This is the release of the HANA plugin version 6.0.0.
New Features
This is a conversion from HANA direct plugin to vSDK-based, staged plugin. This plugin will support only customer-provided/External backups ingestion mechanism.
Plugin Installation
Plugin to support HANA virtualization are not automatically included in the Virtualization Engine deployment and are installed by Delphix Professional Services or Technical Support. A support case can be opened requesting installation by following this link.
Migration and Compatibility
Supported DBMS Versions
- HANA Standard and Enterprise Edition 2.0 SPS04
- HANA Standard and Enterprise Edition 2.0 SPS05
Supported Operating Systems
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
- SUSE Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
Supported DBMS Version | HANA 2.0 SPS 04 (Standard and Enterprise Editions) | HANA 2.0 SPS 05 (Standard and Enterprise Editions) | |
Supported OS Version | |||
RHEL 7.3 | Supported | Not Supported | |
RHEL 7.4 | Supported | Not Supported | |
RHEL 7.5 | Supported | Not Supported | |
RHEL 7.6 | Supported | Supported | |
RHEL 8.1 | Supported | Supported |
SUSE Linux
Supported DBMS Version | HANA 2.0 SPS 04 (Standard and Enterprise Editions) | HANA 2.0 SPS 05 (Standard and Enterprise Editions) | |
Supported OS Version | |||
SUSE 12 SP3 | Supported | Not Supported | |
SUSE 15 SP2 | Not Supported | Supported |
Plugin/Delphix Engine Compatibility
The plugin should be installed on compatible Delphix Engines per the table below:
Delphix Engine | HANA 6.0.0 |
6.0.0.x | No |
6.0.1.x | No |
6.0.2.x | No |
6.0.3.x | No |
6.0.4.x | No |
6.0.5.x | No |
6.0.6.x | No |
6.0.7.x | No |
6.0.8.x | Yes |
6.0.9.x | Yes |
Unsupported Features
- Multiple duplicate services are not supported in this release.
- Point in Time recovery of the HANA database is not possible.
- HANA 1.0 MDC and SDC configurations are not supported.
- Scale-out source and target environments are not supported.
- High isolation mode is not supported with this release.
- Partitioning is not supported with this release.
- V2P is not supported with this release.
- Script server HANA service is not supported with this release.
Plugin Upgrade Path
Upgrade from HANA Direct (Lua-based) plugin to HANA Staged (VSDK-based) plugin is not supported.
Known Issues
The following issues are known to exist in this release:
Delphix Ticket Number | Summary | Workaround/Comments |
Refresh/Disable not working after failed delete operation | Force delete the VDB. Manually remove the mount point | |
Undo Refresh operation after a failed Refresh job leads to 502 Bad gateway and management stack restart | None | |
Failed enable operation leaving a mount point and next delete operation creating a stale file handle | Manually remove the mount point | |
Mount Point change not detected by the plugin may lead to multiple mounts | Mount point not in use can be removed manually | |
Plugin loses control in case of user cancel operation. | Manual cleanup can be done in case the plugin leaves any tenant database/files on the VM | |
Refresh after a Force disable on a VDB fails with 'mount not empty' error | Manually remove the mount before proceeding with the Refresh | |
Stop/Start operation on a VDB post failed post_refresh hook fails with inappropriate error | None | |
Dsource tenant database can be accessed and written onto | None | |
HANA SQL Port value should remain consistent for the life of VDB. | None |