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Ian_Henry
Product and Topic Expert
Product and Topic Expert
To use XSA, first you must download the additional XSA components from SAP Support - Software Downloads - these packages are in addition to the base HANA Platform.
Knowing exactly which files are required can be tricky, so I have captured those below.
I used HANA 2.00.23 (HANA 2 SP2 Rev 23).





























Search Words Description Filename (as at 22-Jan-2018)
EXTAPPSER Extended App Services - This is the main XSA server run time component EXTAPPSER00P_71-70001316.SAR
HRTT HANA Run Time Tools, required for WebIDE XSACHRTT02_6.zip
XSACMONITOR XS Monitoring, required for WebIDE XSACMONITORING05_2.zip
WEBIDE The New SAP WEB IDE 2 XSACSAPWEBIDE02_0.zip


The filenames above will change depending on the exact service pack and patch level available, I would usually recommend using the latest and greatest when possible.

Now that you have downloaded the 4 files, you only need to extract the EXTAPPSER00P_71-70001316.SAR, leave the .zip files whole.
sapcar -xvf EXTAPPSER00P_71-70001316.SAR

To install XSA you should place these files within the parent directory tree of the original HANA media (usually called SAP_HANA_DATABASE).

I now have the following structure
/hana/media/SAP_HANA_DATABASE
/hana/media/xsa/package
/hana/media/XSACHRTT03_62-70002322.ZIP
/hana/media/XSACMONITORING01_0-70002324.ZIP
/hana/media/XSACSAPWEBIDE02_6-80002257.ZIP

I can then execute the hdblcm command below and it finds all the previously downloaded packages.
/hana/media/SAP_HANA_DATABASE/hdblcm

/hana/media # SAP_HANA_DATABASE/hdblcm

SAP HANA Lifecycle Management - SAP HANA Database 2.00.023.00.1513691289
************************************************************************

Scanning software locations...
Detected components:
SAP HANA Database (2.00.023.00.1513691289) in /hana/media/SAP_HANA_DATABASE/server
SAP HANA XS Advanced Runtime (1.0.71.299115) in /hana/media/xsa/packages
SAP HANA tools for accessing catalog content, data preview, SQL console, etc. (2.003.62) in /hana/media/XSACHRTT03_62-70002322.ZIP
XS Monitoring 1 (1.005.8) in /hana/media/XSACMONITORING01_0-70002324.ZIP
SAP Web IDE Web Client (4.002.6) in /hana/media/XSACSAPWEBIDE02_6-80002257.ZIP


Choose an action

Index | Action | Description
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 | IH2 (update) | 2.00.023.00.1513691289
| | mo-3fda111e5.mo.sap.corp (Database Worker (worker), XS Advanced Runtime Worker (xs_worker))
| |
2 | install | Install new system
3 | extract_components | Extract components
4 | Exit (do nothing) |

Enter selected action index [4]: 1


Choose components to be installed or updated:

Index | Components | Description
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 | all | All components
2 | server | Update SAP HANA Database from version 2.00.023.00.1513691289 to version 2.00.023.00.1513691289
3 | xs | Update SAP HANA XS Advanced Runtime from version 1.0.71.299115 to version 1.0.71.299115

Enter comma-separated list of the selected indices [1]: 3
Retrieving Organization Name For Space "SAP" ...
Retrieving XS Advanced Admin User ...
Retrieving XS Runtime Database Name ...
Enter System Administrator (ih2adm) Password:
Enter System Database User Name [SYSTEM]:
Enter System Database User (SYSTEM) Password:
Enter Organization Name For Space "SAP" [orgname]:
Enter XS Advanced Admin User [XSA_ADMIN]:
Enter XS Advanced Admin User Password:

Choose XS Advanced components to be installed or updated:

Index | XS Advanced Components | Description
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 | all | All components
2 | none | No components
3 | xsac_hrtt | Update SAP HANA tools for accessing catalog content, data preview, SQL console, etc. from version 2.3.62 to version 2.003.62
4 | xsac_monitoring | Update XS Monitoring 1 from version 1.5.8 to version 1.005.8
5 | xsac_sap_web_ide | Update SAP Web IDE Web Client from version 4.2.6 to version 4.002.6

Enter comma-separated list of the selected indices [3,4,5]:

When I ran the command above I had already installed XSA and the XSA Apps (zip files).
If you look closely there's an issue with the versioning, an extra 00 being inserted.  The version installed is the same as the version in the .zip files.

Once installed we can go to your URL similar to https://mo-3fda111e5.mo.sap.corp:30030/ to see the various ports each XSA app is running on.

There an alternative way to manage and install XSA apps such as the WebIDE.  They can be installed with the xs client, from either the HANA server or a desktop machine.  I won't cover all the apps here, but you can see the main syntax below.
LONM60272984A:bin i049374$ ./xs login -a https://mo-3fda111e5.mo.sap.corp:30030/ --skip-ssl-validation 

API_URL: https://mo-3fda111e5.mo.sap.corp:30030/
The authenticity of host 'mo-3fda111e5.mo.sap.corp' is not validated!
USERNAME> XSA_ADMIN
PASSWORD>
Authenticating...
ORG: orgname

Existing spaces:
0. PROD
1. SAP
SPACE> 1
SPACE: SAP
API endpoint: https://mo-3fda111e5.mo.sap.corp:30030/ (API version: 1)
User: XSA_ADMIN
Org: orgname
Space: SAP

LONM60272984A:bin i049374$ ./xs install ~/Downloads/XSACPORTALSERV02_0-80002098.ZIP

Running installation in org "orgname" / space "SAP" as XSA_ADMIN...
File upload starts...
Upload into container starts...
Container ID: ba8ee8b7-f451-45c9-a5dd-ad4a7e972c0f

Software Component
-------------------------------------
name XSAC_PORTAL_SERV
vendor sap.com
version 1.2.0
-------------------------------------

Upload into container finished successfully
Validation starts...
Summary of what will be installed:
Software component XSAC_PORTAL_SERV (sap.com) 1.2.0
Validation finished successfully

Hopefully this gives you a quick guide to getting XSA and WebIDE installed.
This is just my experience, you should also refer to the official documentation.

Official SAP Help - Installing SAP Web IDE
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