Troubleshooting failed HANA Backup

Sometimes it happens your HANA DB backup might fail. Below is the procedure to troubleshoot the failed backup.

1. Failed System DB backup troubleshooting

For any failed backup you have to check the backup.log file available in the trace folder. To navigate into trace directory execute cdtrace from os level /usr/sap/<SID>/HDB<instance_number>/<hostname>/trace

Look for backup.log in the folder it will contain the error details. Why your backup is failed.

2 Failed Tenant DB backup troubleshooting

To troubleshoot any failed tenant backup. Navigate to trace folder of tenant database. Execute cdtrace and navigate to tenant DB folder from cdtrace.

Look for backup.log in the folder it will contain the error details. Why your backup is failed.

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