Accessing SAP HANA Cockpit

SAP HANA cockpit lets you perform aggregate monitoring of SAP database products, including SAP HANA, and manage the cockpits (management consoles) that manage the database products. You access SAP HANA cockpit from within SAP Landscape Management.

Prerequisites

You have the permissions Service(Configure) and Service,Resource,VirtualResource(Observe).

Recommendation
SAP Landscape Management has credentials for SYSTEM and <SID>ADM users. Do not use HANA SYSTEM user or <SID>adm to access SAP HANA cockpit.

For more information, see Standard Permissions.
You have detected and configured an SAP HANA 2.0 system of type HANA Cockpit.

Recommendation
Recommended minimum version: SAP HANA Cockpit 2.0 SP8

For more information, see Configuring General System Properties.
Use a compatible Web browser to access SAP HANA cockpit.

For more information, see SAP Note 1716423 .
You have a cockpit user name and password with the assigned role Cockpit Resource Administrator.

For more information, see Managing Cockpit Users.
You have obtained a service key.

For more information, see Managing Resources, Users, and Groups with the Cockpit APIs.

Procedure

Choose Overview SAP Database Administration SAP HANA Cockpit.
Choose  Configure a new SAP Database Administration.
Select the instance.

Only SAP HANA 2.0 instances assigned to a detected system of type HANA Cockpit are available for selection.
Optional: Enter a display name for the tile to be displayed.
Optional: If you cannot sign a server certificate with a CA that SAP Landscape Management trusts, switch Ignore SSL Server Certificates to ON.

Recommendation
To sign the SSL server certificate with a CA that SAP Landscape Management trusts, keep the default value for the Ignore SSL Server Certificates as OFF.
Optional: A default value for the controller endpoint is displayed. If required, adapt the controller endpoint.
Enter the cockpit user name.
Enter the cockpit user password.

Enter the service key.

Sample Code

{
  "tenantmode" : "dedicated",
  "clientid" : "sb-cockpit!i1",
  "verificationkey" : "<REDACTED>",
  "xsappname" : "cockpit!i1",
  "identityzone" : "uaa",
  "identityzoneid" : "uaa",
  "clientsecret" : "<REDACTED>",
  "url" : https://host:30032/uaa-security
}

Optional: Choose Test Connection.
Save your entries.

A new tile is displayed for accessing SAP HANA cockpit.
Choose the tile created for the SAP HANA instance that you want to manage using SAP HANA cockpit.

Next Steps

Assigning Systems to SAP HANA Cockpit