HCI + oData Provisioning:
Recently there was a new update on HCI with oData Provisioning which helps to connect to your On Premise System OnDemand and extract data from SAP Business Suite via Gateway oData Services openly in Cloud.
Some of the limitations or responsibilities of an On-Premise systems would be :
- Upgrading the frontend server to the newest SAP components
- Manually sizing the systems and scaling them for the peak load – meaning that the systems are often not utilized efficiently
- Monitoring system downtimes
- Monitoring security and preventing hacker attacks
- Exposing data from OData services for consumption in the cloud
HCI oData Provisioning helps customers who are concerned by the implication of an On-Premise Gateway Hub Installation. The SAP Gateway hub component is hosted on the SAP HANA Cloud Platform meaning that SAP safeguards secure operation and runtime aspects of HCI OData Provisioning including:
- Upgrading the frontend server to the newest SAP components
- Cloud elasticity ensuring the best performance for customers
- Lowering TCO: the systems are often not utilized efficiently when operated in a customer’s data center, as they need to be sized for peak loads
- Exposing the exposed OData services to the cloud using the SAP HANA Cloud Connector
- System administration and monitoring tasks
- Security monitoring
- Serves as the basis for products like SAP Fiori or SAP HANA Cloud Platform mobile services
To access this facility logon to your HCP Trial Account. In case you have not created one you can create it at https://account.hanatrial.ondemand.com/
To access the HCI oData Provisioning,
Go to Services -> Click on HCI OData Provisioning -> Click Enable
If you are accessing the HCI oData Services for first time you need to Assign the GW_ADMIN Role to your ID.
To do that click on Services -> HCI OData Provisioning -> Under Service Configuration Click on Configure HCI OData Provisioning
Click on Roles
Click New Role - > Select GW_Admin
Under Individual Users Click on Assign and enter your S-User ID(ID which you have used for Login/Registration)
Note : Do not assign GW_ADMIN and GW_USER to same ID as the HCI oData Provisioning Admin Page will show Authorization error.
Once this Role is Assigned you will now be able to view the HCI oData Provisioning Administration Page as below.
To go to this Page : click on Go To Service under Service Description
HCI oData Provisioning Admin Page:
In the next post we will learn how to Register a Service and its requirements.
Regards,
Nagesh