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3687012 - Can SAP HANA Backup Files Be Read or Queried Without Performing a Recovery?

Symptom

A customer wants to access, browse, or query the contents of SAP HANA backup files without performing a recovery.

Typical questions include:

  • “How can I read the data inside a HANA backup?”
  • “Can we extract only certain tables from a backup?”
  • “Is there a tool to open compressed HANA backups?”
  • “We want to decommission a system; can we access the backup without restoring it?”


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Environment

SAP HANA DB Version 2.0

Product

SAP HANA, platform edition 2.0

Keywords

sap system decommissioning, sap hana backup, sap hana recovery, proprietary backup files, hana sandbox system, data retention strategy, decommissioning guidance, hana backup compression, querying hana backup data, sap hana database , KBA , HAN-DB-BAC , SAP HANA Backup & Recovery , How To

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