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Table of Contents
1 Overview of SAP HANA Update Scenarios and Update Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

2 Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

3 Update Process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.1 Perform an Update on the SAP HANA System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
3.1.1 Perform an Update With the SAP HANA Lifecycle Management Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
3.1.2 Perform an Update With SAP HANA Lifecycle Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3.2 Update Dependent Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.2.1 Update the SAP HANA Client. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.2.2 Update the SAP HANA Studio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.2.3 Update SAP HANA Data Provisioning Technologies Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.2.4 Update Business Intelligence (BI) Clients Using SAP HANA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.3 Post-Update Steps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

4 Appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4.1 Update to Higher Revisions of the SAP HANA Database. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4.2 Important SAP Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4.3 SAP License Key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

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1 Overview of SAP HANA Update Scenarios
and Update Tools
This guide gives you an overview of the activities you have to perform when you update SAP HANA SPS 07 to
SAP HANA SPS 08.

The goal of the update activities is that an SAP HANA landscape that has been updated to SAP HANA SPS 08
has a comparable state to a newly installed SAP HANA SPS 08 landscape.

The update activities are split into the following areas:

● Performing an automated update

You perform an update on your SAP HANA system with the SAP HANA lifecycle management tools or the
SAP HANA lifecycle manager (HLM).
● Updating dependent components

○ Updating the SAP HANA client

You need to update the SAP HANA client installations that are not located on the SAP HANA system.
○ Updating the SAP HANA studio
You need to update the SAP HANA studio installations that are not located on the SAP HANA system.
○ Updating the SAP HANA replication technologies components
You need to update the replication technologies components that you are using in your SAP HANA
landscape.
○ Updating BI clients using SAP HANA
You need to update the BI clients that you are using in your SAP HANA landscape.

Note
Plan to have a business downtime during the update process.

Related Information

SAP HANA Administration Guide

SAP HANA Server Installation and Update Guide
Perform an Update on the SAP HANA System [page 5]
There are several possibilities to perform an update on the SAP HANA system.

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2 Prerequisites
Before starting the update for the components in your SAP HANA landscape several prerequisites have to be
fulfilled.

Make sure you fulfill the following prerequisites:

● If you are performing an offline update, you have all the necessary installation files for the individual
components.
● You have a valid, permanent SAP license for the SAP HANA database.
● You have user names and passwords for the following users:

○ <sid>adm user
○ sapadm user
○ S-user for the SAP Service Marketplace (SMP)
● You have carefully read the update instructions for the individual components.
● You have made the necessary preparations to perform backups for the SAP HANA database and the other
components.

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3 Update Process
Before updating the SAP HANA components, make sure that no read or write processes are running on the
SAP HANA database. Perform the update process in offline mode during a business downtime. After the
update, you have to start SAP HANA and its components again.

Context

This is a general sequence of the steps you have to perform:

Procedure

1. Stop all processes.

2. Make a system backup if necessary.
3. Perform an update.
4. Update the depending components.
5. Perform the post-update steps.
6. Restart all processes.

Related Information

SAP HANA Administration Guide

SAP HANA Server Installation and Update Guide
Perform an Update With the SAP HANA Lifecycle Management Tool [page 6]
An update of your SAP HANA system from the local host is performed using the SAP HANA lifecycle
management tool hdblcm(gui).

Perform an Update With SAP HANA Lifecycle Manager [page 6]

An update of your SAP HANA system from a remote host is performed using the SAP HANA lifecycle
manager (HLM).

3.1 Perform an Update on the SAP HANA System

There are several possibilities to perform an update on the SAP HANA system.

● The SAP HANA lifecycle management tool hdblcm(gui) is the recommended tool to update an SAP HANA
system. With the SAP HANA lifecycle management tool hdblcm(gui) you perform the update from the
local host.

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● To update an SAP HANA system from a remote host you use the SAP HANA lifecycle manager (HLM).

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Perform an Update With the SAP HANA Lifecycle Management Tool [page 6]
An update of your SAP HANA system from the local host is performed using the SAP HANA lifecycle
management tool hdblcm(gui).

