Install and Configure unixODBC

Before you can connect to your client database using unixODBC, you must update the client’s hosts file with the IP address of your SAP HANA, express edition host machine. You will need to do this with each client database.

On your client machine(s), do the following:

Edit /etc/hosts on Windows

1. Navigate to C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc.

2. In Administrator mode, open hosts in Notepad. See your operating system for information on opening applications in Administrator mode.

3. In a new uncommented row, add the IP address of your host machine with an alias of your choosing. Save your changes.

   Tip: Spacing is important. Make sure your hosts file in Notepad looks like this image.

   

Edit /etc/hosts on Mac and Linux

1. On your Mac or Linux machine, start the Terminal application.

2. Edit the hosts file with the following command:

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   sudo sh - c 'echo <ip_address_of_host>    <alias> >> /etc/hosts'
   

Note:
If you have not registered your version of SUSE, you will have no repositories loaded onto your machine. For more information, see the SAP HANA Academy video for details.

1. Open a command line to your host machine.

2. Open YaST using sudo.

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   sudo -i
   yast
   

3. From Software go to Software Management

4. Search for and install unixodbc.

   1. Type “unixodbc” in the Search Phrase section and press Enter.

      

   2. Select either the 32- or 64-bit version depending on your installation.

   3. Press Tab and press Enter to open an action menu. Highlight + and press Enter to accept.

      

   4. Press F10 to accept. Installation will take a few moments.

5. Exit YaST by hitting F10 to finish and then F9 to quit.

6. Check if installation was successful. Run the command odbcinst. If you see a list of commands, installation was successful.

   

1. Log in as <sid>adm and move to /usr/sap/HXE/home directory.

   Example:

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   su -l hxeadm
   cd /usr/sap/HXE/home
   

2. Create the .odbc.ini file.

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   vi .odbc.ini
   

3. Add the following for each client machine:

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   [<DATABASE_NAME>]
   servernode = <client_ip_address>:3<instance_number>13
   #location of the unixODBC driver
   driver = /usr/sap/<sid>/HDB<instance_number>/exe/libodbcHDB.so
   description = <optional_description>
   databasename = <your_database_alias>
   

   Here is an example:

   [HXECLIENT]
   servernode = 10.100.100:39013
   driver = /usr/sap/HXE/HDB90/exe/libodbcHDB.so
   description = Test database for unixODBC
   databasename = client
   

Connect to your system with the isql command.

isql <DATABASE_NAME> <user> <password>

Example:

isql HXECLIENT SYSTEM Password1

If successful, a list of commands displays: