For SAP HANA best practices in Amazon and Azure environments, see the following links:
Backup Operations Considerations
Storage Policies
Use the following guidelines when you assign a storage policies:
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Configure the following options for the data storage policy:
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Enable deduplication
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Compression
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If you are using a separate log storage policy:
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Enable resource caching for log storage policy
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Disable deduplication on log storage policy as logs are not deduped
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Commvault Parameters
MediaAgent Settings
Set the number of pipeline buffers to 600 (this must be a multiple of 30) by using the nNumPipelineBuffers additional settings. For more information about configuring additional settings see, Adding or Modifying Additional Settings from the CommCell Console.
Networking
Configure a one-way direct connection between the SAP HANA clients and the CommServe computer. For more information, see Setting up a One-Way Direct Connection.
Linux Kernel Parameters
For information on Linux kernel parameters, see the following SAP Notes:
SAP HANA Parameters
Set the following parameters in the SAP HANA global.ini file.
Parameter |
Value |
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parallel_data_backup_backint_channels |
4 |
data_backup_buffer_size |
2048 |
backint_response_timeout |
1800 |
catalog_backup_using_backint |
TRUE |
catalog_backup_parameter_file |
/usr/sap/<SID>/SYS/global/hdb/opt/hdbconfig/param |
tcp_backlog |
2048 |
Set the following parameters in the SAP HANA indexserver.ini > [communication] for data backups (applicable for HANA 1.0 SPS10 to HANA 1.0 SPS12):
Parameter |
Value |
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maxendpoints |
35000 |
maxchannels |
35000 |
Note
Some of these parameters are set automatically when you run the backups from the CommCell Console. When you use HANA Studio or the command line to run the backups, you must set these parameters manually.