Copying a Tenant Database

You copy a tenant database from one SAP HANA system to another. The new copied tenant database runs as a separate, independent database.

Prerequisites

The general prerequisites for provisioning systems have been met.

For more information, see General Prerequisites for Provisioning Systems.
The tenant database can be used for copying. You have configured the following:
- Initial entities
- System copy setup procedure
You comply with all prerequisites described in the Operations Guide for SAP HANA Tenant Databases.

For more information, see SAP HANA Tenant Databases Operations Guide.

Choose Provisioning.
Choose Systems from the tabs.
The system displays the following:
- Systems enabled for cloning, copying, and renaming
- Systems enabled for SAP HANA system replication configuration
- Cloned and copied systems
- Systems enabled for application server (un-)installation
- Systems enabled for Diagnostics Agent (un-)installation
From the Provisioning dropdown for the tenant database which you want to copy, choose Tenant Processes Copy Tenant DB.
- If one of the following steps, sections, or fields is not applicable, it is not displayed or not eligible for selection in the roadmap.
- If the validation generated one or more warnings, the navigation to a following step is canceled. To ignore warnings, choose the Ignore warnings for this step button and choose Next to proceed with the following steps.
- To validate the data entered in one of the workflow steps without triggering a navigation, choose the Validate Step button.
- To reset one of the workflow steps to its default values, choose the Reset Step button.
Choose Start Tenant Copy.