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Retention of SAP HANA Backups

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To configure retention policies for SAP HANA backups, you can use SAP HANA housekeeping options. For details, see the Housekeeping for Backup Catalog and Backup Storage section of the SAP HANA Administration Guide.

Deleting Backups from Veeam Repository

If you want to delete older restore points, you can use the backup catalog delete command of SAP HANA. For details, see the BACKUP CATALOG DELETE Statement section of the SAP HANA SQL and System Views Reference.

If you have lost the backup catalog, you can delete the backups manually from Veeam backup repositories.

Retention of SAP HANA Backups Note:

If you remove backups from a Veeam backup repository manually, the backup catalog will not be updated.

To remove a backup from Veeam backups repository, do the following:

In the Veeam Backup & Replication console, open the Home view.
In the Inventory pane, select Backups.
In the working area, right-click the backup job object name and select Delete from disk.