SAP HANA 2.0 Cockpit - Installation Guide

[Nishatharu_Weerakkodi]

Introduction

SAP HANA Cockpit is a powerful web-based tool for managing and monitoring SAP HANA databases. Today, I completed the installation of HANA Cockpit and wanted to share a structured guide to help others. This blog will focus only on the installation process, from prerequisites to post-installation checks.

Deployment Options

SAP HANA cockpit can be deployed on dedicated hardware, on shared hardware, or in an existing SAP HANA system (shared database).

SAP HANA Cockpit Deployment Options

In this scenario, the HANA cockpit has been installed on dedicated hardware (on Azure VM).

Before starting the installation, ensure you meet the following requirements:

System Requirements

✔️ Operating System: SUSE Linux / Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

✔️ Hardware: Intel-Based Hardware Platforms / IBM Power Systems

✔️ HANA Database Version: Compatible with HANA 2.0

✔️ Required Disk Space: Minimum 30 GB for installation

✔️ Memory Requirement: At least 16 GB RAM

Software Requirements

✔️ SAPCAR: Required for extracting the installation files.

The following system configuration has been used,

✔️ Operating System: SUSE Linux 15.5

✔️ Hardware: Azure Cloud, Standard B4s v2 (4 vcpus, 16 GiB memory)

✔️ Disk Space: 128 GB (/hana/shared)

✔️ Memory: 16 GB RAM

Downloading the HANA Cockpit Package

1. Log in to the SAP Software Download Center (https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/softwarecenter).
2. Navigate the location below and download the latest available version.
   SUPPORT PACKAGES & PATCHES -> By Alphabetical Index (A-Z) -> H -> SAP HANA PLATFORM EDITION -> SAP HANA PLATFORM EDITION 2.0 -> SAP HANA COCKPIT 2.0.
3. Transfer the .SAR file to your installation server. A mount has been created for /hana/shared and copied media to it.

• Please Note: It is recommended that you download the latest support package for SAP HANA cockpit.

Extracting the Installation Files

Once the .SAR file is copied, extract it using SAPCAR:

• SAPCAR -manifest SIGNATURE.SMF -xvf SAPHANACOCKPIT<version number>.SAR

Running the HANA Cockpit Installer

The SAP HANA database lifecycle manager (HDBLCM) is used to install the SAP HANA cockpit in a graphical user interface or the command-line interface.

This installation has been performed using the command-line interface.

You are logged in as root user.

1. Navigate to the extracted directory (In this scenario, /hana/shared/Hana_cockpit)

   • cd /hana/shared/Hana_cockpit

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2. Run the installation command using hdblcm

   • ./hdblcm

3. The installation wizard will start. Follow these prompts:
   • select "Install new SAP HANA Cockpit system"
   • Choose the installation directory (default: /hana/shared)
   • Define an SAP system ID (SID) (e.g., HCO)
   • Enter the instance number.
   • Assign a Cockpit Administrator password
   • Confirm the settings and start installation

Determine Ports for SAP HANA Cockpit and Cockpit Manager.

Once the cockpit installation is successfully completed, information about host and ports is displayed. If this information is no longer available, you can execute the following commands in the XS console to determine ports.

You are logged in as <sid>adm user.

Then navigate to the path below,

• cd <sapmnt>/<SID>/xs/bin

Execute the command below,

• xs apps

A list of all the running apps is displayed. Information on hosts and ports are displayed in the urls column.

Interface. You can login with COCKPIT_ADMIN

Conclusion & Next Steps

With the installation complete, you can now proceed with configuring HANA Cockpit, adding HANA database instances, and setting up monitoring.

#SAP HANA cockpit

Thanks

Nishatharu