANA | 2.0 SPS 07<br> 2.0 SPS 06 | Sandbox<br> Scale-Out <br> Scale-Up High Availability | SAP HANA |
+| SAP HANA | 2.0 SPS 08<br> 2.0 SPS 07<br> 2.0 SPS 06 | Sandbox<br> Scale-Out <br> Scale-Up High Availability | SAP HANA |
 | SAP BW/4HANA | 2023<br> 2021 | Sandbox<br> Scale-Out | SAP HANA |
-| SAP S/4HANA | 2023<br> 2022<br> 2021<br> 2020 | Sandbox*<br> Standard*<br> Distributed*<br> Distributed with High Availability* | SAP HANA |
+| SAP S/4HANA | 2023<br> 2022<br> 2021<br> 2020 | Sandbox<br> Standard<br> Distributed<br> Distributed with High Availability | SAP HANA |
+| SAP S/4HANA<br> Maintenance Plan | Any version - Defined by Maintenance Plan</br> Includes latest FPS and security patches | Sandbox<br> Standard<br> Distributed<br> Distributed with High Availability | SAP HANA |
 | SAP S/4HANA Foundation | 2023<br> 2022<br> 2021 | Sandbox<br> Standard | SAP HANA |
-| SAP Landscape for SAP S/4HANA | 2023<br> 2022<br> 2021<br> 2020 | 3-System Standard* | SAP HANA |
+| SAP Landscape for SAP S/4HANA | 2023<br> 2022<br> 2021<br> 2020 | 3-System Standard | SAP HANA |
+| SAP Landscape for SAP S/4HANA<br> Maintenance Plan | Any version - Defined by Maintenance Plan</br> Includes latest FPS and security patches | 3-System Standard | SAP HANA |
 | SAP Business Suite (ECC) | EHP 8<br> EHP 7 | Sandbox | SAP HANA |
 | SAP Business Suite (ECC) | EHP 8 | Sandbox<br> Distributed (IBM Db2) | IBM Db2<br> Oracle DB<br> SAP ASE<br> SAP MaxDB |
 | SAP IDES for ECC | EHP 8 | Sandbox | SAP HANA, IBM Db2 |
 | SAP NetWeaver ABAP | 7.52 SP00<br> 7.50 SP00 | Sandbox | SAP HANA<br> IBM Db2<br> Oracle DB<br> SAP ASE<br> SAP MaxDB |
 | SAP NetWeaver JAVA | 7.50 SP22 | Sandbox | IBM Db2<br> SAP ASE |
 | SAP Solution Manager ABAP/JAVA | 7.2 SR2 | Sandbox | SAP HANA<br> SAP ASE |
 
-> <sub>Note: Scenarios marked with an asterisk (*) also support download of SAP Installation Media using Maintenance Planner transaction.</sub>  
-
 > <sub>Note: Additional SAP Product versions can be added by customizing extra vars file.</sub>  
 
 The explanation of Deployment Topologies:
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ The playbooks can be executed with one of following methods.
 ### Ansible with existing host(s)
 This method is used to install the SAP system on an existing host(s).  
 - **Interactive Prompts:** Yes :white_check_mark:
-- **Provisioning:**: No :x:
+- **Provisioning:** No :x:
 - **SAP Installation:** Yes :white_check_mark:
 - **Required Variables:**
    - `sap_vm_provision_iac_type: ansible`
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ This method is used to install the SAP system on an existing host(s).
 ### Ansible provisions host(s)
 This method provisions a new host(s) and installs the SAP system. 
 - **Interactive Prompts:** Yes :white_check_mark:
-- **Provisioning:**: Yes :white_check_mark:
+- **Provisioning:** Yes :white_check_mark:
 - **SAP Installation:** Yes :white_check_mark:
 - **Required Variables:**
    - `sap_vm_provision_iac_type: ansible`
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ This method provisions a new host(s) and installs the SAP system.
 ### Ansible uses Terraform to provision minimal landing zone and host(s)
 This method provisions a minimal landing zone and a new host(s) using Terraform and installs the SAP system using Ansible. 
 - **Interactive Prompts:** Yes :white_check_mark: `[Experimental]` (Limited support for Terraform variables)
-- **Provisioning:**: Yes :white_check_mark:
+- **Provisioning:** Yes :white_check_mark:
 - **SAP Installation:** Yes :white_check_mark:
 - **Required Variables:**
    - `sap_vm_provision_iac_type: ansible_to_terraform`

deploy_scenarios/sap_bw4hana_sandbox/ansible_extravars.yml

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ sap_netweaver_preconfigure_fail_if_not_enough_swap_space_configured: false  # Wh
 #### SAP HANA Database Server installation ####
 # SAP HANA Master password
 sap_hana_install_use_master_password: "y"  # Use a master password for SAP HANA installation (y/n) (String).
-sap_hana_install_master_password: "ENTER_STRING_VALUE_HERE"  # The master password for SAP HANA (String).
+sap_hana_install_master_password: "NewPass$321"  # The master password for SAP HANA (String).
 
