Refreshing a Database Using a Database Backup
You perform a restore based refresh for a system with SAP HANA databases using a complete database backup from the source system. With that you refresh the SAP HANA database of the system but keep the configuration settings of your application instances such as central instance (CI), dialog instance (DI), and so on.
Prerequisites
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The general prerequisites for provisioning systems have been met.
For more information, see General Prerequisites for Provisioning Systems.
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You have created a complete (full) data backup of the SAP HANA database using SAP HANA cockpit or SAP HANA studio.
The complete (full) data backup files are available on a separate HDB backup share. This HDB backup share has the ability of being mounted at the target SAP HANA system host during the provisioning process. It is not necessary to be mounted on the source host.
Fencing on the target system can be enabled but make sure that a rule is configured so that the share can be mounted on the target SAP HANA host.
For more information, see SAP HANA Database Backup and Recovery.
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You have the password for the SYSTEM user of the source database.
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You have configured the initial entities.
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The source system can be used for copying.
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The HDB backup share is configured for the source system in the SAP Landscape Management configuration.
For more information, see Adding Mount Point Configurations on System Level.
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The target system is configured as copy of the source system.
For more information, see Initial Entities Configuration.
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You have configured your infrastructure.
For more information, see Infrastructure Configuration.