Registering a HANA host

Prerequisites
  • Ensure that the user has root privileges.
  • Ensure that you register the master server in a multihost system as the other hosts are automatically discovered when registering a HANA database. This prerequisite is applicable for HANA 2.0 version. For HANA 1.0 version, any active worker host can be used for database registration.
  • Ensure that the Public Key content is available in .ssh/authorized_keys file of the host user when the Authentication Type selected is Secure Key.

Procedure
  1. Click the main menu and then click SAP HANA > Hosts.
  2. On the master pane of the Hosts screen, click + Hosts
    NOTE: For the first time host registration in RMC-SH, the Actions menu is not available.
  3. In the Register Host screen, provide the following details:
    • IP Address or Host Name - The IP address or the name of the HANA host. The hosts and RMC must be configured in the same domain.

    • [Optional] Alias Name - An alias name for the HANA host.

    • Username - The username to access the HANA database host that has root privileges.

    • Specify the Authentication Type as either Password or Secure Key.
      • For Authentication Type as Password, specify a password.

      • For Authentication Type as Secure Key, verify that the Public Key content is correct.

    • RMC Client Location - The shared location where the SAP HANA client is available. By default, the path is set to /hana/shared and cannot be blank.
    • [Optional] Description - A short description about the database host.

  4. Click Add.
    NOTE:
    • Refrain from using different login credentials for the same host configured at a remote appliance to manage HANA database configured with Remote Copy.

    • SAP HANA host registration is dependent on the version of the installed OS version and not on the installed SAP HANA database.

    • RMC-SH client installation does not check if SAP HANA database is installed on it. It only performs a check of the OS version.

    • RMC resolves conflicts when you intend to perform a host registration by hostname or FQDN.