SLES for SAP 16.1 drops SAPHanaSR, removes NetWeaver HA support

01 What happened

On October 5, 2026, SUSE published the release notes for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 16.1, revealing the removal of SAPHanaSR and SAPHanaSR-scaleout packages in favor of SAPHanaSR-angi, and stating that the HA solution for NetWeaver central services is no longer supported.

02 Key details

• SAPHanaSR and SAPHanaSR-scaleout are removed; use SAPHanaSR-angi instead.
• The HA solution for NetWeaver central services is not supported in SLES for SAP 16.1.
• SAPStartSrv-alert-timeout is available as a technology preview in the sapstartsrv-resource-agents package.
• Immutable mode does not support traditional SAP software, but container-based SAP (e.g., Edge Integration Cell) is supported.

03 Why it matters

SAP administrators must plan migrations to SAPHanaSR-angi, adjust scripts for the changed hostname behavior, and avoid immutable mode for traditional SAP workloads.

04 Who it matters to

SAP system administrators and architects of fault-tolerant clusters on SLES for SAP.