Note:
The only difference between a vVol based scale out instance and a bare metal deployment is the presence of the vcenter credentials
vHANA01:~ # create_scaleout_snapshot --hostaddress vhana01.soln.local --domainname 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):
Creating storage snapshot for mount point : hanadataVHAmnt00001 on host : vhana01.soln.local
Creating storage snapshot for mount point : hanadataVHAmnt00004 on host : vhana02.soln.local
Creating storage snapshot for mount point : hanadataVHAmnt00003 on host : vhana03.soln.local
Creating storage snapshot for mount point : hanadataVHAmnt00002 on host : vhana04.soln.local
Confirming storage snapshot with SAP HANA Backup ID : 1610723655368
The storage snapshot will be visible in SAP HANA studio as shown below.
Each SAP HANA data volume should also be shown to have a storage snapshot with the SAP HANA Backup ID appended to it.