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Prerequisites for adding hosts and installing SnapCenter Plug-in for SAP HANA Database

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Before you add a host and install the plug-in packages, you must complete all the requirements. SnapCenter Plug-in for SAP HANA Database is available in both Windows and Linux environments.

  • You must have installed Java 1.8 64-bit on your host.

    Note IBM Java is not supported.

  • You must have installed SAP HANA database interactive terminal (HDBSQL client) on the host.

  • For Windows, plug-in Creator Service should be running using the “LocalSystem” windows user, which is the default behavior when Plug-in for SAP HANA Database is installed as domain administrator.

  • For Windows, user store keys should be created as SYSTEM user.

  • When installing a plug-in on a Windows host, if you specify a credential that is not built-in or if the user belongs to a local workgroup user, you must disable UAC on the host. SnapCenter Plug-in for Microsoft Windows will be deployed by default with the SAP HANA plug-in on Windows hosts.

  • For Linux host, HDB Secure User Store keys are accessed as HDBSQL OS user.

  • SnapCenter Server should have access to the 8145 or custom port of Plug-in for SAP HANA Database host.

Windows hosts

  • You must have a domain user with local administrator privileges with local login permissions on the remote host.

  • While installing Plug-in for SAP HANA Database on a Windows host, SnapCenter Plug-in for Microsoft Windows is installed automatically.

  • You must have enabled the password-based SSH connection for the root or non-root user.

  • You must have installed Java 1.8 64-bit on your Windows host.

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Linux hosts

  • You must have enabled the password-based SSH connection for the root or non-root user.

  • You must have installed Java 1.8 64-bit on your Linux host.

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  • For SAP HANA databases that are running on a Linux host, while installing Plug-in for SAP HANA Database, SnapCenter Plug-in for UNIX is installed automatically.

  • You should have bash as the default shell for plug-in installation.

Supplemental commands

To run a supplemental command on the SnapCenter Plug-in for SAP HANA, you must include it in the allowed_commands.config file.

allowed_commands.config file is located in the "etc" subdirectory of the SnapCenter Plug-in for SAP HANA directory.

Windows hosts

Default: C:\Program Files\NetApp\SnapCenter\HANA\etc\allowed_commands.config

Custom path: <Custome_Directory>\NetApp\SnapCenter\HANA\etc\allowed_commands.config Windows host:

Linux hosts

Default: /opt/NetApp/snapcenter/scc/etc/allowed_commands.config

Custom path: <Custome_Directory>/NetApp/snapcenter/scc/etc/allowed_commands.config

To allow supplemental commands on the plug-in host, open allowed_commands.config file in an editor. Enter each command on a separate line. It is not case sensitive. For example,

command: mount

command: umount

Ensure that you specify the fully qualified pathname. Enclose the pathname in quotation marks (") if it contains spaces. For example,

command: "C:\Program Files\NetApp\SnapCreator commands\sdcli.exe"

command: myscript.bat

If the allowed_commands.config file is not present, the commands or script execution will be blocked and the workflow will fail with the following error:

"[/mnt/mount -a] execution not allowed. Authorize by adding the command in the file %s on the plugin host."

If the command or script is not present in the allowed_commands.config, the command or script execution will be blocked and the workflow will fail with the following error:

"[/mnt/mount -a] execution not allowed. Authorize by adding the command in the file %s on the plugin host."

Note You should not use a wildcard entry (*) to allow all commands.