installing HANA

[Former Member]

HANA is great but is working only in a very narrow context.

outside the SAP recommended context it is rather fragile.

the father you deviate from recommended hard and software requirements the more trouble you can expect.

just updating a library (in my case libssl) can break your hana installation.

i can probably not give you advice on your error, because i don't know your context in which the error occured.

all i can give you is a configuration which is working for me.

said that. here is what i'm going to use:

name of the virtual maschine: hanaVm

password for all acounts: Penguin7

hostname: penguin11

SID: HAN

instanceNr: 13

installation softare directory: /i

the hana installation is done as user root.

VirtualBox 4.2.16

- Linux openSUSE (64 bit)

-  2 CPU (PAX/NX aktiviert)

- 12 GB memory

- 128 GB Disk

- networkbridge - PCNet Fast III

- SLES 11 sp 2

- HANA Platform Edition 10 SP05

you need the CMPXCHG16B cpu instraction set

before you start your VirtualBox the first time set 

VBoxManage setextradata hanaVm VBoxInternal/CPUM/CMPXCHG16B 1

start your virtual mascjine

VBoxManage startvm hanaVm

install SLES 11 sp 2  with 42 GB swap

install additional software

zypper install java-1_6_0-ibm gcc kernel-default-devel

install the Guest addition

Devices -> install guest additions

VBoxLinuxAdditions.run ( if it does not start automatically )

check for CMPXCHG16B support

grep cx16 /proc/cpuinfo

get the software from the marketplace

extract the software to /i

cd /i

unrar x /i/51046016_part1.exe

next we have to define the filesystem layout

/tmp/setuphana.slmodel

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>

<DeclarativeModuleSerialization>

   <ManagedObject class="com.sap.lm.hana.hana.HANAPlatformProduct" id="0">

       <Child class="com.sap.lm.hana.hana.HANAPlatformSystem" id="4" name="hanaSystem">

           <StringParameter name="dataPath" value="/hana/shared/data"/>

           <StringParameter name="logPath" value="/hana/shared/log"/>

           <StringParameter name="sapmntPath" value="/hana/shared"/>

           <StringParameter name="instanceNumber" value="13"/>

           <StringParameter name="sid" value="HAN"/>

           <StringParameter name="hdbHost" value="penguin11"/>

           <StringParameter name="timezone" value="UTC"/>

               <Child class="com.sap.lm.decl.hana.DistributedHDBServer" id="5" name="hdbserver">

                               <Child class="com.sap.lm.decl.hana.AdditionalHosts" id="6" name="additionalHostsContainer">

                               </Child>

               </Child>

       </Child>

               <Reference name="centralComputerSystem" refid="1"/>

   </ManagedObject>

   <ManagedObject class="com.sap.lm.decl.os.ComputerSystem" id="1"/>

</DeclarativeModuleSerialization>

create the directories (mount points)

mkdir -p /sapinst /hana/shared/{log,data}

we have to make sure that it will pass the hardware test.

to prevent a division by zero error change /i/51046016/DATA_UNITS/HDB_SERVER_LINUX_X86_64/server/HanaHwCheck.py

replace: self.HWInfo['CPU Sockets']=len(lines)-1       

with   : self.HWInfo['CPU Sockets']=2 (or your number of cpus)

the other HW tests we can skip with setting an environment variable

export IDSPISPOPD=1

now start the instalation and wait untill it aborts. (if you have more than 24 GB it will not abort.)

/i/51046016/DATA_UNITS/HANA_IM_LINUX__X86_64/setup.sh /sapinst/hanainst /tmp/setuphana.slmodel

if it is aborting with language problems set LC_ALL and start again

export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8

when it is aborting with "[  36% completed] Working on: 'SAP HANA DB (penguin11.admin.org)' ...  --> ERROR"

you find in the error log a memory problem.

from now we continue manualy

server software

/i/51046016/DATA_UNITS/HDB_SERVER_LINUX_X86_64/hdbinst -s HAN -n 13 -H penguin11  --datapath=/hana/shared/data --logpath=/hana/shared/log --sapmnt=/hana/shared --ignore=check_min_mem

enter password for hanadm and SYSTEM and accept for the rest default values.

(if it looks that it hangs in the set importing delivery units - press enter every 10 minutes until the prompt returns. happens sometimes)

install the hdbstudio

export TEMP=/usr/sap/HAN/setup/logs_$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S)

mkdir $TEMP /hana/shared/HAN/hdbstudio_update

/i/51046016/DATA_UNITS/HDB_STUDIO_LINUX_X86_64/hdbinst -a studio --copy_repository=/hana/shared/HAN/hdbstudio_update

/i/51046016/DATA_UNITS/HDB_STUDIO_LINUX_X86_64/hdbinst -a studio --batch --path=/hana/shared/HAN/hdbstudio --vm=/usr/lib64/jvm/java-1_6_0-ibm-1.6.0/jre/bin/java

let's do a backup as <sid>adm

hdbsql -n penguin11 -i 13 -u SYSTEM -p Penguin7 BACKUP DATA USING "FILE('BACKUP_AFTER_INSTALL')"

start hdbstudio

/hana/shared/HAN/hdbstudio/hdbstudio

add some additional packages.

Help -> Install New Software

      Add -> Local... ->  /hana/shared/HAN/hdbstudio_update/repository -> OK -> OK

      X Show only Software aoolicable to target environment

      X Hide items that are already installed

      Select All -> Next -> Finish

some additional hana commands you find in my sap pocket card: http://oelkers.de/tips/pocketCardSAP.pdf

[Former Member]

Great! After this post i installed HANA SP5 on netbook (amd e-450) with VirtualBox 7 Gb.

[Former Member]

Please, You sent document install Platform for SAP HANA SP5 for my Email:

my email: itm@vietsoft.com.vn

when I installed  Platform for SAP HANA SP5, I take error:

[Former Member]

you can find a PDF document with the installation steps under

http://oelkers.de/tips/hanaInstallation.pdf

your error does not describe much.

i'd need the log /tmp/hanainst/log/setup.glf