Set application details and settings for SAP HANA databases

After setting the staging disk format and backup method, you must enter the details and settings you want to apply to your backup plans:

  1. In the management console, go to App manager and click Applications.

  2. Right-click the HANA database and click Manage backup configuration.

  3. At the top of the page, click Details & Settings.

  4. In the Application details & settings window, configure database settings based on your host type.

    Setting Backup Capture Method: Volume-Level Backup Backup Capture Method: Full+Incremental Backup
    HANA DB User Store Key This is the SAP HANA hdbuserstore key for the system database created earlier. This field is mandatory. This is the SAP HANA hdbuserstore key for the system database created earlier. This field is mandatory.
    Use Staging Disk Granularity as Minimum Staging Disk Size Not applicable. For applications that are under the size of granularity setting that tend to periodically grow this new option is useful to avoid frequent costly FULL backups. Because the staging disk is thin provisioned, there is no initial cost to use a staging disk that is larger than required for immediate use. The values are 0 for No and the Staging Disk Granularity setting for Yes.
    Staging Disk Granularity Not applicable. Maximum size of each staging disk when multiple staging disks are used for an application. The default value is 1000GB.
    Last Staging Disk Minimum Size Not applicable. Minimum size of the last staging disk created for an application with multiple staging disks. This value is also used for additional disks allocated to accommodate growth. The default value is 250GB.
    Use BACKINT for HANA Full+Incremental Filesystem Backup Not applicable When set to Yes, database backup uses the BACKINT configuration and BACKINT parameters are updated in the HANA database configuration files.
    Force Full Filesystem Backup Not applicable Use for an on-demand full backup
    Ignore Partial Database Backup Failures Not applicable Enable this option to continue the backup job even if a tenant backup fails in a multitenant SAP HANA instance..
    Database Filesystem Staging Disk Size in GB Not applicable Use the default calculation: (database size * 1.5)+ 10%. The disks will grow dynamically.
    Retention of Production DB Logs in Hours Production log backups will be deleted based on the number of hours passed. Default value is 2. Production log backups will be deleted based on the number of hours passed. Default value is 2.
    Retention of Production Catalog in Days Retention of catalog logs in days. Retention of catalog logs in days.
    Tenant DB User Store Key Prefix Not applicable. HANA user store key prefix to backup tenant database. During the backup Tenant database name will be appended to the string provided. For example, if Prefix is provided as ACTBACKUP and tenant name is CL5, then userstore key for tenant will be ACTBACKUPCL5.
    Use SystemDB User Store Key to Backup Tenant Not applicable. SYSTEMDB userstore key will be used to backup all the tenant databases.
    Run Tenant Backups in Parallel Not applicable. If set to Yes, all tenant databases will be backed up in parallel for backups using file system, non-backint.
    Script Timeout This value is applied to internal backup and recovery scripts called by Backup and DR agent. Default value is recommended. This value is applied to internal backup and recovery scripts called by Backup and DR agent. Default value is recommended.

  5. Click Save changes.

Backup and DR Service documentation for SAP HANA Scale-Out

This page is one in a series of pages specific to protecting and recovering SAP HANA Scale-Out instances with Backup and DR Service. You can find additional information in the following pages: