why is HANA backup size smaller than before

[former_member612721]

Hello Community,

I come across a strange situation on HANA 2.0 DB

The tenant database backup was about 660 GB in size - which was an offline backup to backint.

After 8 hours or so (mostly with SAP system stopped), I ran a new backup and it generated a 650 GB size backup

Assuming that there was no data loss, is there any other reason why a backup could be smaller given these conditions?

Thank you,

Christian

[kaus19d]

Hi alexandrunecula,

Well, I would say that your question is a valid one. To double sure what we can do is check the recover possibility details & other corresponding details or better try to trigger a 3rd backup & you can understand the scenario. You can check more details on HANA backup on SAP Note: 1642148

Thanks,

Kaushik