Mount an SAP HANA backup image as a standard mount

You can mount images of an SAP HANA database as a standard mount or as a virtual database—application aware mount.

This is the procedure for a standard mount. To make a virtual database—application aware mount—see the procedure in SAP HANA database virtual copy.

Use these instructions to mount the database image as a standard mount:

  1. Right-click the protected database from the App Manager Applications list, and select Access.

  2. Select a snapshot image and choose Mount.

  3. Click Target on the Mount page and select the desired target SAP HANA server from the drop-down.

  4. Optionally, enter a unique name associated with the mount in the Label field.

  5. Under Application Options, disable Create New Virtual Application.

  6. Enter a Mount Location in Mapping Options.

  7. If you plan to run pre- or post- scripts with the mounted image, then enter the path and relative filenames in the Pre-Script and Post-Script fields.

  8. Click Submit. You can go to the Job Monitor to view the progress and details of the job. The mounted image is available in the Active Mounts.

Management of the active mounts

Once you have created a mount, you can track the image from the App Manager > Active Mounts. Ideally, don't leave any image mounted indefinitely. This is because the backup image that the mount was created from, cannot expire until all its mounts have been deleted. When you have finished using the mounted image then either:

  • Unmount the image. You can remount it if needed. You can then delete the image later when you are certain it is no longer needed.
  • Unmount and delete the image. This deletes the mounted image, not the backup that the mount is based on.

The Backup and DR Service SAP HANA DBA guide

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