SAP HANA
HANA release notes cover the in-memory database, delivered as revisions and Support Package Stacks (SPS). They matter for database features, fixes and, importantly, compatibility with the SAP application.
HANA release notes cover new database features and performance improvements, revisions and support package stacks with fixes and security patches, compatibility requirements with the SAP application release, and changes to the HANA cockpit and tooling. Keep HANA at a revision your application release supports, apply revisions in non-production first, and read them for capabilities to exploit.
- Watch out: a HANA revision has its own compatibility matrix, separate from the application release.
What changes here
- New database features and performance improvements.
- Revisions/SPS with fixes and security patches.
- Compatibility requirements with the SAP application release.
- Administration and tooling (HANA cockpit) changes.
How to use them
Keep HANA at a revision supported by (and compatible with) your SAP application release, apply revisions in non-production first. HANA release notes matter to Basis/DBAs for planning updates and to developers for new database capabilities to exploit.
Common pitfalls
- Upgrading without reading the notes.
- Ignoring deprecations.
- Missing compatibility requirements.