Upgrading a SAP HANA Cloud Database

In this lesson, you'll learn how to check the version of your SAP HANA Cloud database instance.

You'll see how to upgrade your SAP HANA Cloud database instance to the current available version.

After the update, you can check the version of your SAP HANA Cloud database instance.

As a database administrator, you want to upgrade your companies SAP HANA Cloud database, but, before the upgrade, you want to check the version of the database to be sure that everything is prepared.

Before you upgrade your SAP HANA Cloud database instance, you want to know the current version in order to check the upgrade notes for possible changes and fixes.

Your SAP HANA Cloud database instance is part of the SAP Business Technology Platform, to find your SAP HANA Cloud database instance you need to perform the following steps.

1. Log on to the SAP Business Technology Platform account and navigate to the SAP HANA Cloud database area by following on of these paths:
   • For a BTP account: <your BTP home page> → <your global account> → <your subaccount> → <your development space>. From the navigation pane, select SAP HANA Cloud button. Then select the button Manage HANA Cloud.
   • For a BTP enterprise account: <your BTP home page> → your enterprise global account> → select the Subaccounts link → <your subaccount> → <your development space>From the navigation pane, select SAP HANA Cloud button. Then select the button Manage HANA Cloud.
2. A sign-in tab opens. Select your e-mail address to continue the sign in process.
3. In the new tab, you are now logged on to the SAP HANA Cloud Central application.

The SAP HANA Cloud Central (1) opens in a new browser tab. This makes it easier to navigate between the SAP HANA Cloud Central and SAP BTP Cockpit.

Select the °°° (2) button to open the Actions Menu for the selected cloud database. From the Actions Menu, select the Open in SAP HANA cockpit (3) option.

Whenever you start a new SAP HANA Cloud session, you'll have to log on to your SAP HANA Cloud Cockpit. In the Choose Authentication pop-up window, specify your SAP HANA cockpit user account and password (1). Select OK (2) to log on.

Note

Your credentials will be remembered until you close your browser session.

If this is your first visit to the SAP HANA cockpit, you might want to change the View display from Monitoring to All (3) to see all the available SAP HANA cockpit cards.

For quick navigation in the SAP HANA cockpit Overview page search for Database Information (1) using the search field.

The Database Information (2) card is found. In the card, you can already see the SAP HANA Version. Select the Database Information if you need more information like SAP HANA Version History or Installed Plugin version.

As a database administrator, you want to upgrade your companies SAP HANA Cloud database to the current available version.

Upgrading SAP HANA Cloud is very easy. With only a few clicks, you can perform the upgrade. It's also quite fast, as it only takes the time of a shutdown and start-up of the database.

You still need to manage this process in such a way that the upgrade doesn't interfere with business hours.

Your SAP HANA Cloud database instance is part of the SAP Business Technology Platform, to find your SAP HANA Cloud database instance you need to perform the following steps.

1. Log on to the SAP Business Technology Platform account, and navigate to the SAP HANA Cloud database area by following one of these paths:
   • For a BTP account: <your BTP home page> → <your global account> → <your subaccount> → <your development space>. From the navigation pane, select SAP HANA Cloud button. Then select the button Manage HANA Cloud.
   • For a BTP enterprise account: <your BTP home page> → your enterprise global account> → Subaccounts link → <your subaccount> → <your development space>From the navigation pane, select SAP HANA Cloud button. Then select the button Manage HANA Cloud.
2. A sign-in tab opens. Select your e-mail address to continue the sign in process.
3. In the new tab, you are now logged on to the SAP HANA Cloud Central application.

In the SAP HANA Cloud Central, you see a notification (1) for your database. When you select the notification, a pop-up window notifies you that a new revision is available.

The upgrade can be started directly from the Upgrade notification (3) or from the °°° (2) button.

To open the Actions Menu for the selected cloud database, select the °°° (2) button. From the Actions Menu, select the Upgrade (3) option to start the upgrade as well.

Note

As of QRC 03/2022 the database administrator can also choose the version to use for the upgrade. The selection is two releases in the past plus the current release. This means with release QRC 03/2022, you could also select QRC 02/2022 or QRC 01/2022 for an upgrade.

As soon as you start the upgrade, the system displays an information message that the upgrade involves a restart of your SAP HANA Cloud database instance. Confirm this message by selecting the Yes button.

Note

It's also possible to configure the SAP HANA database to apply the patch with or without a restart.

In the SAP HANA Cloud Central, you'll see your database Stopping and Starting. This process is fully automated and after a few minutes the database status is Running again.

In the following video, you'll see how to upgrade SAP HANA Cloud to a new version.

As a database administrator, you've upgraded your companies SAP HANA Cloud database, and now you want to check the version of the database to make sure that everything went fine.

After you upgraded your SAP HANA Cloud database instance, you want to now the current version of the database.

Your SAP HANA Cloud database instance is part of the SAP Business Technology Platform. To find your SAP HANA Cloud database instance, you need to perform the following steps.

1. Log on to the SAP Business Technology Platform trial account, and navigate to the SAP HANA Cloud database area by following on of these paths:
   • For an BTP trial account: <your BTP home page> → <your trial global account> → <your subaccount> → <your development space>. From the navigation pane, select SAP HANA Cloud button. Then select the button Manage HANA Cloud.
   • For an BTP enterprise account: <your BTP home page> → your enterprise global account> → select the Subaccounts link → <your subaccount> → <your development space>. From the navigation pane, select SAP HANA Cloud button. Then select the button Manage HANA Cloud.
2. A sign-in tab opens. Select your e-mail address to continue the sign in process.
3. In the new tab, you are now logged on to the SAP HANA Cloud Central application.

The SAP HANA Cloud Central (1) opens in a new browser tab. This makes it easier to navigate between the SAP HANA Cloud Central and SAP BTP Cockpit.

To open the Actions Menu for the selected cloud database, select the °°° (2) button. From the Actions Menu, select the Open in SAP HANA cockpit (3) option.

For quick navigation in the SAP HANA cockpit Overview page search for Database Information (1) using the search field.

The Database Information (2) card is found. In the card, you can already see the SAP HANA Version. Select the Database Information if you need more information like SAP HANA Version History or Installed Plugin version.