Friday 29 May 2020

How can we check where HANA system is single DB or multitenant database containers (MDC)?


As we know that HANA MDC feature introduced in HANA version 1.0 SPS 09 and Starting from HANA 2.0 SPS01, Multitenant Database Containers (MDC) became the standard. Please refer below snap 












When we are working HANA DB version 1.0 SPS 09 to 1.0 SPS 12, if some once ask the question that HANA DB which we are using is it MDC or Single DB?


We can check the same by running the simple command as shown below. 


select * from "PUBLIC"."M_DATABASES"

if the database is single DB then you will get below details



If the database is installed at MDC then you will get below details










Note:
We can see in an above snap how we can find single DB and MDC 



Sometimes it's possible that you may not receive any output from the above select query. That time you can find details by running below given SQL statements 

1: HANA_Configuration_Parameters -- SQL Query 

MDCSYS -- it means statement executed at SYSTEM database 
MDCTEN -- It means statement executed at Tenant database 



2HANA_Configuration_Overview  --- SQL Query










We can see that its MDC ( tenant DB / multitenant system) with help both 1 and 2 queries.

Note: select query as per HANA DB version and you can down SQL statement from below link


Note 1969700 - SQL statement collection for SAP HANA