The goal here is to :
- have the environment locally running
- consuming a minimal amount of resources
- not run a full installation process
To achieve that we will use the “server only” virtual machine option available with SAP HANA, express edition and reuse existing tutorials to guide you during the setup.
However, we will need to apply a few additional steps to setup the environment for our scenario.
The SAP HANA, express edition version used here is 2.0 SPS0.
The following tutorial will guide you with the download & installation instructions:
But before going to the next tutorial “Start Using SAP HANA 2.0, express edition (Virtual Machine Method)”, we will need to adjust the network settings.
By default, virtual machine are configured for “Host-only” access, which will prevent virtual machines to see each other.
Therefore, you will need to edit your virtual machine network settings.
If you are using VMWare
, go to “Virtual Machine Setting” > “Hardware” > “Network Adapter” and select “NAT”, and save your changes.
If you are using VirtualBox
, go to “Settings” > “Network” and select “NAT”, and save your changes.
Now, you can move to Start Using SAP HANA 2.0, express edition (Virtual Machine Method).
Make a note of the SAP HANA virtual machine IP address and the hostname running the following commands:
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For the IP address:
ip -4 addr show eth0 | grep -oP '(?<=inet\s)\d+(\.\d+){3}'
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For the hostname short name:
hostname
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For the hostname fully qualified name:
hostname -f
With the SAP HANA, express edition virtual machine, you should have something like that:
- host short name: hxehost
- host fully qualified name: hxehost.localdomain.com
- IP address: should start with 192.168.48.XXX