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PowerProtect Data Manager 19.11 SAP HANA User Guide

Troubleshooting a backup failure with getPreferredNode error

A SAP HANA backup might fail with an error that reports a getPreferredNode failure.

To identify any faults in the system environment, perform the following actions:

  1. Ensure that the saphostexec service is running.
  2. Run the following command from the console, and ensure that the command output does not include any errors:

    /usr/sap/hostctrl/exe/saphostctrl -function ListDatabaseSystems

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