Automate and Simplify SAP HANA Backups with AWS Backup
INTRODUCTION KEY INFORMATION CUSTOMER USE CASE SUMMARY BIBLIOGRAPHY AND RESOURCES

Automate and Simplify SAP HANA Backups with AWS Backup

AWS BACKUP SAP
August 1, 2023•AWS•SAP•AWS Backup•SAP HANA
Key services AWS Backup•SAP HANA•AWS S3
A problem to solve Automate and simplify backups for SAP HANA.
Benefits for the customer
  • Simplified data protection,
  • Reduced risk of data loss,
  • Faster recovery,
  • Central management
  • Compliance and security,
  • Cost efficiency,
  • Flexibility in data management,
  • Seamless disaster recovery,
  • Private and secure backups.

INTRODUCTION

AWS Backup for SAP HANA on Amazon Web Services (AWS) is an advanced solution that protects key business processes such as finance, procurement, and payroll by offering reliable backup and recovery for SAP HANA workloads. The solution uses the AWS Backint Agent, enabling direct backups to Amazon S3, which simplifies the entire process and optimizes its performance.

Backups are centrally managed via the console, with additional security in the form of IAM policies and dedicated vaults. AWS Backup also offers intelligent, continuous backups for point-in-time restores, and AWS Systems Manager for SAP enables discovery and registration of SAP HANA databases, making future operations easier.

AWS Backup for SAP HANA on AWS is a comprehensive solution for protecting data and business processes in SAP HANA. It provides central management, security, fast disaster recovery, and optimization of the backup process thanks to integration with Amazon S3 and AWS Backint Agent.

KEY INFORMATION

AWS Backup is a fully managed, cost-effective service that simplifies data protection for a variety of AWS resources.

For SAP HANA workloads, it offers the following features:

Administrators can manage backup operations, scheduling, continuous backup, and point-in-time restore for SAP HANA databases and other AWS resources from the AWS Backup console, ensuring a consistent experience.

AWS Backup is integrated with AWS monitoring services such as Amazon CloudWatch and AWS CloudTrail, allowing you to easily monitor and act on the status of your backups. Amazon SNS can be used for notifications and Amazon EventBridge for event monitoring.

AWS Backup supports AWS PrivateLink, enabling a secure and scalable private connection between VPCs and AWS Backup endpoints, keeping network traffic on the global AWS network.

SAP HANA database backups are stored in encrypted AWS backup vaults using AWS Key Management Services (AWS KMS), ensuring data security.

Vault Lock prevents backup lifecycle changes and manual deletion of backups, supporting compliance requirements by implementing Write-Once-Read-Many (WORM) security.

CUSTOMER USE CASE

Customers can use AWS Backup to create reliable backups of their SAP HANA databases, ensuring data recovery in the event of data loss or system failure. These copies can be stored in different AWS regions for disaster recovery purposes.

With AWS Backup, customers can perform point-in-time restores for their SAP HANA databases, allowing them to return their data to a state before the problem occurred.

Customers can use SAP HANA system copies and cloning for a variety of purposes, such as creating development or test environments, replicating production data for analysis, or running multiple instances for increased scalability.

AWS Backup features, such as AWS KMS encryption and Vault Lock, help customers meet data protection and retention compliance requirements.

AWS Backup can be used to efficiently migrate SAP HANA databases between regions or AWS accounts, simplifying the data transfer process while ensuring data integrity and security.

SUMMARY

AWS Backup for SAP HANA simplifies backup and restore operations for SAP HANA databases on AWS. With centralized management and automation, customers can efficiently complete data protection tasks such as backup, restore, and system copy. Native AWS integration enables seamless scalability and management of multiple AWS resources and accounts, offering a user-friendly and scalable solution to meet your data protection needs.

BIBLIOGRAPHY AND RESOURCES

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