- In the LifeKeeper GUI, click the “Operations” dropdown and select “Create Resource Hierarchy”. In the dialogue box that opens, select the “SAP HANA” Recovery Kit.
- Enter the following values to create and extend a LifeKeeper resource (HANA-SPS_HDB01) to protect the HDB01 database instance on node-a and node-b. Note that the resulting resource should not be extended to node-c, the witness node (if quorum/witness functionality is being used). The
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icon indicates that the default option is chosen.
| SAP SID | SPS  |
| Instance | HDB01 |
| Local Recovery Policy | Enable |
- On the “Additional Settings” page, enter the following values
| HANA Tag | HANA-SPS_HDB01 |
| Switchback Type | intelligent |
| IP child resource | ip-sps-hana |
- When the desired values are entered, select “NEXT” and confirm the selected options on the “Confirm” page.
- When ready to proceed with resource creation, click “EXECUTE”. The resource will be created with output in the window as shown below:
- After resource creation completes, select “Extend Resource hierarchy” and enter the below details, then click “NEXT”.
| Template Priority | 1 |
| Target Server | node-b |
| Target Priority | 10 |
- The “Pre-extend checks will proceed. Once complete, click “NEXT”.
- On the “Additional Settings” page, enter the following values, then click “NEXT”
| Switchback Type | intelligent |
| Dependent Resource List | HANA-SPS_HDB01 |
- On the “Confirm” page, verify the settings entered. When ready to proceed, click “EXECUTE”.
- The resource will be extended with output in the window as shown below. When complete, click “CLOSE”
Once the HANA-SPS_HDB01 resource has been successfully created and extended to node-b, the LifeKeeper resource panel should look similar to the following.
SAP HANA database instance HDB01 has now been successfully protected by LifeKeeper.
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