 # Dynamic assignment of SAP HANA variables
 sap_hana_sid: "{{ sap_system_hana_db_sid }}"

deploy_scenarios/sap_bw4hana_standard_scaleout/ansible_extravars.yml

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ sap_netweaver_preconfigure_saptune_solution: 'S4HANA-APPSERVER'  # SUSE saptune
 #### SAP HANA Database Server installation ####
 # SAP HANA Master password
 sap_hana_install_use_master_password: "y"  # Use a master password for SAP HANA installation (y/n) (String).
-sap_hana_install_master_password: "ENTER_STRING_VALUE_HERE"  # The master password for SAP HANA (String).
+sap_hana_install_master_password: "NewPass$321"  # The master password for SAP HANA (String).
 
 # SAP HANA Scale-Out variables for role sap_Hana_install
 sap_hana_install_new_system: true  # Set to 'false', when adding hosts using sap_hana_install_addhosts

deploy_scenarios/sap_ecc_hana_sandbox/ansible_extravars.yml

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ sap_netweaver_preconfigure_fail_if_not_enough_swap_space_configured: false  # Wh
 #### SAP HANA Database Server installation ####
 # SAP HANA Master password
 sap_hana_install_use_master_password: "y"  # Use a master password for SAP HANA installation (y/n) (String).
-sap_hana_install_master_password: "ENTER_STRING_VALUE_HERE"  # The master password for SAP HANA (String).
+sap_hana_install_master_password: "NewPass$321"  # The master password for SAP HANA (String).
 
 # Dynamic assignment of SAP HANA variables
 sap_hana_sid: "{{ sap_system_hana_db_sid }}"
@@ -123,6 +123,10 @@ sap_software_install_dictionary:
 
   # SAP Business Suite 7i 2016 > EHP8 for SAP ERP 6.0 ABAP
   # uses SAP NetWeaver 7.5
+
+  # Product Availability Matrix for SAP ECC 6.0 EhP8, SAP HANA, x86_64
+  # SAP HANA DATABASE 2.0 [>= SP059] and SAP KERNEL 7.54 64-BIT UNICODE
+  # https://userapps.support.sap.com/sap/support/pam?hash=s%3DSAP%2520ERP%25206.0%26pvnr%3D73555000100900000247%26pt=t%7CPLTFRM%26fclfilter=G1%7CSAP%20HANA%20DATABASE%3BG2%7CLINUX%20ON%20X86_64
   sap_ecc6_ehp8_hana_sandbox:
 
     # SWPM product catalog ID for the installation (String).

deploy_scenarios/sap_ecc_hana_sandbox/optional/ansible_extravars_interactive.yml

@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ sap_software_install_dictionary:
 
   # SAP Business Suite 7i 2016 > EHP8 for SAP ERP 6.0 ABAP
   # uses SAP NetWeaver 7.5
+
+  # Product Availability Matrix for SAP ECC 6.0 EhP8, SAP HANA, x86_64
+  # SAP HANA DATABASE 2.0 [>= SP059] and SAP KERNEL 7.54 64-BIT UNICODE
+  # https://userapps.support.sap.com/sap/support/pam?hash=s%3DSAP%2520ERP%25206.0%26pvnr%3D73555000100900000247%26pt=t%7CPLTFRM%26fclfilter=G1%7CSAP%20HANA%20DATABASE%3BG2%7CLINUX%20ON%20X86_64
   sap_ecc6_ehp8_hana_sandbox:
 
     # SWPM product catalog ID for the installation (String).

deploy_scenarios/sap_hana/ansible_extravars.yml

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ sap_hana_preconfigure_saptune_solution: 'HANA'  # SUSE saptune solution to apply
 #### SAP HANA Database Server installation ####
 # SAP HANA Master password
 sap_hana_install_use_master_password: "y"  # Use a master password for SAP HANA installation (y/n) (String).
-sap_hana_install_master_password: "ENTER_STRING_VALUE_HERE"  # The master password for SAP HANA (String).
+sap_hana_install_master_password: "NewPass$321"  # The master password for SAP HANA (String).
 
