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Academy · Basis & Platform · 100 Foundations

SAP HANA Database Essentials for Platform Teams

Introduces SAP HANA from an operations perspective: in-memory columnar storage and why it let SAP S/4HANA simplify its data model, the system database and tenant databases of a multitenant system, persistence through data volumes, savepoints and redo logs, backup types and recovery options, and the memory, CPU, disk and alert indicators a platform team watches every day. Built for Basis / Platform Administrators and Solution Architects at Foundations level.

  • 52 minutes
  • 5 lessons + quiz
  • Basis / Platform Administrator, Solution Architect
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  1. 01In-memory and columnar11 min
  2. 02Multitenant containers: system and tenant databases11 min
  3. 03Persistence: savepoints and redo logs10 min
  4. 04Backup and recovery10 min
  5. 05Monitoring: memory, CPU, disk and alerts10 min
  6. QZCourse quiz12 questions

What you’ll be able to do

  • Explain in-memory columnar storage and why it changes data models
  • Describe system and tenant databases in multitenant SAP HANA
  • Explain savepoints, redo logs and persistence
  • Describe backup types and recovery basics
  • Identify key HANA monitoring indicators

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