Set application details and settings for SAP HANA databases

After setting the staging disk format and backup method, you must enter the details and settings you want to apply to your backup plans:

  1. In the management console, go to App manager and click Applications.

  2. Right-click the SAP HANA database and click Manage backup configuration.

  3. At the top of the page, click Details & Settings.

  4. In the Application details & settings window, configure database settings based on your host type.

    • Backup Capture Method: persistent disk
    • HANA DB User Store Key: This is the mandatory SAP HANA hdbuserstore key for the system database created earlier.
    • Ignore partial database failures: Applicable only for full+incremental backup. With this set to Yes, the backup job continues even if one of the tenant backups fails.
    • Retention of production DB logs in hours: At the end of every log backup, the log purge will run and delete all the logs older than the number of hours specified here. For example if the number of hours specified is 4 hours then all the logs older than ((the start time of the log backup) - (4 hours)) will be purged. The default value is 2 hours.

    • Retention of production catalog in days: This is the retention of catalog metadata in days. The HANA catalog metadata (m_backup_catalog table) will be purged of logs older than the specified number of days. For example if the number of days specified is 14 days then data from HANA catalog will be purged older than ((the current day) - (14 days)). The default value is 7 days.

    • Script Timeout: This value is applied to internal backup and recovery scripts called by the Backup and DR agent. Default value is recommended.

  5. Click Save changes.

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: