This IBM® Redpaper publication provides guidance about a backup and recovery solution for SAP High-performance Analytic Appliance (HANA) running on IBM Power Systems. This publication provides case studies and how-to procedures that show backup and recovery scenarios.

This publication provides information about how to protect data in an SAP HANA environment by using IBM Spectrum® Protect and IBM Spectrum Copy Data Manager. This publication focuses on the data protection solution, which is described through several scenarios.

The information in this publication is distributed on an as-is basis without any warranty that is either expressed or implied. Support assistance for the use of this material is limited to situations where IBM Spectrum Scale or IBM Spectrum Protect are supported and entitled, and where the issues are specific to a blueprint implementation.

The goal of the publication is to describe the best aspects and options for backup, snapshots, and restore of SAP HANA Multitenant Database Container (MDC) single and multi-tenant installations on IBM Power Systems by using theoretical knowledge, hands-on exercises, and documenting the findings through sample scenarios.

This document provides resources about the following processes:

This publication targets technical readers including IT specialists, systems architects, brand specialists, sales teams, and anyone looking for a guide about how to implement the best options for SAP HANA backup and recovery on IBM Power Systems. Moreover, this publication provides documentation to transfer the how-to-skills to the technical teams and solution guidance to the sales team. This publication complements the documentation that is available at IBM Knowledge Center, and it aligns with the educational materials that are provided by IBM Garage™ for Systems Technical Education and Training.

This paper was produced in close collaboration with the IBM SAP International Competence Center (ISICC) in Walldorf, SAP Headquarters in Germany and IBM Redbooks®.

Dino Quintero is an IT Management Consultant and an IBM Level 3 Senior Certified IT Specialist with IBM Redbooks in Poughkeepsie, New York. He has 24 years of experience with IBM Power Systems technologies and solutions. Dino shares his technical computing passion and expertise by leading teams developing technical content in the areas of enterprise continuous availability, enterprise systems management, high-performance computing, cloud computing, artificial intelligence (AI) (including machine and deep learning), and cognitive solutions. He also is a Certified Open Group Distinguished IT Specialist. Dino holds a Master of Computing Information Systems degree and a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Marist College.

Rosane Goldstein is Storage Consultant at IBM Systems Lab Services in São Paulo, Brazil. She has been working at IBM since 1999, and she has more than 15 years of experience with IBM Spectrum Protect (formerly IBM Tivoli® Storage Manager). She provides technical pre-sales support, proof of concepts, and workshops for customers in Latin America and Brazil, and she also provides design, planning, and implementation services for IBM Spectrum Protect and IBM Spectrum Protect Plus. She has authored other Redbooks and is a regular speaker at IBM technical conferences.

Adriana Melges Quintanilha Weingart is a certified IBM Thought Leader / The Open Group Distinguished Technical Specialist working as Infrastructure Architect for SAP solutions on IBM Cloud, where she reviews exceptions and proposes viable alternatives to solution architects and customers as part of the Boarding Solutions team. She has more than 22 years of experience in IT/SAP, and has been with IBM for 15 years. She supported global, Latin America, and Brazilian customers in the banking and consumer products industries an SAP and Middleware subject matter expert (SME) by working close with the customer, partners, and other IBM teams. Adriana is a member of the IBM Academy of Technology and IBM Technology Leadership Council in Brazil, has authored other Redbooks, and participates as a speaker at IBM and non-IBM technical conferences.

Pia Nymann is an IBM Certified Senior IT Specialist working at Systems Lab Services in Denmark, which is part of IBM Systems Group. She has more than 20 years of experience in the IT industry and has several years of IBM Spectrum Protect (formerly IBM Tivoli Storage Manager) software experience, which includes designing and implementing backup and recovery solutions on various platforms and applications. She used her skills during that time by supporting and educating many clients about data protection. Pia has worked with various areas of the storage management discipline, including IBM Spectrum Control, IBM Spectrum Scale, storage analysis, and service management. She is an author of IBM Tivoli Storage Manager as a Data Protection Solution, SG24-8134.

Andrei Socoliuc is a Certified IT Specialist in Systems and Infrastructure working at IBM Global Technologies Services at IBM Romania. He has 20 years of experience in IT infrastructure, and also has experience working with IBM Spectrum Protect and designing and implementing backup and recovery solutions. He is a coauthor of several IBM Redbooks publications on IBM PowerHA® SystemMirror® and IBM Spectrum Scale.

Thanks to the following people for their contributions to this project:

Wade Wallace
IBM Redbooks, Austin Center

Katharina Probst, Thomas Prause, Graham Hardy, Thomas Gerisch, Axel Westphal
IBM Germany

Kavish Ghogale
IBM India

Natasha Walker, Pepe Lam, Arun Viswanathan
IBM US

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