Cloud Backup:Register an SAP HANA instance

Prerequisites

• The Alibaba Cloud Cloud Backup service is activated. Activating Cloud Backup is free of charge. The following fees are incurred when you use the SAP HANA backup feature of Cloud Backup:

  • SAP HANA backup software usage fee: A software usage fee is charged for each SAP HANA instance, regardless of whether it is a standalone or a primary/secondary instance.

  • Storage capacity fee: You are charged based on the storage capacity of your data after deduplication and compression.

  For more information on pricing, see Pricing.

• If you want to back up a database on an ECS instance, you must install Alibaba Cloud Cloud Assistant on the instance.

  The ECS backup client requires Cloud Assistant.

  • If the ECS instance that you want to back up was purchased before December 1, 2017, you must manually install the Cloud Assistant client. For more information, see Install the Cloud Assistant client.

  • If the ECS instance that you want to back up was purchased on or after December 1, 2017, the Cloud Assistant client is pre-installed.

• You have the SYSTEM username and password for the SAP HANA instance.

Usage notes

• Only one SAP HANA instance is supported per ECS instance. Attempting to register a second instance on the same host will result in a "Failed to install HANA" error.

• Direct backup is supported only for SAP HANA instances deployed on Alibaba Cloud ECS. To protect on-premises databases, you must first perform a local backup and then use Cloud Backup to back up the resulting database files. For more information, see Back up local files.

• Backint supports multitenant database containers (MDCs) in SAP HANA 1.0 SPS 09 (Revision 94) and later, and SAP HANA 2.0 SPS 01 and later. Backint does not support single-container systems in SAP HANA 1.0.

Procedure

1. Log on to the Cloud Backup console.

2. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Back Up > SAP HANA Backup.

3. In the top navigation bar, select a region.

4. On the SAP HANA Instances tab, click Register SAP HANA Instance.

5. In the Register SAP HANA Instance panel, configure the connection information for the SAP HANA instance and install the client.

   1. Configure the connection information and click Next.

      

      Parameter	Description
      Backup Vault	Configure the backup vault where backups are stored. Create Vault: Specify a name for the new backup vault. This parameter is optional. If you leave it empty, a random name is assigned. Select Vault: Select an existing backup vault from the backup vault name drop-down list. Important After you create a backup vault and store backup data, you are charged for the storage capacity usage of the backup vault. For more information, see Billing methods and billable items. The system automatically selects the redundancy type based on what the region supports. In regions that support ZRS, a ZRS-enabled backup or archive vault is created by default. In other regions, a LRS-based backup or archive vault is created. You do not need to select the type manually.
      Vault Name	Specify the name of the backup vault.
      Vault Resource Group	This parameter is required only when Backup Vault is set to Create Vault. This parameter specifies the resource group to which the backup vault belongs. Use resource groups to simplify resource and permission management for your Alibaba Cloud account. For more information, see Create a resource group.
      SAP HANA Instance
      Instance Alias	Add an alias for the SAP HANA instance that you want to back up. For example, Dev-saphana.
      Host Address	Enter the private IP address of the ECS instance where the primary node of the SAP HANA instance resides. For example, 172.16.XX.XX.
      Instance Number	Enter the instance number that was specified when you installed SAP HANA.
      Username	Enter the username of the SYSTEM database. The username is usually SYSTEM.
      Password	Enter the password that is used to connect to SAP HANA.
      Use SSL	Turn on the Use SSL switch to connect to the database over an SSL connection.
      Verify SSL Certificate	After you turn on the Verify SSL Certificate switch, the SSL certificate of the database server-side is verified.
      HANA Resource Group	Specifies the resource group to which the SAP HANA instance belongs.

   2. Install the backup client and click Create.

      Select whether to Use HTTPS and select all nodes of the SAP HANA instance that you want to register. Cloud Backup installs an ECS backup client on these nodes. In the search bar, select Instance ID, Instance Name, or VPC ID, and then enter the full name or a keyword to search for the destination ECS instance.

      Note

      HTTPS can be enabled for secure data transfer. While this enhances security, it may impact performance due to encryption overhead. Any changes to this setting will take effect on the next backup or restore job.

   The system automatically installs a backup client on the ECS instances that you selected. After the installation is complete, the status of the SAP HANA instance changes to Registered.

   

More operations

FAQ

How do I view the status and logs of the Cloud Backup client after I register an SAP HANA database?

Next step

Configure backup parameters