SAP HANA SPS12 Upgrade and Exploring New Features - Part 1
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The document provides notes on upgrading to SAP HANA SPS12, focusing on a single-host system and outlining preparation steps, including component extraction and database backup. It details the update procedure via command line and emphasizes the need to update all HANA components to avoid compatibility issues. Additionally, it hints at exploring new features in part 2, covering areas like security administration and performance monitoring.
SAP HANA SPS12 Upgrade and Exploring New Features - Part 1
- 1. HANA SPS12 Upgrade and Exploring New Features – Part 1 • This is collection of notes while exploring some of new features of SPS12. Focus are applicable on a single-host HANA system. • Steps and process were based on already publicly released documents and blogs • The HANA database is the DBMS for a BW 7.3 system By OZSoft Consulting for ITConductor.com Author: Terry Kempis Editor: Linh Nguyen ITConductor.com 1
- 2. References: OSS notes and references 1. 1948334 - SAP HANA Database Update Paths for Maintenance Revisions to ensure the ’from level’ and intended ‘to level’ does not have any restriction and things ’general’ things to consider. 2. 2298750 - SAP HANA Platform SPS 12 Release Note 3. SAP HANA SPS 12 Database Maintenance Revision 122.03 4. What's New in the SAP HANA Platform (Release Notes) 5. SAP HANA Administration Guide - SAP Help Portal 6. SAP HANA Server Installation and Update Guide - SAP Help Portal Author: Terry Kempis Editor: Linh Nguyen ITConductor.com 2
- 3. SPS12 - Preparation • Extracting the downloaded components o Avoid using SAPCAR to extract components since it my compromise the SIGNATURE.SMF o Use hdblcm if the version has the option ‘—action=extract_components’ o Another option is to download hdblcm_prepare.sh from OSS note 2078425 and run it. This will extract all SAR files within the download folder. Each component will be extracted into its corresponding directory, e.g. SAP_HANA_DATABASE SAP_HANA_CLIENT • Stop data replication • Stop the ABAP connected to the HANA As <sid>adm, stopsap R3 • Create a complete backup of the database. For MDC, systemDB and tenant DBs. Author: Terry Kempis Editor: Linh Nguyen ITConductor.com 3
- 4. SPS12 - Update There are several ways of updating an SAP HANA System. The procedure used in this document used the command line As root, ./hdblcm - component_root=/mnt/software/SAP/HANA/SPS12/extracted/SAP_HANA _DATABASE -install_hostagent=No (the install_hostagent=No is to bypass installation of hostagent if it already has the latest version. Also, the SAP_HANA_DATABASE does not contain the hostagent binaries – so it just sit on ‘Preparing package ‘saphostagent setup’ if install_hostagent=No is not specified!) Author: Terry Kempis Editor: Linh Nguyen ITConductor.com 4
- 5. SPS12 Update Author: Terry Kempis Editor: Linh Nguyen ITConductor.com 5
- 6. SPS12 Update – some post tasks (1) Author: Terry Kempis Editor: Linh Nguyen ITConductor.com 6 As per OSS note 2371445, ‘ALL other HANA components must be updated to at least minimal version of SPS12’ - HANA Client - HANA Studio - SAP Landscape Transformation (SLT) - DBSL Non-matching component will result with issue, like below, if HANA Studio is not updated As per OSS note 2376079, statistics server is deactivated. Set it to ‘true’. An error has occurred. See error log for more details. .. while trying to invoke the method java.lang.String.length() of a null object loaded from local variable 'string'
- 7. SPS Update – some post tasks(2) After the HANA system update (and other components), • Start the connected ABAP system • Run transaction ST04 • Run transaction DBACOCKPIT Author: Terry Kempis Editor: Linh Nguyen ITConductor.com 7
- 8. Next: Part 2 - Exploring What’s new in SPS12 Reference: What's New in the SAP HANA Platform (Release Notes) Note that this is not an exhaustive list – only some ’new and changed’ features were explored!, and more focused on administration side: • Security Administration • System Administration • Performance Monitoring • Workload Management • Capture and Replay Author: Terry Kempis Editor: Linh Nguyen ITConductor.com 8
- 9. • Any Questions? • Contact Info: Linh Nguyen linh.nguyen@itconductor.com Terry Kempis terry.kempis@itconductor.com Let itconductor.com @itconductor