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Configuring the backup user and hdbuserstore

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You should configure a dedicated database user within the HANA database to run the backup operations with Snap Creator. In a second step, you should configure a SAP HANA userstore key for this backup user. This userstore key is used within the configuration of the Snap Creator SAP HANA plug-in.

The backup user must have the following privileges:

  • BACKUP ADMIN

  • CATALOG READ

The following screenshot of the SAP HANA Studio shows where the backup user can be created.
  1. At the administration host, the host where Snap Creator got installed, a userstore key is configured for all database hosts that belong to the SAP HANA database. The userstore key is configured with the OS root user: hdbuserstore set keyhost 3[instance]15 userpassword

  2. Configure a key for all four database nodes.

    mgmtsrv01:/usr/sap/hdbclient32 # ./hdbuserstore set SCADMIN08 cishanar08:34215 SCADMIN Password
    mgmtsrv01:/usr/sap/hdbclient32 # ./hdbuserstore set SCADMIN09 cishanar09:34215 SCADMIN Password
    mgmtsrv01:/usr/sap/hdbclient32 # ./hdbuserstore set SCADMIN10 cishanar10:34215 SCADMIN password
    mgmtsrv01:/usr/sap/hdbclient32 # ./hdbuserstore set SCADMIN11 cishanar11:34215 SCADMIN Password
    mgmtsrv01:/usr/sap/hdbclient32 # ./hdbuserstore LIST
    DATA FILE       : /root/.hdb/mgmtsrv01/SSFS_HDB.DAT
    
    KEY SCADMIN08
      ENV : cishanar08:34215
      USER: SCADMIN
    KEY SCADMIN09
      ENV : cishanar09:34215
      USER: SCADMIN
    KEY SCADMIN10
      ENV : cishanar10:34215
      USER: SCADMIN
    KEY SCADMIN11
      ENV : cishanar11:34215
      USER: SCADMIN
    mgmtsrv01:/usr/sap/hdbclient32