Running SAP HANA on VMware provides a flexible and scalable environment for businesses to deploy and manage their SAP HANA applications. By following the steps outlined in this article, you can download, repack, and deploy a new SAP HANA virtual machine image on VMware. With this guide, you'll be well on your way to leveraging the power of SAP HANA and VMware to drive business innovation and growth.
- Log in to your VMware vCenter Server or VMware ESXi host.
- Click on "Create/Register VM" and select "Create a new virtual machine".
- Choose the correct name, location, and folder for your virtual machine.
- SAP HANA Express (free up to 32GB): You may repack for personal development but not for commercial redistribution.
- SAP HANA Platform Edition: The license is tied to the S-User ID used to download the original media. Repacking does not change the license metric (based on memory per core).
- BYOL (Bring Your Own License) in VMware: You can repack and move a VM, but you must maintain the license entitlement.
- Audit Risk: If you distribute your "new repack" outside your organization, you violate SAP’s Software Usage Rights.
Installation: Once the OVA file is downloaded, it is imported into VMware, where users log in with default credentials (typically hxeadm) and perform initial setup tasks like setting a master password. Understanding the "Repack" Context sap hana vmware image download repack new