The following prerequisites need to be in place before any further configuration can occur:
- Veeam Backup and Replication 9.5 update 4+ is installed and licensed as per the licensing requirements.
- SAP HANA 2.0 SPS02+ is installed and running on either a Scale Up on or Scale Out instance.
- Any one of the following Veeam backup repositories configured with FlashBlade.
- A Linux Server with a mounted NFS share.
- A CIFS (SMB) Share accessed through a Gateway Server.
- An NFS Share.
- A Scale Out Backup Repository that contains multiples of any one of the above supported Backup Repository types.
- Ensure that the Access Permissions for the relevant backup Repositories have been set prior to installation and configuration of the Veem SAP HANA plug-in.
Note:
All of the above information can be applied to FlashArray//C as well. A Backup Repository can be created using a block volume connected to a host from FlashArray//C and formatted with the XFS filesystem.