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- How to setup a SAP HANA MDC (Multi-Database Container) instance on the SAP Cloud Platform. This instance will be used to store the datasets to be used with the predictive services.
Setup your trial SAP HANA MDC instance
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Setup your trial SAP HANA MDC instance
Learn how to setup a SAP HANA MDC instance to be used with the SAP Predictive services
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Step 1: Access your SAP Cloud Platform account
Log into the SAP Cloud Platform Cockpit Neo Trial with your free trial account on Europe (Rot) - Trial and access Your Personal Developer Account.
Click on your SAP Cloud Platform Account identifier (which ends with trial by default) as highlighted on the below screenshot.
You are now in your SAP Cloud Platform developer account!
If you are unclear with what is your SAP Cloud Platform account name, you can refer to the following blog entry: SAP Cloud Platform login, user name, account id, name or display name: you are lost? Not anymore!
Step 2: Create your HANA MDC instance
On the left side bar, you can navigate in SAP HANA / SAP ASE > Databases & Schemas.
Click on New.
Complete the form following details information:
| Field Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Database ID | mdc |
| Database System | HANA MDC (< trial >) |
| System User Password | Welcome18Welcome18 |
Note: Password policy was changed recently and now requires a 15 characters password that includes a digit.
You can choose other values for theses properties. As a reference across the next tutorials, you should remember the System User Password as your HANA System Account Password.
Click on Save
Step 3: Wait for the creation to finish
It will take about 5 to 10 minutes for the creation process to complete. So, now is a good time to get a coffee refill!
You can refresh the page by hitting F5.
Once you see the Database started successfully event appears in the list, you can proceed with the next step.
Step 4: Restart the database
Now that you have our HANA MDC instance, you will simply need to restart it to clear some cache and free up some resources.
Click on Stop.
Once the database is stopped, Click on Start.
Note:
If you don’t see your HANA MDC stopping right away in the Events log, it is probably because the initial backup is still pending.
The initial backup may take up to an hour to execute, and your HANA MDC will not restart until it is completed.
Therefore you can proceed with the next steps. However, at some point, the backup will complete, and your instance will be shutdown, therefore you will need to start it.
Step 5: Finalize your SYSTEM user setup
Now, you will need to connect to the SAP HANA Cockpit at least once using the HANA System User in order to finalize the system account setup and add all the necessary roles.
Click on SAP HANA Cockpit.
You will be prompted to login.
Enter SYSTEM as user name and the HANA System Account password that was provided during the instance creation as password (Welcome18Welcome18).
Click on Log On.
You will receive an information message stating that your HANA System Account is not authorized to access the SAP HANA Cockpit, but next you will be granted the necessary roles.
Click on OK.
Before clicking on Continue, provide an answer to the question below then click on Validate.
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