Capturing and Replaying Workloads - by the SAP HANA Academy

Introduction

One of the new SPS 12 features for monitoring and managing performance in SAP HANA is the ability to capture and replay workloads. This feature enables you to take a performance snapshot of your current system -- a captured workload -- and then execute the same workload again on the system (or another system from backup) after some major hardware or software configuration change has been made. This will help you evaluate potential impacts on performance or stability after, for example, a revision upgrade, parameter modifications, table partition or index changes, or even whole landscape reorganisations.

In this blog, I will describe the required preparation and the operational procedures.

SAP HANA SPS 12 What's New: Security - by the SAP HANA Academy

In the upcoming weeks we will be posting new videos to the SAP HANA Academy to show new features and functionality introduced with SAP HANA Support Package Stack (SPS) 12.

For Security for the SPS 11 release, see SAP HANA SPS 11 What's New: Security - by the SAP HANA Academy

Overview Video

SAP HANA Security - SPS 12 - YouTube

SAP Certified Support Associate: SAP HANA - by the SAP HANA Academy

Introduction

Interested in getting certified as official SAP HANA supporter? In this blog, I will explain how you can prepare for the SAP Certified Support Associate - SAP HANA certification exam.

This blog is part of a series.

• SAP Certified Technology Associate - SAP HANA
• SAP Certified Technology Specialist - SAP HANA Installation
• SAP Certified Support Associate: SAP HANA 

About the Certification

The Support Associate certification was introduced with SPS 06 (June 2013). Tim Breitwieser blogged about it at the time on SCN:SAP HANA Certification Program extended with "SAP Certified Support Consultant". In this blog he explained that the exam is "a pre-requisite for VARs to become authorized to deliver support for SAP HANA". For those that have access to SAP PartnerEdge, you can find all information in the Overview Presentation: VAR-Delivered Support for SAP HANA.

Topic Areas

There are 80 questions divided over ten topic areas. Cut score is 60%, which means that you need to answer at least 47 questions correct. Below the different topics and their relative weight. See the C_HANASUP_1 page on the SAP Training and Certification Shop for the specifics.

SAP HANA Rules Framework by the SAP HANA Academy

Introduction

In the first two videos, the SAP Community Network, the SAP Help Portal, the SAP Support Portal and the Product Availability Matrix are introduced. Knowing where to find information is critical for success.
 
1. How to install SAP HANA Rules Framework: Delivery Unit

2. How to install SAP HANA Rules Framework: SAP HANA Studio Modeling Tools