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How To Configure The SAP HANA Cockpit 2

The SAP HANA Cockpit 2.0 is a web-based tool for managing, monitoring, and maintaining SAP HANA systems, supporting both SAP HANA 2.0 and 1.0 SPS 12 and higher. Key components include SAP HANA Cockpit Services, HANA Cockpit Manager, and the XS Advanced Runtime Platform, with various deployment options available. The document outlines steps for setting up the cockpit, creating users, registering resources, and configuring the Database Explorer for effective database management.

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How To Configure The SAP HANA Cockpit 2

The SAP HANA Cockpit 2.0 is a web-based tool for managing, monitoring, and maintaining SAP HANA systems, supporting both SAP HANA 2.0 and 1.0 SPS 12 and higher. Key components include SAP HANA Cockpit Services, HANA Cockpit Manager, and the XS Advanced Runtime Platform, with various deployment options available. The document outlines steps for setting up the cockpit, creating users, registering resources, and configuring the Database Explorer for effective database management.

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How to Configure the SAP

HANA Cockpit 2.0


What Is the SAP HANA Cockpit?
The SAP HANA cockpit is a powerful web-based apparatus for the
administration, monitoring, maintenance and development capabilities
of SAP HANA systems. Unifying individual, multiple, and tenant database
management, it can be used with systems running SAP HANA 2.0 and SAP
HANA 1.0 SPS 12 and higher.

It provides system and database administration features such as:


And much more!

Components of the SAP HANA Cockpit


The main components are:

 SAP HANA Cockpit Services


Provides the main functionalities for the managed resources.
 HANA Cockpit Manager
Manages all resources and creates groups of resources that other
cockpit users will be able to access. A resource is an SAP HANA
system, identified by a host and instance number.
 SAP HANA XS Advanced Runtime Platform
Provides a broad platform for the development and execution of
service-oriented applications, taking advantage of SAP HANA's in-
memory architecture and parallel execution capabilities.
 Cockpit Persistence
Provides the persistence layer by using an SAP HANA database.
Figure 2 -
Components of the SAP HANA cockpit

SAP HANA Cockpit Deployment Options


Different deployment options are supported:

 Dedicated hardware;
 Shared hardware;
 Existing SAP HANA system (shared database).
This article does not cover the installation of the SAP HANA cockpit. For
details about hardware and software requirements as well the installation
procedure, refer to the SAP
Note 2380291 (https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/2380291).

Find installation procedures on the SAP Help portal


(https://help.sap.com/viewer/df02d156db744412ad1f9e887aba68ad/2.11.
0.0/en-US/753d3b14872d44b9bf8bf513c0a77650.html).

Logging on to the SAP HANA Cockpit


To follow this tutorial, you will need to have access to the SAP HANA
cockpit. The URL depends on the hostname and the TCP port defined
during the installation. The default system ID is H4C.

DBA Cockpit’s URL: https://<cockpit-host>:<port-number>

1. Connect to the Cockpit Manager and sign in with the


username COCKPIT_ADMIN. The COCKPIT_ADMIN user and
corresponding master password were established during the cockpit
installation.

2. You will land on the SAP HANA cockpit Home page:

Setting Up the SAP HANA Cockpit


After installation, several steps should be performed before other users
can access the tool. None of them are mandatory since all administrative
tasks can be done using the default administrator user. However, you can
set up the SAP HANA cockpit, create users and segregate access to
specific functions and databases as follows:

a. Create other cockpit users and define what actions they will be able
to perform.
b. Register resources or SAP HANA systems you want to manage.
c. Create resource groups and add registered resources to each group.
d. Assign cockpit users access to one or more groups of resources.
e. Determine whether you would like to configure single sign-on
authentication to the cockpit and/or the registered resources.
f. Share the credentials of the newly created cockpit users with the
appropriate people, and instruct them to sign in to the SAP HANA
cockpit.
Note: A database user must be available in your SAP HANA
database to allow SAP HANA cockpit to connect and view
information about the database and access the various
administration and monitoring applications. You may want to follow
this link to confirm all required
permissions: https://help.sap.com/viewer/6b94445c94ae495c83a19
646e7c3fd56/2.0.04/en-US/
d7d31c767207407fadb3a5ddfeec1321.html

For this tutorial, we will configure a new SAP HANA cockpit user to
monitor a development-oriented SAP HANA system.

Step 1: Creating a New User


Log in with the administrator user created during the installation. In
the Manage Landscape tab, select the Manage Cockpit tile. You will
land on the Cockpit Manager.

Select Cockpit Users from the Categories pane on the left. Select Add
a Cockpit User.
Click on Create User in the lower part of the screen. Provide the
technical details required and click on Step 2.

Check the Cockpit User Role box as well as both options beneath it.
Click on Step 3.
Click on the Create User button.

Step 2: Create a New Resource


To create a new resource (or database), you can use one of the following
options:

 Register Resource: Allows you to set up a new database by


providing credentials to the system. The wizard will guide you
through the configuration steps. In this tutorial, the HSD SAP HANA
system has already been created.
 Import Resource: Allows you to import a previously exported SAP
HANA Studio XML landscape file or an SAP HANA Studio JSON file.
The wizard will guide you through the configuration steps.

Select Register a Resource. Follow the wizard and provide all technical
details.

Note: All resources have already been created. This tutorial does not
cover resource creation.
Next, select Registered Resources from the Categories pane on the
left to view the newly created resource.
Step 3: Create a New Resource Group
Select Resource Groups from the Categories pane on the left.

Click on Create Resource Group. Select Create Resource Group.

Provide the technical details required and click on Step 2.


Select the resources to be added to this new group and click on Step
3.
Select the cockpit users who will have access to this resource group
and click on Create Group.
Step 4: Logging in to the SAP HANA Cockpit
Log in with the newly created user.

When logging in for the first time, change the password.


Enter the new password.

Configuring the Database Explorer


The SAP HANA database explorer provides tools to view information about
your database's catalog objects, and execute queries. It displays your
database objects, grouped by schema, and contains an SQL console for
executing SQL statements, an SQL analyzer for analyzing them, an SQL
debugger for debugging procedures, and an MDX console for executing
MDX queries.

Before you can explore the registered database, you have to add
it to the database explorer. On the very first time you access this tool,
you will be prompted to add a new resource.

In the Manage Landscape tab, select the Database Explorer tile.

Click Yes to add a new database.

Select the HSD resource and click on OK.


Enter the credentials required and click on OK.

You have configured the Database Explorer. If you wish to add more
resources, hit the Add (+) button.

You can open the Catalog Objects, search for Database Objects and
use the following functionalities:
 Analyze and diagnose errors by tracing and debugging SQL
statements and procedures;
 Configure Tracing and view Diagnostic files;
 Query the database and use the Statement Library to manage your
database;
 Analyze the performance of SQL statements, SQLScript procedures
and functions;
 Import and export schemas and databases.

To access these options, you can use the context menu by right-clicking
the database.

Conclusion
In this article, we looked at how you can configure the SAP HANA
cockpit to monitor and manage your SAP HANA databases. You will also
be able to understand the most important functions provided by the tool.
For any further information, contact us!

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