This is the release of the HANA plugin version 4.3.0.
New Features
Below features are being provided:-
- Non-ingestion of backups into Delphix: This means that database backups will not be transferred into the Delphix Engine during any of the operation. This will be driven on the basis of a checkbox that can be selected by the customer during dSource creation. More details have been provided here.
- Support provided for log backups along with the data backups (only when non-ingestion has been chosen during dSource creation). More details have been provided here.
- Ability to use Delphix provided storage for all virtualized tenant services. This is valid even for the user-created services outside the plugin.
- Multiple HANA installations on the same VM will also be supported.
- Support for Self-Service (Jetstream) has been certified with this release.
- Certification of plugin support with HANA Standard and Enterprise Edition 2.0 SP05 on RHEL 8.1.
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 SP03
- HANA Standard and Enterprise Edition 2.0 SP04
- HANA Standard and Enterprise Edition 2.0 SP05
Supported Operating Systems
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
- S.u.S.E Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
Supported DBMS Version | HANA 2.0 SPS 03 (Standard and Enterprise Editions) | 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 | Supported | Not Supported | |
RHEL 7.4 | Supported | Supported | Not Supported | |
| RHEL 7.5 | Supported | Supported | Not Supported | |
| RHEL 7.6 | Supported | Supported | Not Supported | |
| RHEL 8.1 | Not Supported | Not Supported | Supported | |
SUSE Linux
Supported DBMS Version | HANA 2.0 SPS 03 (Standard and Enterprise Editions) | 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 | Supported | Not Supported | |
SUSE 12 SP4 | Supported | Supported | Not Supported | |
Plugin/Delphix Engine Compatibility
The plugin should be installed on compatible Delphix Engines per the table below:
Delphix Engine | HANA 3.4.5 | HANA 3.5.0 | HANA 3.5.1 | HANA 4.0.0 | HANA 4.1.0 | HANA 4.1.1 | HANA 4.1.2 | HANA 4.2.0 | HANA 4.3.0 |
| 6.0.0.x | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 6.0.1.x | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 6.0.2.x | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 6.0.3.x | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 6.0.4.x | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 6.0.5.0 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Unsupported Versions and 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.
- Adding or removing the Hana services on the source tenant after dSource creation is not supported in case of Delphix-initiated backups. In case of customer provided or CommVault, full backups will have to be created after adding or removing any services.
- 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.
- Using same HANA instance with different plugin version on different Delphix Engines is not supported.
- Changing the Backup Path after initial dSource creation is not supported.
- V2P is not supported with this release.
- Third-party backup tools other than CommVault are not supported.
Plugin Upgrade Path
Your Version | Recommended upgrade path to 4.1.2 |
|---|---|
| 3.4.5 | Upgrade to version 3.5.1 and then upgrade to 4.0.0 and then to 4.1.1 and then to 4.1.2 and then to 4.2.0 |
| 3.5.0 | Upgrade to version 3.5.1 and then upgrade to 4.0.0 and then to 4.1.1 and then to 4.1.2 and then to 4.2.0 |
| 3.5.1 | Upgrade to version 4.0.0 and then to 4.1.1 and then to 4.1.2 and then to 4.2.0 |
| 4.0.0 | Upgrade to version 4.1.1 and then to 4.1.2 and then to 4.2.0 |
| 4.1.1 | Upgrade directly to version 4.1.2 and then to 4.2.0 |
| 4.1.2 | Upgrade directly to version 4.2.0 |
| 4.2.0 | Upgrade directly to version 4.3.0 |
Known Issues
The following issues are known to exist in this release:
Delphix Ticket Number | Summary | Workaround/Comments |
HANA-821 | HANA SQL Port value should remain consistent for the life of VDB. | None. |
DLPX-44359 | Job cancellation may fail. | None. |
| CTCHANA-930 | Upgrade from 3.4.5 to 3.5.0/3.5.1/4.0.0/4.1.1/4.1.2/4.2.0 needs a manual deletion of the existing tenant databases for disable/enable to work. | Drop the tenant database manually before enabling the VDB. |