The role required to install/delete an existing License Key: LICENSE ADMIN

How to Check and Install License Keys of HANA?

Note − It is not possible to take a backup of HANA system when the system is locked down. You are using Enforced License key and your memory consumption exceeds the licensed amount and tolerance limit assigned. SAP HANA system permanent license key expires and has not been renewed in the grace time period of 28 days. Temporary License key expires in HANA system.Īll license keys installed in HANA database are deleted. When hardware license key changes and Temporary license key is used in SAP HANA system. To renew license keys/unlock the system, only HANA user with License Admin system privilege can connect to HANA database.įollowing are the scenarios which can cause the lockdown of SAP HANA system − When a system is locked, it is not possible to run any transactions by connecting to the database. This happens when a License key expires or license keys are deleted. There are various scenarios when your SAP HANA system locks down. There are different License scenarios that can be used in HANA system depending on the landscape of the system (Standalone, HANA Cloud, BW on HANA, etc.) and not all of these models are based on the memory of HANA system installation. If this situation occurs, HANA system has to be restarted or a new license key should be requested and installed. Unenforced − If unenforced license key is installed and consumption of HANA system exceeds the license amount of memory, the operation of SAP HANA is not affected in this case.Įnforced − If Enforced license key is installed and consumption of HANA system exceeds the license amount of memory, HANA system gets locked. There are two types of permanent License keys for HANA system − During this period, you have to install a permanent License key again. When a permanent License key expires, a temporary license key is issued, which is valid for only 28 days. They can be installed from SAP Marketplace under Keys and Requests tab. License keys specify the amount of memory licensed to target HANA installation. Permanent License keys are valid only till the predefined expiration date. These keys are valid only for 90 days and you should request permanent license keys from SAP marketplace before the expiry of 90 days period after installation. Temporary License keys are automatically installed when you install the HANA database. SAP HANA system supports two types of License keys − Temporary License Key You can install or delete HANA License keys using HANA studio. SAP HANA License management and keys are required to use HANA database.

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