Creating SAP HANA ECSs

Procedure

1. Click in the navigation plane on the left, and choose Computing > Elastic Cloud Server.

   

2. Click Buy ECS. On the displayed page, configure basic settings of the ECS to be created for the active SAP HANA node. Table 1 describes the parameters.

   Table 1 Basic settings of the active SAP HANA ECS

   Parameter	Description
   Billing Mode	Select Yearly/Monthly.
   Region	Select the target region. For example, CN East-Shanghai2.
   AZ	Specifies the AZ where ECSs are located. Choose an AZ as required.
   CPU Architecture	Select x86.
   Specifications	For details about SAP HANA ECS specifications, see SAP HANA ECS Planning. For example, select m3.8xlarge.8.
   Image	Select Marketplace image. Click Select Image, enter SAP in the search box, and select SUSE for SAP 15 SP1. NOTE: To use marketplace images, such as SUSE for SAP 15 SP1, ensure that your ECS is billed on a yearly/monthly basis.
   System Disk	Set this parameter as required. If you need multiple data disks, click Add Data Disk to add more data disks.

   

   

3. Click Next: Configure Network and configure network information based on Table 2.

   Table 2 Network configuration for the active SAP HANA ECS

   Parameter	Description
   Network	Select the VPC and subnet created in Creating a VPC.
   Extension NIC	If you need more NICs, click Add NIC.
   Security Group	Select the security group created in 1.
   EIP	Select Not required.

   

4. Click Next: Configure Advanced Settings. On the displayed page, configure the advanced settings for the active SAP HANA ECS based on Table 3.

   Table 3 Advanced settings for the active SAP HANA ECS

   Parameter	Description
   ECS Name	Enter hana001.
   Login Mode	Select Password.
   Cloud Backup and Recovery	Set it based on the site requirements, for example, Not required.
   ECS Group (Optional)	Specifies a HANA ECS group. When you create ECSs, the system will allocate the HANA ECSs in the same server group to different physical servers to ensure the running reliability of these HANA ECSs. NOTE: If no ECS group is available, perform the following operations to create one: Click Create ECS Group. On the displayed page, click Create ECS Group, specify the ECS group name, and click OK.
   Advanced Options	Do not set this parameter.

   

5. Click Next: Confirm.

   Check the ECS configurations and select I have read and agree to the Huawei Image Disclaimer. Click Next.

   

6. Repeat 2 to 5 to create the ECS hana002 for the standby SAP HANA node.

   The procedure for creating the active and standby SAP HANA ECSs is similar. You do not need to create SBD shared volume when creating the standby SAP HANA ECS because you can mount the SBD shared volume created for the active SAP HANA ECS to the standby ECS.