Step 1a. Recover block storage volume

SAP

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

Recover the relevant storage volume using the FlashArray web user interface. This operation can also be completed using the command line interface or ReST API.

Note:

The persistence data volume must be unmounted from the operating system before a snapshot is restored. This can be done using the “umount” command in a terminal or SSH connection.

Bash command to unmount the data volume at the specified location.

Navigate to the FlashArray web user interface and select “Storage” from the sidebar and then navigate to the “Volumes” section.

Navigate to the block volume on which the relevant hosts HANA data volume is located.

Note:

The snapshot which matches the “Backup ID” in the catalog is appended with the exact same value, this is the volume which should be restored. Note that the addition of this value is done during storage snapshot creation by the user.

Select the 3 vertical dots to bring up the context menu and select Restore…

Check the snapshot to be restored matches the requirements for this recovery scenario and then confirm the operation by selecting “Restore”.

Return to the SSH connection and remount the volume to the SAP HANA data location. This assumes that the correct values in /etc/fstab are present.