The SAP HANA cockpit provides a backup scheduler that allows administrators to define and automate backup policies. This scheduler is specifically designed for creating file-based data backups. The types of data backups that can be scheduled as part of a recurring backup policy are Complete Data Backups (full), Incremental Data Backups, and Differential Data Backups. These options enable administrators to implement a comprehensive and efficient backup strategy directly from the central administration tool.

A. Data snapshot: While data snapshots can be created using the SAP HANA cockpit, they are not a schedulable backup type within the standard backup policy scheduler, which focuses on file-based backups.

D. Log backup: Log backups are not scheduled in the same manner as data backups. They are configured to run automatically and are triggered by events, such as a log segment becoming full or a configurable timeout, rather than being scheduled for a specific time.

1. SAP HANA Administration Guide for SAP HANA Platform 2.0 SPS07

Section: "Scheduling Backups with the SAP HANA Cockpit". This section details the process of creating a backup policy and explicitly lists "Complete Data Backup"

"Differential Data Backup"

and "Incremental Data Backup" as the schedulable backup types.

2. SAP HANA Administration Guide for SAP HANA Platform 2.0 SPS07

Section: "Log Backups". This section explains

"Log backups are written automatically... You cannot schedule log backups. You can only enable or disable automatic log backups." This confirms that log backups are not managed by the backup scheduler.

3. SAP HANA Administration Guide for SAP HANA Platform 2.0 SPS07

Section: "Data Snapshots". This part of the documentation describes the manual creation of data snapshots on the storage level. It does not mention them as an option within the cockpit's recurring backup policy scheduler.