SAP HANA Setting the 'license_usage' parameter.

SAP HANA settings for " License_usage" Parameter.

SAP HANA 2.0 SPS04 a new parameter 'license_usage' in section 'system_information' was introduced in the global.ini configuration file. This note describes the purpose and usage of this parameter.

Solution

The parameter 'license_usage' needs to be set in accordance with the licensing terms of your SAP HANA purchase.

The parameter needs to be set in the system database and every tenant in production systems.   It only needs to be set in installations used for production systems, i.e. whenever the parameter 'usage' in section 'system_information' in global.ini is set to the value 'production'.

In a production system, please set the parameter to one of the following values:

    'full' if you have purchased a SAP HANA full use license for your SAP HANA tenant.
    'runtime' if you have purchased a SAP HANA runtime license for your SAP HANA tenant.
    'administration'  for the system database or if the tenant is exclusively used to run an installation of SAP HANA Cockpit.
    'nonproduction' for tenants that are not used for production but are part of a SAP HANA instance in which other tenants are used for production.