Perform an Update With SAP HANA Lifecycle Manager [page 6]

An update of your SAP HANA system from a remote host is performed using the SAP HANA lifecycle
manager (HLM).

3.1.1 Perform an Update With the SAP HANA Lifecycle

Management Tool

An update of your SAP HANA system from the local host is performed using the SAP HANA lifecycle
management tool hdblcm(gui).

For information about the SAP HANA lifecycle management tool hdblcm(gui), see the SAP HANA Server
Installation and Update Guide.

Related Information

SAP HANA Server Installation and Update Guide

3.1.2 Perform an Update With SAP HANA Lifecycle

Manager

An update of your SAP HANA system from a remote host is performed using the SAP HANA lifecycle manager
(HLM).

For information about possible use cases of the SAP HANA lifecycle manager (HLM) and the necessary initial
and preparation steps, see the SAP HANA Administration Guide.

Note
The standard behavior for SAP logon tickets has been changed. For more information, see SAP Note
1927949 - SAP HANA: Standard Behavior for SAP Logon Tickets.

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3.2 Update Dependent Components

Dependent components need to be updated.

3.2.1 Update the SAP HANA Client

Update all SAP HANA clients that are not located on an SAP HANA system. Use the same revision as the SAP
HANA database.

Related Information

SAP HANA Client Installation and Update Guide

3.2.2 Update the SAP HANA Studio

Update all SAP HANA studio installations that are not located on an SAP HANA system. Use the same revision
as the SAP HANA database.

Related Information

SAP HANA Studio Installation and Update Guide

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3.2.3 Update SAP HANA Data Provisioning Technologies
Components

Update the SAP HANA data provisioning technologies components depending on your scenario and the
replication technologies in use. For detailed update and installation information, see the guide for your data
provisioning technology.

Related Information

SAP HANA on SAP Help Portal

3.2.4 Update Business Intelligence (BI) Clients Using SAP

HANA

Update the Business Intelligence (BI) clients you are using for SAP HANA.

Related Information

SAP Help Portal

SAP Note 1577128 - Supported clients for SAP HANA

3.3 Post-Update Steps

Perform the necessary post-update steps.

Note
After an upgrade to a new SAP HANA SPS it is recommended to redeploy the calculation views. For more
information, see SAP Note 1962472 - Redeployment of calculation views recommended when upgrading to a
new SPS.

Related Information

SAP Note 1577128 - Redeployment of calculation views recommended when upgrading to a new SPS

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The appendix provides additional information.

4.1 Update to Higher Revisions of the SAP HANA Database

After the release of an SPS of the SAP HANA Appliance Software, new revisions of the SAP HANA database
are released. Use the SAP HANA lifecycle management tool (hdblcm(gui)) to perform an update from the local
host.

Related Information

SAP HANA Administration Guide

SAP HANA Server Installation and Update Guide

4.2 Important SAP Notes

Read the following SAP Notes before you start the installation. These SAP Notes contain the latest information
about the installation, as well as corrections to the installation documentation.

Make sure that you have the most up-to-date version of each SAP Note, which you can find on SAP Service
Marketplace at https://service.sap.com/notes .

SAP Note Number Title

1514967 SAP HANA: Central Note

2004651 SAP HANA Platform SPS 08 Release Note

1523337 SAP HANA Database: Central Note

2000003 FAQ: SAP HANA

1944799 SAP HANA Guidelines for SLES Operating System

2009879 SAP HANA Guidelines for RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

1681092 Support for multiple SAP HANA databases on a single SAP

HANA appliance

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1976729 Application Component Hierarchy for SAP HANA

1661202 Support for multiple applications on SAP HANA

1828400 SAPUI5 tools disappeared after updating HANA Studio

1917938 Migrating the Statistic Server During Update to SPS 07

Standard Behavior for SAP Logon Tickets

1927949

1577128 Supported clients for SAP HANA

1514966 SAP HANA: Sizing SAP HANA Database

1637145 SAP BW on HANA: Sizing SAP HANA Database

1793345 Sizing for Suite on HANA

1824819 Optimal settings for SLES 11 SP2 and SLES 11 for SAP SP2

1597355 Swap space recommendation for Linux

For the SAP HANA system there are no special

requirements regarding swap space.

Check the current SAP Notes for the various parts of SAP HANA by searching for any of the following
application areas:

SAP HANA Application Services

● HAN-AS SAP HANA Application Services

● HAN-AS-INA SAP HANA InA Tools and Infrastructure
● HAN-AS-INA-FLY SAP HANA InA Firefly
● HAN-AS-INA-MDS SAP HANA InA Multidimensional Service
● HAN-AS-INA-SCV SAP HANA InA Service
● HAN-AS-INA-UI SAP HANA InA Toolkit, Fiori Search UI
● HAN-AS-RPO SAP HANA Repository
● HAN-AS-RST SAP HANA Development Environment REST API
● HAN-AS-RUL SAP HANA Rules Framework
● HAN-AS-XS SAP HANA Extended Application Services
● HAN-AS-XS-ADM SAP HANA XS Administration
● HAN-AS-XS-JOB SAP HANA XS Scheduled Jobs
● HAN-AS-XSA SAP HANA XS Basis Applications
● HAN-AS-XSA-TM SAP HANA Task management

SAP HANA Database

● HAN-DB SAP HANA Database

● HAN-DB-AFL SAP HANA Application Function Library

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● HAN-DB-AFL-DQ SAP HANA Data Quality Library
● HAN-DB-AFL-PAL SAP HANA Predictive Analysis Library
● HAN-DB-AFL-SAL SAP HANA Self Service Analytics Library
● HAN-DB-AFL-SCA SAP HANA Supply Chain Algorithm Library
● HAN-DB-AFL-SOP SAP HANA Sales and Operations Planning
● HAN-DB-AFL-UDF SAP HANA Unified Demand Forecast
● HAN-DB-BAC SAP HANA Backup and Recovery
● HAN-DB-CDS SAP HANA Core Data Services
● HAN-DB-CLI SAP HANA Clients (JDBC, ODBC)
● HAN-DB-ENG SAP HANA DB Engines
● HAN-DB-ENG-BW SAP HANA BW Engine
● HAN-DB-ENG-GPH SAP HANA Graph Engine
● HAN-DB-ENG-GPH-API SAP HANA Graph Engine API
● HAN-DB-ENG-GPH-WIP SAP HANA Graph Engine Wipe
● HAN-DB-ENG-PLE SAP HANA Planning Engine
● HAN-DB-ENG-SPA SAP HANA Spatial Engine
● HAN-DB-ENG-TXT SAP HANA Text Engine
● HAN-DB-ENG-VE SAP HANA Velocity Engine
● HAN-DB-EPM SAP HANA Enterprise Performance Management Platform
● HAN-DB-EPM-PLT SAP HANA EPM Platform
● HAN-DB-EPM-XSL SAP HANA EPM XSJS library
● HAN-DB-HA SAP HANA High Availability
● HAN-DB-LVC SAP HANA integrated liveCache
● HAN-DB-MDX SAP HANA MDX Engine/Excel Client
● HAN-DB-MON SAP HANA Monitoring
● HAN-DB-PER SAP HANA Database Persistence
● HAN-DB-R SAP HANA Integration with R
● HAN-DB-SCR SAP HANA SQL Script
● HAN-DB-SDA SAP HANA Smart Data Access
● HAN-DB-SEC SAP HANA Security and User Management
● BC-DB-LCA SAP HANA liveCache Applications
● BC-CCM-HAG SAP Host Agent
● SV-SMG-DIA SAP Solution Manager Diagnostics Agent

SAP HANA Data Provisioning Services

● HAN-DP SAP HANA Data Provisioning Services

● HAN-DP-DS SAP Data Services
● HAN-DP-DXC SAP HANA Direct Extractor Connector
● HAN-DP-LTR SAP Landscape Transformation Replication Server
● HAN-DP-REP SAP Replication Server

