Backing up SAP HANA databases

If a resource is not yet part of any resource group, you can back up the resource from the Resources page.

1. In the left navigation pane, click Resources, and then select the appropriate plug-in from the list.
2. Optional: In the Resource page, filter resources from the View drop-down list based on resource type.
   Click , and then select the host name and the resource type to filter the resources. You can then click to close the filter pane.
3. Click the resource that you want to back up.
4. In the Resource page, select Use custom name format for Snapshot copy, and then enter a custom name format that you want to use for the Snapshot copy name.
   Example
   For example, customtext__policy_hostname or resource_hostname. By default, a timestamp is appended to the Snapshot copy name.
5. Optional: In the Application Settings page, do the following:
   • Click the Backups arrow to set additional backup options:
     Enable consistency group backup, if needed, and perform the following tasks:

     For this field...	Do this...
     Afford time to wait for "Consistency Group Snapshot" operation to complete	Select Urgent, or Medium, or Relaxed to specify the wait time for Snapshot copy operation to finish. Urgent = 5 seconds, Medium = 7 seconds, and Relaxed = 20 seconds.
     Disable WAFL Sync	Select this to avoid forcing a WAFL consistency point.

   • Click the Scripts arrow to run pre and post commands for quiesce, Snapshot copy, and unquiesce operations.

     You can also run pre commands before exiting the backup operation. Prescripts and postscripts are run in the SnapCenter Server.

   • Click the Custom Configurations arrow, and then enter the custom value pairs required for all jobs using this resource.
   • Click the Snapshot Copy Tool arrow to select the tool to create Snapshot copies:

     If you want...	Then...
     SnapCenter to create a storage-level Snapshot copy	Select SnapCenter without File System Consistency.
     SnapCenter to use the plug-in for Windows to put the file system into a consistent state and then create a Snapshot copy	Select SnapCenter with File System Consistency.
     To enter the command to create a Snapshot copy	Select Other, and then enter the command to create a Snapshot copy.

   
   
   
6. In the Policies page, perform the following steps:
   1. Select one or more policies from the drop-down list.
      Note: You can also create a policy by clicking .
      In the Configure schedules for selected policies section, the selected policies are listed.
   2. Click in the Configure Schedules column for the policy for which you want to configure a schedule.
   3. In the Add schedules for policy policy_name dialog box, configure the schedule, and then click OK.
      policy_name is the name of the policy that you selected.
      The configured schedules are listed in the Applied Schedules column.
7. In the Notification page, from the Email preference drop-down list, select the scenarios in which you want to send the emails.
   You must also specify the sender and receiver email addresses, and the subject of the email. SMTP must also be configured in Settings > Global Settings.
8. Review the summary, and then click Finish.
   The resources topology page is displayed.
9. Click Back up Now.
10. In the Backup page, perform the following steps:
    1. If you applied multiple policies to the resource, from the Policy drop-down list, select the policy that you want to use for backup.
    2. Click Backup.
11. Monitor the operation progress by clicking Monitor > Jobs.