PowerProtect Data Manager 19.17 SAP HANA User Guide

SAP HANA application agent overview

The SAP HANA application agent enables an application administrator to protect and recover the SAP HANA data on the application host. PowerProtect Data Manager integrates with the SAP HANA application agent and enables central scheduling for the SAP HANA backups.

Use PowerProtect Data Manager with the application agent to perform the following operations:

• Automate the configuration of the application agent backup policy and protection storage settings.
• Create a catalog of backups that the application agent creates. Then, monitor that catalog data to determine if retention policies are being adhered to.
• Manage the life cycle of backups that the application agent creates. Ensure that the backups are marked for garbage collection, based on the rules of the retention policy.

PowerProtect Data Manager does not change the way that the application agent works. DBAs, system administrators, or backup administrators create the backups and perform the restore operations.

The SAP HANA application agent installation is a command-line process whereby the user installs the required SAP HANA application agent and PowerProtect Data Manager software. PowerProtect Data Manager then sets the protection storage host, storage unit, user, and password. Install and configure the SAP HANA application agent provides instructions.

Software compatibility information for the PowerProtect Data Manager software and application agents is provided by the E-Lab Navigator.