Example creating an application consistent storage snapshot on a remote virtualized vVol scale up instance

SAP

Audience
Public
Product
FlashBlade
FlashArray
FlashStack
FlashBlade > Purity//FB
FlashArray > Purity//FA
Technology Integrations
SAP
Source Type
Documentation

No password arguments are provided which then causes a prompt to show for each required.

Note:

If the vCenter Credentials are not provided then the snapshot will be abandoned in a similar fashion to the below output :


HANA:~ # create_scaleup_snapshot --hostaddress vhana05.soln.local --databaseuser SYSTEM --operatingsystemuser root --flasharray 10.21.227.50 --flasharrayuser pureuser
Database Password:
Operating System Password:
FlashArray Password:
vCenter Password (Leave blank if not required):
The volume has been detected to be a virtual disk but no vCenter credentials have been supplied to further parse the request
Abandoning storage snapshot with SAP HANA Backup ID : 1610719220924

HANA:~ # create_scaleup_snapshot --hostaddress vhana05.soln.local --databaseuser SYSTEM --operatingsystemuser root --flasharray 10.21.227.50 --flasharrayuser pureuser --vcenteraddress erebus.soln.local --vcenteruser Administrator@vsphere.local
Database Password:
Operating System Password:
FlashArray Password:
vCenter Password (Leave blank if not required):
Volume Snapshot serial number : 8488B6DAC70F42A20001A482
Confirming storage snapshot with SAP HANA Backup ID : 1610719444661

The Storage snapshot is created and visible within SAP HANA Studio:

In the FlashArray web user interface it can now be seen that the storage snapshot is present with the appended Snapshot ID: