SAP HANA, express edition

last updated: 2023-03-11 Introduction There is huge knowledge available about SAP HANA reclaim / shrink / defragmentation topic, but the knowledge is very fragmented (Help Portal, Blog post, SAP KBA, SAP Note, other). In order to simply and make... Read More »

last updated: 2023-03-17 Introduction There is huge knowledge available about SAP HANA partitioning, but the knowledge is very fragmented (Help Portal, Blog post, SAP KBA, SAP Note, other). In order to simply and make content consumption easier I... Read More »

Background At the end of 2020 Apple released Macintosh computers with a dramatic shift in hardware, leaving behind the Intel x86 based CPU’s and using their own in house M1 arm based CPU’s. This shift meant software had to be recompiled... Read More »

With the new evolving modern methodologies around many SAP applications and database technology, i am trying to contribute with some idea that can be helpful or spark a new idea for others. The thought is … What if we can create HANA docker... Read More »

Task Upgrading SAP HANA, express edition SPS05 (db version: 2.00.057) to SPS06 (db version: 2.00.061). Reason of the Article I encountered issues during the upgrade. The aim of this article is to document these upgrade issues, and demonstrate how I... Read More »

Task Uninstall SHINE XSA from SAP HANA, express edition (version: 2.00.057) before upgrade to (version: 2.00.061). Reason of the Article During the upgrade the following error message appeared. hxeadm@hxehost:/usr/sap/HXE/HDB90>... Read More »

Earlier this year the first version of the SAP HANA Database Explorer Visual Studio Code extension was released to the Visual Studio Code marketplace. You can find the features introduced in previous versions in my other blog posts. What’s... Read More »

HANA SPS upgrade from HANA 2.0 Rev 37 to HANA 2.0 Rev 59 on the DR server when primary and secondary server setup as replication are present There are many environments and larger landscapes where we have cluster environment.But in this environment... Read More »

Trust and believe, nobody’s going to be where they are not supposed to be. Warrants the SAP Authorization and Trust management service. Which its sole mandate is to provide support to your security policies of your organization, permit user... Read More »

This blog demonstrates a simple use of SAP Client for Python with SAP HANA HDI SQL APIs (stored procedures) in an on-premise SAP HANA Database. TL;DR: A simple example of a Python wrapper on top of the SAP HANA Client for Python... Read More »