SAP HANA Deployment Types

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SAP HANA can be deployed in a number of configurations that are approved in varying degrees for production environments (or not approved for production at
all).

The server installation documentation is mainly written for SAP HANA deployment types which are completely approved for production environments, that is to
say, an SAP HANA system running on dedicated hardware, or multitenant database container systems (also known as MDC systems).
Multitenant Database Containers (MDC)
The multitenant database container deployment type was introduced with SAP HANA Support Package Stack (SPS) 09, and makes it possible to run several
SAP HANA instances on the same hardware in a production environment. It provides an alternative to a virtualized deployment, which is only production
approved in some scenarios, and the MCOS (Multiple Components One System) deployment, which is not approved for production environments.
It is possible to install an SAP HANA as a multitenant database container system using the SAP HANA database lifecycle manager (HDBLCM). As of SPS
10, you can specify a database isolation type during installation of a multitenant database container system. High isolation can be configured to protect
against unauthorized access at the operating-system level by separating system administrator users and providing authenticated communication within
databases. For more information, see Database Isolation in the SAP HANA Administration Guide or the SAP HANA Security Guide and db_isolation in Related
Information.
If you have an SAP HANA system which you would like to update to support multitenancy, you must first update the SAP HANA system to revision 90 or
later, and then convert the SAP HANA system to support multitenant database containers. For more information, see Convert an SAP HANA System to
Support Multitenant Database Containers in the SAP HANA Administration Guide.
Multiple Components on One Database (MCOD)
MCOD deployments are characterised by multiple applications on one SAP HANA system. SAP supports deploying and running multiple applications on a
single SAP HANA production database only for packaged applications and scenarios listed on the "White List" included in SAP Note 1661202. If a particular
packaged application or scenario is not on the "White List", then it is not supported to run together on the same SAP HANA database with any other packaged
application or scenario. For more information, see SAP Note 1661202 in Related Information.
Virtualized
SAP HANA systems can be run on virtual machines with restrictions to the hypervisor (including logical partitions). For more information about running SAP
HANA virtualized, see SAP Note 1788665, 2230704 and 2024433 in Related Information.
Multiple Components on One System (MCOS)
MCOS deployments are characterized by multiple SAP HANA systems on one host. This configuration is approved for production environments as of SAP
HANA Support Package Stack (SPS) 09. This is restricted to single host / scale-up scenarios only. Please keep in mind that multi-SID requires significant
attention to various detailed tasks related to system administration and performance management. For more information about running SAP HANA virtualized,
see SAP Note 1681092 in Related Information.
It is approved for production environments for SAP HANA systems to share hardware between the SAP HANA server and SAP HANA options. As of SPS 10,
you have the option to install SAP HANA systems with multiple host roles - including database server roles and SAP HANA option host roles - on one host, or
give an existing SAP HANA host additional roles during system update. For more information about configuring additional host roles, see add_local_roles and
add_roles in Related Information.

Caution
SAP HANA server software and tools can be used for several SAP HANA platform and options scenarios as well as the respective capabilities used in
these scenarios. The availability of these is based on the available SAP HANA licenses and the SAP HANA landscape, including the type and version of
the back-end systems the SAP HANA administration and development tools are connected to. There are several types of licenses available for SAP
HANA. Depending on your SAP HANA installation license type, some of the features and tools described in the SAP HANA platform documentation may
only be available in the SAP HANA options and capabilities, which may be released independently of an SAP HANA Platform Support Package Stack
(SPS). Although various features included in SAP HANA options and capabilities are cited in the SAP HANA platform documentation, each SAP HANA
edition governs the options and capabilities available. Based on this, customers do not necessarily have the right to use features included in SAP HANA
options and capabilities. For customers to whom these license restrictions apply, the use of features included in SAP HANA options and capabilities in a
production system requires purchasing the corresponding software license(s) from SAP. The documentation for the SAP HANA optional components is
available in SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com/hana_options. If you have additional questions about what your particular license provides, or wish to

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Related Information
Multitenant Database Containers
Install a Multitenant Database Container System Using the Graphical User Interface
Install a Multitenant Database Container System Using the Command-Line Interface
Converting an SAP HANA System to Support Multitenant Database Containers
Database Isolation
SAP HANA Administration Guide
SAP Note 1661202 - Support for multiple applications on SAP HANA
SAP Note 1681092 - Multiple SAP HANA DBMSs (SIDs) on one SAP HANA system
SAP Note 1788665 - SAP HANA Support for virtualized / partitioned (multi-tenant) environments
SAP Note 2230704 - SAP HANA on IBM Power Systems with multiple - LPARs per physical host
SAP Note 2024433 - Multiple SAP HANA VMs on VMware vSphere in production
add_local_roles
add_roles
db_isolation

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