Starting from v13 we will support direct backup to S3. To avoid load on the hana server you might want to use the indirect mode where you use a "proxy" to interact with the S3 target instead of the Hana server. The backups are written in both ways only to the S3 storage.
In VBR today with v12.x you can create a Scale-Ou-Backup repository on a regular storage (including NFS/SMB) and copy all data to object storage. You can set it up in a way that all backups older than x days are only stored in S3. Think about it like a cache before writing to S3.
In the managed mode, we take care about the retention.
In the stand alone plug-in mode, the backup admin or external backup application (like SAP cockpit) need to handle the retention and delete older backups.
In VBR today with v12.x you can create a Scale-Ou-Backup repository on a regular storage (including NFS/SMB) and copy all data to object storage. You can set it up in a way that all backups older than x days are only stored in S3. Think about it like a cache before writing to S3.
In the managed mode, we take care about the retention.
In the stand alone plug-in mode, the backup admin or external backup application (like SAP cockpit) need to handle the retention and delete older backups.
Statistics: Posted by Andreas Neufert — Jul 09, 2025 12:09 pm
