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2942255 - Rename database fails with "Database could not be renamed, cannot rename path, file exists"

Symptom

Renaming the tenant database and getting the below error.

Could not execute 'RENAME DATABASE XXX TO YYY' in 851 ms 83 us.
SAP DBTech JDBC: [2]: general error: Database could not be renamed; Cannot rename path '/usr/sap/...' :17 (File exists)


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Environment

  • HANA 1.0
  • HANA 2.0

Product

SAP HANA 1.0, platform edition ; SAP HANA, platform edition 2.0

Keywords

RENAME DATABASE, DROP DATABASE, tenantdb, "Database could not be renamed", "File exists" , KBA , HAN-DB , SAP HANA Database , Problem

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