Provision an Instance of SAP HANA Cloud, SAP HANA Database

To create your first instance of SAP HANA Cloud, SAP HANA database, you need to follow these steps:

1. In SAP BTP cockpit, open SAP HANA Cloud Central by clicking on the subscription to SAP HANA Cloud in the Subscriptions tab.

   

2. On the top-right corner of the screen, click on Create Instance.

   

3. Here you must choose the Type of instance to create. Select SAP HANA Cloud, SAP HANA Database.

   If you would like to learn more about SAP HANA Cloud, Data Lake, and Get Started with a Standalone SAP HANA Cloud, Data Lake, navigate to the linked mission for the basics.

   

4. Click on Next Step to continue.

1. If you have multiple types of service plans enabled in your SAP HANA Cloud entitlement, a License section will appear just before the Basics section. To use the free tier model, click on Free Tier so that it is highlighted as shown below. Note that if you have enabled only one type of service plan in your SAP HANA Cloud entitlement (e.g. free tier only), the License section does not appear and that service plan type will be used automatically.

   

2. In the Basics section, enter a name for your instance in the field Instance Name, such as HC_HDB.

   This field does not allow any spaces in the name. Keep in mind that you will not be able to change the name after the instance has been created.

3. Insert a password in the Administrator Password field.

4. Confirm it by typing it again in the Confirm Administrator Password field.

   

   This password is the admin password for this instance, so make sure to use a strong password. If needed, the password can be reset via the actions menu Reset DBADMIN Password in SAP HANA Cloud Central if your user has the role SAP HANA Cloud Security Administrator.

5. Now click on Next Step to continue.

There are different instructions available to you depending on whether you are using a free tier model or trial account versus a production environment. Please make sure to select the one that applies to your situation to get the most out of this tutorial.

In this step of the provisioning wizard, you can set up the size of your SAP HANA database in SAP HANA Cloud.

There are different instructions available to you depending on whether you are using a free tier model or trial account versus a production environment. Please make sure to select the one that applies to your situation to get the most of this tutorial.

Here, you can select in this step if you want to create replicas of your instance to increase your system availability. These replicas are exact duplicates of your instance that will be managed in the background and automatically synchronized. In case of issues, you can take over a replica of your instance to ensure minimal interruption.

There are different instructions are available to you depending on whether you are using a free tier model or trial account versus a production environment. Please make sure to select the one that applies to your situation to get the most of this tutorial.

In the last step of the provisioning wizard, you have the option of also provisioning a managed data lake. If you enable the data lake in this step, this data lake will have maximum compatibility with SAP HANA and a remote connection between your SAP HANA database and the data lake will be created automatically during provisioning.

If you do not wish to enable a data lake, you can skip this step by clicking on Review and Create in the bottom-right corner.

You are done! Your first SAP HANA Cloud, SAP HANA database and data lake instances will be created, and you can monitor their status to see when they will be ready to be used. This process usually takes a few minutes.

The final step is learning how to stop and start your instance.

In a free tier or trial account, your instance will be automatically stopped on a nightly basis, according to the server region time zone. That means you need to restart your instance before you start working with your free tier model or trial every day.

1. To stop an instance, just click on Stop in the three dots menu next to the SAP HANA Cloud instance line in SAP HANA Cloud Central. Once your instance is stopped, the menu item will be updated to Start.

   

2. To restart the instance, simply click on the Start menu item. Once it’s ready to be used, it will show a green Created status on SAP BTP Cockpit, and a Running status on the SAP HANA Cloud Central.

Note that all these processes take a few minutes to be completed and to show an updated status. You can use the auto-refresh button to select how often you would like your instances list to periodically refresh.

When you are ready to upgrade your free tier instance to Paid Tier, you can also choose the three dots menu (under Actions) next to the SAP HANA Cloud instance line in SAP HANA Cloud Central. From here, click on Upgrade to Paid Tier. Note that paid tier plans must be enabled in your SAP HANA Cloud entitlement in order for the Upgrade to Paid Tier menu item to appear.

A dialog box will appear indicating that there will be costs associated with the Paid Tier instance – an estimate is also included. Click on Upgrade to Paid Tier to complete the process.

Now you know how to provision an instance of SAP HANA Cloud using SAP BTP Cockpit and SAP HANA Cloud Central. In the next tutorial, learn about the tools that help to manage and access your database instance.