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As discussed in the section “Data protection strategy,” policies are usually configured independently of the resource and can be used by multiple SAP HANA databases.
A typical minimum configuration consists of the following policies:
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Policy for hourly Snapshot backups.
For example,
SnapshotEvery4h -
Policy for weekly block integrity check using a file-based backup.
For example,
BlockIntegrityCheckEverySunday
The following sections describe the configuration of these two policies.
Policy for hourly Snapshot backups
To create a policy for hourly Snapshot backups, follow these steps:
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Go to Policies and click Add Policy.
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In the Create Policy screen provide a policy name, backup type, backup naming convention, and schedule and retention details.
For example, in the following figure, for the Snapshot backup, a schedule of every 4 hours and a start time of 10AM is configured. The retention is configured with 18, which is 3 days.
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In the Custom Backup Name window, you can change the backup naming convention and add a custom prefix.
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To create the new policy, click Add.
Policy for weekly block integrity check
To create a policy for a weekly block integrity check, follow these steps:
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Go to Policies and click Add Policy.
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In the Create Policy screen, provide a policy name, backup type, backup naming convention, and as schedule and retention details.
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To create the new policy, click Add.
The following figure shows a summary of the configured policies.
