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  3. NetBackup™ for SAP Administrator's Guide
  5. Configuring backups with SAP HANA Server Intelligent Policy
  7. Backing up SAP HANA instances and databases using web UI
NetBackup™ for SAP Administrator's Guide

Backing up SAP HANA instances and databases using web UI

Use the NetBackup web UI to back up SAP HANA instances and databases.

To discover SAP HANA instances

  1. In the NetBackup web UI, on the left, select SAP.
  2. In the Instances tab, click Discover instances.
  3. On the Discover instances page, select the required client and click Discover.
  4. Refresh the Instances tab to see the new instances that are added for the selected client.
  5. Select the instance and click Manage credentials.
  6. On the Manage credentials page, click Add credentials. Enter the following information:

    • Credential name - Name for the credential, for example: SAP credential

    • Tag - Tag for the credential

    • Description - Information on credential

    • Credentials for SAP database - SAP user name and SAP user password

  7. Click Next. The credentials are validated.
  8. Click Close.
  9. In the Databases tab, click Discover databases.
  10. On the Discover databases page, select the required databases > Hosts and Instances, and click Discover.
  11. Refresh the Databases tab to see the new databases that are added.
  12. On the left, select Protection > Policies and click Add.
  13. On the Create policy page, on the Attributes tab, specify the policy information.
  14. Select SAP as the policy type.

    Instead of the Clients tab, the Protect databases tab is displayed.

    The Backup selections tab is disabled and a new tab called SAP is displayed.

  15. In the Schedules tab, specify the details of the backup schedule for the SAP data backup.

    See Schedule properties for SAP HANA Intelligent Policies.

  16. In the Protect databases tab, click the Protect databases option and click Add.
  17. On the Select database page, select the databases that you want to protect and click Select.
  18. Click Save.
  19. Select the SAP policy that you have created and click Manual backup.
  20. On the Manual backup page, select the required schedule and the client, and click Backup.
  21. On the left, select Activity monitor to see the SAP backup job details.

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