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2894395 - Delta Merge is not running in HANA

Component: HAN-DB (SAP HANA Database), Version: 8, Released On: 06.07.2022

Symptom
Delta Merge is not running in HANA.
There are lot's of alerts related to delta merge.
1. Alerts
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[Schema Name].[Table Name] partition 1 on xxx:3XX03 has a delta storage size of 3190MB. This exceeds the threshold value and may
indicate a problem with delta merge processing.
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[Schema Name].[Table Name] partition 0 on xxx:3XX03 has a delta storage size of 2660MB. This exceeds the threshold value and may
indicate a problem with delta merge processing.
...
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Referred the note 2043152 Alert "Size of delta storage exceeds the threshold value and may indicate a problem with delta merge processing",
But there are so much main memory has been kept occupying by tables which are already do the delta merge operation.
1. Check the memory status in HANA
1) Memory Overview
- Check allocators if the largest ones belong to the HANA delta store.
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NAME;TOTAL_GB;DETAIL_GB;DETAIL2_GB
HANA heap memory (used); 671; 671 (spilhanab4n1); 347 (Pool/PersistenceManager/UnifiedTableContainer)
; ; ; 137 (Pool/ColumnStore/Delta/LeafNodes)
; ; ; 53 (Pool/ColumnStore/Delta/Btreeindex)
; ; ; 30 (Pool/ColumnStore/Delta/InternalNodes)
; ; ; 24 (Pool/PersistenceManager/PersistentSpace/DefaultLPA/Page)
; ; ; 10 (Pool/CSRowLocking)
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2) Run the following query to check the size of delta storage.
- select SUM(MEMORY_SIZE_IN_DELTA) from M_CS_TABLES
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SUM(MEMORY_SIZE_IN_DELTA)
595,528,088,149
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3) Check which tables are occupying the memory related to delta
- select top 30 * from M_CS_TABLES order by memory_size_in_delta desc
2. Check the configuration of the system if the parameters related to mergedog are set to unfavorable values.
1) indexserver.ini
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[mergedog]
auto_merge_decision_func = xxxx
critical_merge_decision_func = xxxx
token_per_table = xxxx
num_merge_token = xxxx

[optimize_compression]
min_hours_since_last_merge_of_part = xxxx
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2) Check the parameters with the following script.
- HANA_Configuration_Parameters_*+.txt
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FILE_NAME;SECTION;PARAMETER_NAME;P;DEFAULT_VALUE;CONFIGURED_VALUE;RECOMMENDED_VALUE;SAP_NOTE;CONFI
indexserver.ini;mergedog;auto_merge_decision_func;;((DRC*TMD > 3600*(MRC+0.0001)) or ((DMS>PAL/2000 or DMS > 1000 or
DCC>100) and DRC > MRC/100) or (DMR>0.2*MRC and DMR > 0.001));DMS>5000 and (DUC<0.1 or 0.05*DRC>=DUC);-- check why set
--;2057046;DATABASE;ALTER SYSTEM ALTER CONFIGURATION ('indexserver.ini', 'DATABASE') UNSET ('mergedog',
'auto_merge_decision_func') WITH RECONFIGURE;;ALTER SYSTEM ALTER CONFIGURATION ('indexserver.ini', 'DATABASE') SET
('mergedog', 'auto_merge_decision_func') = 'DMS>5000 and (DUC<0.1 or 0.05*DRC>=DUC)' WITH RECONFIGURE;
indexserver.ini;mergedog;critical_merge_decision_func;;UPT > 43200 and ((MMS<10000 and DMS>1000 and TMD>86400) or
TMD>604800);DMS>12000 and (DUC<0.1 or 0.05*DRC>=DUC);-- check why set --;2057046;DATABASE;ALTER SYSTEM ALTER
CONFIGURATION ('indexserver.ini', 'DATABASE') UNSET ('mergedog', 'critical_merge_decision_func') WITH RECONFIGURE;;ALTER
SYSTEM ALTER CONFIGURATION ('indexserver.ini', 'DATABASE') SET ('mergedog', 'critical_merge_decision_func') = 'DMS>12000 and
(DUC<0.1 or 0.05*DRC>=DUC)' WITH RECONFIGURE;
indexserver.ini;mergedog;num_merge_token;;-- HANA internal --;200;-- check why set --; ;DATABASE;ALTER SYSTEM ALTER
CONFIGURATION ('indexserver.ini', 'DATABASE') UNSET ('mergedog', 'num_merge_token') WITH RECONFIGURE;;ALTER SYSTEM
ALTER CONFIGURATION ('indexserver.ini', 'DATABASE') SET ('mergedog', 'num_merge_token') = '200' WITH RECONFIGURE;
indexserver.ini;optimize_compression;min_hours_since_last_merge_of_part;;-- HANA internal --;0;-- check why set -
-;2105761;DATABASE;ALTER SYSTEM ALTER CONFIGURATION ('indexserver.ini', 'DATABASE') UNSET ('optimize_compression',
'min_hours_since_last_merge_of_part') WITH RECONFIGURE;;ALTER SYSTEM ALTER CONFIGURATION ('indexserver.ini',
'DATABASE') SET ('optimize_compression', 'min_hours_since_last_merge_of_part') = '0' WITH RECONFIGURE;
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Image /data in this KBA is from SAP internal systems, sample data, or demo systems. Any resemblance to real data is
purely coincidental.

Environment
SAP HANA Database

Cause
The improper merge configurations may cause delta merge issue.

Resolution
Please revert these parameters to default if there are no special reasons to set these values to different values.
You can find delta merge configuration values from HANA_Configuration_Parameters_*+.txt (from 1969700).
Be aware that you should always take the default value for the auto merge decision function in the system as a basis and only add the
additional term at the beginning.
Please see the details with the following note - 2057046 FAQ: SAP HANA Delta Merges
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24. Is the default auto merge decision function already optimal?
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See Also
2043152 Alert "Size of delta storage exceeds the threshold value and may indicate a problem with delta merge processing".
2388483 How-To: Data Management for Technical Tables
2057046 FAQ: SAP HANA Delta Merges
1909742 How to handle HANA Alert 19: ‘Record Count of Delta Storage of Column-Store Tables'

Keywords
HANA, Delta Merge, delta storage size, This exceeds the threshold value, alert

Products
Products

SAP HANA 1.0, platform edition

SAP HANA, platform edition 2.0

This document refers to

SAP Note/KBA Title

2388483 How-To: Data Management for Technical Tables

2057046 FAQ: SAP HANA Delta Merges

2043152

1909742 How to handle HANA Alert 19: ‘Record Count of Delta Storage of Column-Store Tables'

This document is referenced by

SAP Note/KBA Title