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System replication is a key technology in this design as it supports both disaster recovery, e.g. data center or site failure, and fault recovery, e.g. hardware failure.
We have just completed a series of video tutorials for the SAP HANA Academy that cover a wide range of topics related to system replication. You can find the full playlist here: SAP HANA System Replication - YouTube
This completes the product documentation and some excellent resources, like the System Replication How To Guide by mechthildbore.
Concepts
The first video briefly discusses system replication concepts, RPO, RTO, etc.
Setup Replication
The next video demonstrates how to setup replication using SAP HANA studio or the command line tool HDBNSUTIL.
Full Sync
The next video explains the different replication modes and the full synch option.
Configuration Parameters
In the next video, the different configuration parameters are discussed.
Disable Replication
The next video, demonstrates how to properly disable system replication.
The next demonstrates how you can use system replication for near zero downtime upgrades. I will show you how you can upgrade your secondary system from revision 90 (SPS 09) to revision 91, perform a takeover to the secondary, upgrade old primary, and reestablish the replication. Although not complicated, near zero downtime upgrades does require to perform the steps in the right order and using the correct command options.
You can view more free online videos and hands-on use cases to help you answer the What, How and Why questions about SAP HANA and the SAP HANA Cloud Platform on the SAP HANA Academy at youtube.com/saphanaacademy, follow us on Twitter @saphanaacademy., or connect with us on LinkedIn.