 # Dynamic assignment of SAP HANA variables
 sap_hana_sid: "{{ sap_system_hana_db_sid }}"

deploy_scenarios/sap_hana/ansible_playbook.yml

@@ -106,19 +106,6 @@
       when: sap_vm_provision_iac_type in ['ansible', 'ansible_to_terraform', 'existing_hosts']
 
 
-- name: Ansible Play for ensuring rsync on all hosts
-  hosts: hana_primary
-  become: true
-  any_errors_fatal: true
-  max_fail_percentage: 0
-  tasks:
-
-    - name: Install rsync
-      ansible.builtin.package:
-        name: rsync
-        state: present
-
-
 #### Begin downloading SAP software installation media to hosts ####
 - name: Ansible Play for downloading SAP HANA installation media
   hosts: hana_primary

deploy_scenarios/sap_hana_ha/ansible_extravars.yml

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ sap_hana_preconfigure_saptune_solution: 'HANA'  # SUSE saptune solution to apply
 #### SAP HANA Database Server installation ####
 # SAP HANA Master password
 sap_hana_install_use_master_password: "y"  # Use a master password for SAP HANA installation (y/n) (String).
-sap_hana_install_master_password: "ENTER_STRING_VALUE_HERE"  # The master password for SAP HANA (String).
+sap_hana_install_master_password: "NewPass$321"  # The master password for SAP HANA (String).
 
 # Dynamic assignment of SAP HANA variables
 sap_hana_sid: "{{ sap_system_hana_db_sid }}"

deploy_scenarios/sap_hana_scaleout/ansible_extravars.yml

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ sap_hana_preconfigure_saptune_solution: 'HANA'  # SUSE saptune solution to apply
 #### SAP HANA Database Server installation ####
 # SAP HANA Master password
 sap_hana_install_use_master_password: "y"  # Use a master password for SAP HANA installation (y/n) (String).
-sap_hana_install_master_password: "ENTER_STRING_VALUE_HERE"  # The master password for SAP HANA (String).
+sap_hana_install_master_password: "NewPass$321"  # The master password for SAP HANA (String).
 
 # SAP HANA Scale-Out variables for role sap_Hana_install
 sap_hana_install_new_system: true  # Set to 'false', when adding hosts using sap_hana_install_addhosts

deploy_scenarios/sap_ides_ecc_hana_sandbox/ansible_extravars.yml

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ sap_netweaver_preconfigure_fail_if_not_enough_swap_space_configured: false  # Wh
 #### SAP HANA Database Server installation ####
 # SAP HANA Master password
 sap_hana_install_use_master_password: "y"  # Use a master password for SAP HANA installation (y/n) (String).
-sap_hana_install_master_password: "ENTER_STRING_VALUE_HERE"  # The master password for SAP HANA (String).
+sap_hana_install_master_password: "NewPass$321"  # The master password for SAP HANA (String).
 
 # Dynamic assignment of SAP HANA variables
 sap_hana_sid: "{{ sap_system_hana_db_sid }}"

deploy_scenarios/sap_landscape_s4hana_standard/ansible_extravars.yml

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ sap_netweaver_preconfigure_saptune_solution: 'S4HANA-APPSERVER'  # SUSE saptune
 #### SAP HANA Database Server installation ####
 # SAP HANA Master password
 sap_hana_install_use_master_password: "y"  # Use a master password for SAP HANA installation (y/n) (String).
-sap_hana_install_master_password: "ENTER_STRING_VALUE_HERE"  # The master password for SAP HANA (String).
+sap_hana_install_master_password: "NewPass$321"  # The master password for SAP HANA (String).
 
 #### SAP HANA Database Server installation - Optional variables ####
 ## SAP HANA log mode (set to overwrite for Sandbox only, HA cannot use overwrite) (String)

deploy_scenarios/sap_landscape_s4hana_standard_maintplan/ansible_extravars.yml

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ sap_netweaver_preconfigure_saptune_solution: 'S4HANA-APPSERVER'  # SUSE saptune
 #### SAP HANA Database Server installation ####
 # SAP HANA Master password
 sap_hana_install_use_master_password: "y"  # Use a master password for SAP HANA installation (y/n) (String).
-sap_hana_install_master_password: "ENTER_STRING_VALUE_HERE"  # The master password for SAP HANA (String).
+sap_hana_install_master_password: "NewPass$321"  # The master password for SAP HANA (String).
 
