Download SAP Hana Express virtual machine - Part 2

Once you have downloaded and installed the VMware Virtual Machine Player you need to download the actual virtual machine file. In this case this will be the file for the HANA express virtual machine.

Step 1 - Register for the SAP HANA express download manager

Go to the SAP HANA express edition download page, enter an email address and register for free. You can enter any email address into here, does not have to be linked to another SAP account.

https://www.sap.com/cmp/ft/crm-xu16-dat-hddedft/?topic=indexl


Step 2 - Download the SAP HANA express download manager

You will then be taken to the download page where you can download the SAP HXEDownloadManager_win.exe file. To do this simply click on the windows link. or choose the relevant link if you want to install it on a differnet system but this guide takes you through the process on a windows machine.


Once you click on the windows link the file will begin to download.


Once downloaded you can leave this page and move onto the next step... we will come back to this later. Just be aware that there are other options available from this page such as installing the HANA express edition on a cloud platform. But for now, we will focus on getting it up and running on your laptop/pc.


There is also a link to the HANA express edition community, where you will find further help and information. There is a lot of information available here but you do not need to visit any of it to follow this guide. I will walk you through everything you NEED to know to get your HANA system up and running. Then I will point you back here to the relevant places in the community for further and more advanced settings and information.


Step 3 - Use the SAP HANA express download manager

Now it's time to execute the download manager file you have just downloaded (i.e. HXEDownloadManager_win.exe), then choose which files you want and where to save them.


Choose Linux/x86-64


Choose Virtual Machine


Now choose where you want the files to be saved, and which files you want to download. Choose getting starterd guide and the Server only virtual machine. You could actually also select the "Server + applications virtual machine" as well if you want. But leave all the other files for now.

Press the download button



Once the files have been downloaded, click OK.


Now go to the dowload location to confirm the file(s) have been downloaded


...PART 3 - Run the virtual machine

The next step is to return to the VMware workstation player and open this virtual machine file


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