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SnapCenter Software 5.0

Restore and recover SAP HANA databases

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You can restore and recover data from the backups.

About this task

For Auto discovered HANA systems, if the Complete Resource option is selected, then restore is performed using Single File snapshot restore technology. If the Fast Restore check box is selected, then Volume Revert technology is used.

For manually added resources, Volume Revert technology is always used.

Steps

  1. In the left navigation pane, click Resources, and then select the appropriate plug-in from the list.

  2. In the Resources page, filter resources from the View drop-down list based on resource type.

  3. Select the resource or select a resource group and then select a resource in that group.

  4. From the Manage Copies view, select Backups either from the primary or secondary (mirrored or vaulted) storage systems.

  5. In the Primary backup(s) table, select the backup that you want to restore from, and then click restore icon.

  6. In the Restore Scope page, select Complete Resource.

    All the configured data volumes of the SAP HANA database are restored.

  7. For Auto discovered HANA systems, in the Recovery scope page, perform the following actions:

    1. Select Recover to most recent state if you want to recover as close as possible to the current time.

    2. Select Recover to point in time if you want to recover to the specified point in time.

    3. Select Recover to specified data backup if you want to recover to a specific data backup.

    4. Select No recovery if you do not want to recover now.

    5. Specify the log backup locations.

    6. Specify the backup catalog location.

  8. In the Pre ops page, enter pre restore and unmount commands to run before performing a restore job.

  9. In the Post ops page, enter mount and post restore commands to run after performing a restore job.

  10. 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 on the Settings > Global Settings page.

  11. Review the summary, and then click Finish.

  12. Monitor the operation progress by clicking Monitor > Jobs.