SAP HANA Information Composer

● HAN-IC SAP HANA Information Composer

SAP HANA Lifecycle Management

● HAN-LM SAP HANA Lifecycle Management

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● HAN-LM-APP SAP HANA Application Lifecycle Management
● HAN-LM-INS SAP HANA Installation
● HAN-LM-INS-DB Installation of HANA Database
● HAN-LM-INS-SAP Installation of SAP Systems on HANA
● HAN-LM-PLT SAP HANA Platform Lifecycle Management
● HAN-LM-UPG SAP HANA Upgrade
● HAN-LM-UPG-DB Upgrade of HANA Database
● HAN-LM-UPG-SAP Upgrade of SAP Systems on HANA

SAP HANA Studio (Eclipse)

● HAN-STD SAP HANA Studio (Eclipse)

● HAN-STD-ADM SAP HANA Administration
● HAN-STD-ADM-BAC SAP HANA Backup and Recovery (Studio)
● HAN-STD-ADM-DBA SAP HANA Database Administration and Monitoring
● HAN-STD-ADM-PVZ SAP HANA Plan Visualizer
● HAN-STD-ADM-SEC SAP HANA Security and User Management (Studio)
● HAN-STD-DEV SAP HANA Development Tools
● HAN-STD-DEV-CDS SAP HANA CDS Tools
● HAN-STD-DEV-CDS-GRA SAP HANA CDS Graphical Modeler
● HAN-STD-DEV-DP SAP HANA Data Provisioning Modeler
● HAN-STD-DEV-EPM SAP HANA EPM Modeler
● HAN-STD-DEV-MOD SAP HANA Analytical Modeling
● HAN-STD-DEV-MOD-CLT SAP HANA Analytical Modeling - Client Component
● HAN-STD-DEV-MOD-SRV SAP HANA Analytical Modeling - Server Component
● HAN-STD-DEV-RUL SAP HANA Rules Editor
● HAN-STD-DEV-SCR SAP HANA SQL Script Editor/Debugger
● HAN-STD-DEV-TP SAP HANA Tools Platform / Team Provider
● HAN-STD-DEV-TP-CM SAP HANA Development Change Management
● HAN-STD-DEV-UIS SAP HANA UI Integration Services
● HAN-STD-DEV-XS SAP HANA XS Editors and Wizards

SAP HANA Web IDE

● HAN-WDE SAP HANA Web IDE

SAP HANA Database (CCMS, Porting and DB Interface)

● BC-DB-HDB-CCM CCMS for SAP HANA

● BC-DB-HDB-POR DB Porting for SAP HANA
● BC-DB-HDB-SYS SAP HANA database interface/DBMS

End User Clients

● BI-BIP, BI-BIP-CMC Business intelligence platform (formerly known as BOE)

● BI-RA-EXP SAP BusinessObjects Explorer
● BI-RA-CR, BI-BIP-CRS SAP Crystal Reports
● BI-RA-XL Dashboard Designer
● BI-BIP-IDT Information design tool
● BI-RA-WBI Web Intelligence

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The search also supports using the wildcard asterisk (*), so you can, for example, also search for BC-DB-HDB*
or similar and you will get results for all sub-components.

Reporting Incidents

If you encounter any problems with the software, report an incident on the SAP Service Marketplace at http://
service.sap.com/incident .

In addition, the Customer Interaction Center (CIC) is available 24 x 7 in every region to help you resolve any
issues you may run into (https://service.sap.com/supportcenters ).

The CIC requires a valid S-user number. To create an S-user ID, follow the steps in this guide (SAP Active
Global Support Reference Guide ).

When reporting an incident, you can choose from the above list of components for the relevant software part.

4.3 SAP License Key

You must install a permanent SAP license for the SAP HANA database.

When you install your SAP system, a temporary license is automatically installed. Before the temporary
license expires, you must apply for a permanent license key from SAP.

We recommend that you apply for a permanent license key as soon as possible after installing your system.

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