 #### SAP HANA Database Server installation - Optional variables ####
 ## SAP HANA log mode (set to overwrite for Sandbox only, HA cannot use overwrite) (String)

deploy_scenarios/sap_nwas_abap_hana_sandbox/ansible_extravars.yml

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ sap_netweaver_preconfigure_fail_if_not_enough_swap_space_configured: false  # Wh
 #### SAP HANA Database Server installation ####
 # SAP HANA Master password
 sap_hana_install_use_master_password: "y"  # Use a master password for SAP HANA installation (y/n) (String).
-sap_hana_install_master_password: "ENTER_STRING_VALUE_HERE"  # The master password for SAP HANA (String).
+sap_hana_install_master_password: "NewPass$321"  # The master password for SAP HANA (String).
 
 # Dynamic assignment of SAP HANA variables
 sap_hana_sid: "{{ sap_system_hana_db_sid }}"

deploy_scenarios/sap_s4hana_distributed/ansible_extravars.yml

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ sap_netweaver_preconfigure_saptune_solution: 'S4HANA-APPSERVER'  # SUSE saptune
 #### SAP HANA Database Server installation ####
 # SAP HANA Master password
 sap_hana_install_use_master_password: "y"  # Use a master password for SAP HANA installation (y/n) (String).
-sap_hana_install_master_password: "ENTER_STRING_VALUE_HERE"  # The master password for SAP HANA (String).
+sap_hana_install_master_password: "NewPass$321"  # The master password for SAP HANA (String).
 
 # Dynamic assignment of SAP HANA variables
 sap_hana_sid: "{{ sap_system_hana_db_sid }}"

deploy_scenarios/sap_s4hana_distributed_ha/ansible_extravars.yml

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ sap_netweaver_preconfigure_saptune_solution: 'S4HANA-APPSERVER'  # SUSE saptune
 #### SAP HANA Database Server installation ####
 # SAP HANA Master password
 sap_hana_install_use_master_password: "y"  # Use a master password for SAP HANA installation (y/n) (String).
-sap_hana_install_master_password: "ENTER_STRING_VALUE_HERE"  # The master password for SAP HANA (String).
+sap_hana_install_master_password: "NewPass$321"  # The master password for SAP HANA (String).
 
 # Dynamic assignment of SAP HANA variables
 sap_hana_sid: "{{ sap_system_hana_db_sid }}"

deploy_scenarios/sap_s4hana_distributed_ha_maintplan/ansible_extravars.yml

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ sap_netweaver_preconfigure_saptune_solution: 'S4HANA-APPSERVER'  # SUSE saptune
 #### SAP HANA Database Server installation ####
 # SAP HANA Master password
 sap_hana_install_use_master_password: "y"  # Use a master password for SAP HANA installation (y/n) (String).
-sap_hana_install_master_password: "ENTER_STRING_VALUE_HERE"  # The master password for SAP HANA (String).
+sap_hana_install_master_password: "NewPass$321"  # The master password for SAP HANA (String).
 
 # Dynamic assignment of SAP HANA variables
 sap_hana_sid: "{{ sap_system_hana_db_sid }}"

deploy_scenarios/sap_s4hana_distributed_maintplan/ansible_extravars.yml

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ sap_netweaver_preconfigure_saptune_solution: 'S4HANA-APPSERVER'  # SUSE saptune
 #### SAP HANA Database Server installation ####
 # SAP HANA Master password
 sap_hana_install_use_master_password: "y"  # Use a master password for SAP HANA installation (y/n) (String).
-sap_hana_install_master_password: "ENTER_STRING_VALUE_HERE"  # The master password for SAP HANA (String).
+sap_hana_install_master_password: "NewPass$321"  # The master password for SAP HANA (String).
 
 # Dynamic assignment of SAP HANA variables
 sap_hana_sid: "{{ sap_system_hana_db_sid }}"

deploy_scenarios/sap_s4hana_foundation_sandbox/ansible_extravars.yml

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ sap_netweaver_preconfigure_fail_if_not_enough_swap_space_configured: false  # Wh
 #### SAP HANA Database Server installation ####
 # SAP HANA Master password
 sap_hana_install_use_master_password: "y"  # Use a master password for SAP HANA installation (y/n) (String).
-sap_hana_install_master_password: "ENTER_STRING_VALUE_HERE"  # The master password for SAP HANA (String).
+sap_hana_install_master_password: "NewPass$321"  # The master password for SAP HANA (String).
 
