Conversion to SAP S/4HANA using SUM: ABAP Systems on UNIX and Linux

Targeting SAP HANA Multitenant Database Containers

You can also choose as target database an SAP HANA system that supports SAP HANA multitenant database containers (SAP HANA MDC).

Context

If you target to an SAP HANA database with SAP HANA MDC option, the Software Update Manager offers a special sequence of dialogues to prepare the migration to that SAP HANA system.

Procedure

  1. Enter the target Hostname of an SAP HANA database that supports SAP HANA MDC.

    In the dialog Database Migration Initialization, you enter in the field Target Hostname an SAP HANA database that supports SAP HANA MDC. Furthermore, you enter here the system-ID, the instance number, and the license of the target system.

  2. In the dialog Required Migration Specific Passwords, you enter the password for the user SYSTEM of the target database.
  3. Decide on the tenant in the dialog SAP HANA Tenant Configuration
    If the specified system-ID of the target database exists, you see the message The tenant "(ID)" already exists. You have now the following options:

    • Recreate existing tenant "(ID)": The existing tenant is deleted and recreated.

    • Use existing tenant "(ID)": The existing tenant is used.

    • Use another tenant: This option opens the dialog Database Migration Initialization again.

  4. Enter the name of the database schema in the target database.
  5. If a new tenant is created, enter the password for the tenant database user SYSTEM and confirm it.
  6. If a new tenant is created, enter the password for the SAP HANA MDC superuser SYSTEMDB

    To enable the creation of the tenant, it is necessary to authenticate with this password.

  7. Process the following database-specific dialogs, and continue with the update and migration procedure.