Overview
If the SYSTEM user's password is lost, you can reset it as the operating system administrator by starting the index server in emergency mode. If your HANA DB is Multitenant, this process will not work. My HANA DB revision was 102.04
Prerequisites
You have the credentials of the operating system administrator (<sid>adm).
Procedure
Step 1: Log on to the server on which the master index server is running as the operating system user (that is, <sid>adm user).
Step 2: Open a command line interface.
Step 3: Shut down the instance by executing the following command:
/usr/sap/<SID>/HDB<instance>/exe/sapcontrol -nr <instance> -function StopSystem HDB
If the SYSTEM user's password is lost, you can reset it as the operating system administrator by starting the index server in emergency mode. If your HANA DB is Multitenant, this process will not work. My HANA DB revision was 102.04
Prerequisites
You have the credentials of the operating system administrator (<sid>adm).
Procedure
Step 1: Log on to the server on which the master index server is running as the operating system user (that is, <sid>adm user).
Step 2: Open a command line interface.
Step 3: Shut down the instance by executing the following command:
/usr/sap/<SID>/HDB<instance>/exe/sapcontrol -nr <instance> -function StopSystem HDB