 # Dynamic assignment of SAP HANA variables
 sap_hana_sid: "{{ sap_system_hana_db_sid }}"

deploy_scenarios/sap_s4hana_foundation_standard/ansible_extravars.yml

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ sap_netweaver_preconfigure_saptune_solution: 'S4HANA-APPSERVER'  # SUSE saptune
 #### SAP HANA Database Server installation ####
 # SAP HANA Master password
 sap_hana_install_use_master_password: "y"  # Use a master password for SAP HANA installation (y/n) (String).
-sap_hana_install_master_password: "ENTER_STRING_VALUE_HERE"  # The master password for SAP HANA (String).
+sap_hana_install_master_password: "NewPass$321"  # The master password for SAP HANA (String).
 
 # Dynamic assignment of SAP HANA variables
 sap_hana_sid: "{{ sap_system_hana_db_sid }}"

deploy_scenarios/sap_s4hana_sandbox/ansible_extravars.yml

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ sap_netweaver_preconfigure_fail_if_not_enough_swap_space_configured: false  # Wh
 #### SAP HANA Database Server installation ####
 # SAP HANA Master password
 sap_hana_install_use_master_password: "y"  # Use a master password for SAP HANA installation (y/n) (String).
-sap_hana_install_master_password: "ENTER_STRING_VALUE_HERE"  # The master password for SAP HANA (String).
+sap_hana_install_master_password: "NewPass$321"  # The master password for SAP HANA (String).
 
 # Dynamic assignment of SAP HANA variables
 sap_hana_sid: "{{ sap_system_hana_db_sid }}"

deploy_scenarios/sap_s4hana_sandbox_maintplan/ansible_extravars.yml

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ sap_netweaver_preconfigure_fail_if_not_enough_swap_space_configured: false  # Wh
 #### SAP HANA Database Server installation ####
 # SAP HANA Master password
 sap_hana_install_use_master_password: "y"  # Use a master password for SAP HANA installation (y/n) (String).
-sap_hana_install_master_password: "ENTER_STRING_VALUE_HERE"  # The master password for SAP HANA (String).
+sap_hana_install_master_password: "NewPass$321"  # The master password for SAP HANA (String).
 
 # Dynamic assignment of SAP HANA variables
 sap_hana_sid: "{{ sap_system_hana_db_sid }}"

deploy_scenarios/sap_s4hana_standard/ansible_extravars.yml

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ sap_netweaver_preconfigure_saptune_solution: 'S4HANA-APPSERVER'  # SUSE saptune
 #### SAP HANA Database Server installation ####
 # SAP HANA Master password
 sap_hana_install_use_master_password: "y"  # Use a master password for SAP HANA installation (y/n) (String).
-sap_hana_install_master_password: "ENTER_STRING_VALUE_HERE"  # The master password for SAP HANA (String).
+sap_hana_install_master_password: "NewPass$321"  # The master password for SAP HANA (String).
 
 # Dynamic assignment of SAP HANA variables
 sap_hana_sid: "{{ sap_system_hana_db_sid }}"

deploy_scenarios/sap_s4hana_standard_maintplan/ansible_extravars.yml

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ sap_netweaver_preconfigure_saptune_solution: 'S4HANA-APPSERVER'  # SUSE saptune
 #### SAP HANA Database Server installation ####
 # SAP HANA Master password
 sap_hana_install_use_master_password: "y"  # Use a master password for SAP HANA installation (y/n) (String).
-sap_hana_install_master_password: "ENTER_STRING_VALUE_HERE"  # The master password for SAP HANA (String).
+sap_hana_install_master_password: "NewPass$321"  # The master password for SAP HANA (String).
 
 # Dynamic assignment of SAP HANA variables
 sap_hana_sid: "{{ sap_system_hana_db_sid }}"

deploy_scenarios/sap_solman_saphana_sandbox/ansible_extravars.yml

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ sap_hana_preconfigure_update: true  # Whether to update the system during pre-co
 #### SAP HANA Database Server installation ####
 # SAP HANA Master password
 sap_hana_install_use_master_password: "y"  # Use a master password for SAP HANA installation (y/n) (String).
-sap_hana_install_master_password: "ENTER_STRING_VALUE_HERE"  # The master password for SAP HANA (String).
+sap_hana_install_master_password: "NewPass$321"  # The master password for SAP HANA (String).
 
 # Dynamic assignment of SAP HANA variables
 sap_hana_sid: "{{ sap_system_hana_db_sid }}"