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SAP HANA ToDo list for 2024
Prepare for the 2024 project year! The following items should be on the agenda: (
Link to the official SAP Release Strategy ):
- S/4 HANA maintenance (details)
- Linux update/upgrade (SLES 15/RHEL 8 is a MUST) for the use of new HANA versions (SPS7+) incl. S/4HANA 2023
- Check S/4HANA Compatibility Packs (details)
- Usage of new HANA features like:
- NSE (Native Storage Extension) - also usable for BSoH!
- NLS (Near Line Storage)
- Partitioning (dyn. Range / Aging)
- Workload Management
- Update / conversion to SAP S/4HANA 2023 (Prerequisite min. HANA SPS7!)
- Performance checks with HANA HEX Engine (details)
- Valid cloud strategy for the coming years
We prepare the way for you with a stable basis based on our best practice and best experience approaches. This also includes security-relevant aspects such as password policies and auditing.
Plan your upgrade, migration or conversion in the context of HANA now.
Data Tiering - NSE
The databases grow unstoppably without a data tiering concept. With the knowledge from past NSE projects, we can create a strategy tailored to your system. Practice shows that an increase in resources can sometimes be postponed by 1-2 years.
SAP HANA News by XLC
Please notice that when you want to run HANA 2.0 SPS07, you need defined OS levels. As you can see RHEL7 and SLES12 are not certified for SPS07. The SPS07 release of HANA is the basis for the S/4HANA release 2023 which is my recommended go-to release for the next years. Keep in mind that you have to go to SPS07 when you are running SPS06 because it will run out of maintenance end of 2023.
With SPS06 and even stronger in SPS07 the HEX engine was pushed to be used more often. This results on the one hand side in easy scenario to perfect results with lower memory and CPU consumption ending up in faster response times. But in scenarios with FAE (for all entries) together with FDA (fast data access), it can result in bad performance. After some customers upgraded their first systems to SPS07 I recommended to wait for Rev. 73/74. But some started early with Rev. 71/72 and we had to troubleshoot many statement. If you have similar performance issues after the upgrade to SPS07 feel free to contact us! Our current recommendation is to use Rev. 74 with some workarounds. The performance degradation is extreme in systems like EWM and BW with high analytical workload.