Database Archiving and Backup

If you chose to deactivate the archiving option at the beginning of roadmap step Execution, the Software Update Manager switches the database log mode to OVERWRITE. However, you must first confirm that a complete backup (data and configuration files) has been created successfully.

After the mode has been switched, the contents of the log are lost permanently. You are then able to recover the database to the state it has at this point in time.

Perform a complete backup after the update. How you back up the database depends on whether archiving was switched on or off.

For more information, see Changing the SAP HANA DB Database Recovery Mode.