SAP HANA matrix
Plugin installation
Plugins to support SAP 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
This section describes the SAP HANA (DBMS) versions that are supported by the SAP HANA 2.0 Plugin, as well as the compatible operating systems (OS), for use on the source and target environments.
Delphix Support Policies specifically list major and minor release coverage. If a minor release is listed as covered, then all patch releases under that minor release are certified.
Supported DBMS versions
SAP HANA version | Support package stack |
|---|---|
2.0 | 04 |
2.0 | 05 |
A target may have a higher SPS release than a source; the reverse is not supported.
Key:
Color | Supported? |
|---|---|
Y | Yes |
N | No |
Supported operating system
Supported OS version | Supported DBMS version | |
|---|---|---|
SAP HANA 2.0 SPS 04 | SAP HANA 2.0 SPS 05 | |
RHEL 7.9 | Y | Y |
RHEL 8.1 | Y | Y |
RHEL 7.3/7.4/7.5 | Y | N |
RHEL 7.6 | Y | Y |
SUSE 12 SP 03 | Y | N |
SUSE 15 SP 02 | N | Y |
Plugin/Delphix Engine compatibility
The plugin should be installed on compatible Delphix Engines per the table below:
Delphix Engine | Lua-based plugin | vSDK-based Plugin | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4.1.1 | 4.1.2 | 4.2.0 | 4.3.0 | 4.3.1 | 4.3.2 | 6.0.0 | 6.0.1 | 6.1.0 | 6.1.1 | 6.2.0 | 6.2.1 | 6.3.0 | 6.3.1 | 6.3.2 | |
6.0.0.x | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
6.0.1.x | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
6.0.1.x | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
6.0.3.x | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
6.0.4.x | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
6.0.5.x | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
6.0.6.x | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
6.0.7.x | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
6.0.8.x | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N |
6.0.9.x | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N |
6.0.10.x | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N |
6.0.11.x | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N |
6.0.12.x | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N |
6.0.13.x | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N |
6.0.14.x | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N |
6.0.15.x | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N |
6.0.16.x | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N |
6.0.17.x | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N |
7.0.0.x | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N |
8.0.0.x | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
9.0.0.x | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
10.0.0.x | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
11.0.0.x | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
12.0.0.x | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Plugin upgrade path
Upgrade from SAP HANA Direct (Lua-based) plugin to SAP HANA Staged (VSDK-based) plugin is not supported.
SAP HANA (Lua-based) plugin upgrade path
Your version | Recommended upgrade path to 4.3.2 |
|---|---|
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 versions 4.3.1 and 4.3.2 |
SAP HANA (VSDK-based) plugin upgrade path
To upgrade from the existing SAP HANA Staged (VSDK-based) plugin follow the recommended path below.
Your version | Recommended upgrade path to 6.3.1 |
|---|---|
6.0.0 6.0.1 | Upgrade to 6.1.0 and follow the path below |
6.1.0 6.1.1 | Upgrade to 6.2.0 and follow the path below |
6.2.0 | Upgrade directly to 6.3.1 |
6.3.0 | Upgrade directly to 6.3.1 |
Compatibility Limitations
The following functionalities, users are not supported:
Multiple duplicate services.
Point-in-Time (PiT) recovery.
Scale-out source and target environments.
High isolation level.
Partitioning.
Virtual to Physical (V2P).
We have not validated SAP HANA Stream Replication (HSR), but it should work for the Staging Push ingestion mechanism.
Pull-based ingestion mechanism using third-party backups tools.
More than one instance of the same SAP HANA service.
Switching between the Staging Push to Pull model.
Non-database users/Low Privileged users/Users for which privileges need to be elevated.