Creating an SFS File System

Scenarios

In the SAP Business One scenario using the SAP HANA database, backup volumes of the SAP HANA database are provided by SFS. This section describes how to create an SFS file system on the public cloud.

Procedure

1. (Optional) Buy an SFS storage package.
   Before creating an SFS file system in SAP HANA, you can purchase an SFS storage package as required.

   • Yearly/monthly subscription: You can purchase a yearly or monthly package based on your resource usage and duration plan. When a purchased package is within its validity period, any data used is initially offset by the quota provided. However, when data exceeds this quota, subsequent data is charged on a pay-per-use basis.
   • Pay per use: If you select this mode, perform 2 to create an SFS file system.
   1. Log in to the management console.
   2. Click in the upper left corner of the console, and select a region and project.
   3. In the navigation pane on the left, click and choose Scalable File Service under Storage. The Scalable File Service page is displayed.
   4. Click Buy Storage Package.
   5. On the displayed Bug SFS Package page, set the parameters described in Table 1.

      Table 1 Parameter description

      Parameter	Description	Example Value
      Region	Storage packages in different regions are isolated. Select the region based on your requirements.	CN-Hong Kong
      Resource Package	Select the resource package size based on your requirements.	5 TB
      Usage Duration	Select the effective time of the storage package based on your requirements.	1 year

   6. Click Next.
   7. Submit the order and pay as prompted.

2. Create an SFS file system.
   1. Log in to the management console.
   2. Click in the upper left corner of the console, and select a region and project.
   3. In the navigation pane on the left, click and choose Scalable File Service under Storage. The Scalable File Service page is displayed.
   4. Click Create File System.
   5. Configure the parameters listed in Table 2.

      Table 2 Parameter description

      Parameter	Description	Example Value
      File System Type	Specifies the file system type. Select SFS.	SFS
      Region	Select the target region.	CN-Hong Kong
      AZ	Specifies the AZ in which the file system is located. Select an AZ as required.	AZ1
      Protocol Type	Specifies the protocol type. Select NFS.	NFS
      Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)	Select the VPC where SAP HANA ECSs reside.	-
      Auto Capacity Expansion	This function is enabled by default. When it is enabled, the capacity of the file system is not limited. Therefore, you do not need to adjust the capacity of the file system. You can determine whether to enable the function based on the site requirements. NOTICE: If you have purchased an SFS storage package and it is within the validity period, any data used is initially offset by the quota provided. However, when data exceeds this quota, subsequent data is charged on a pay-per-use basis.	-
      Maximum Capacity	This parameter shows after Automatic Capacity Expansion is disabled. Specifies the maximum capacity of a single file system. For details, see Node Planning.	-
      Encryption	Optional. This parameter specifies whether a file system is encrypted. You can create a file system that is encrypted or not, but you cannot change the encryption settings of an existing file system. If you want to encrypt the file system to be created, select Enable static data encryption. For details, see the Getting Started with Scalable File Service.	-
      Enterprise Project	Select the project you need.	SAP
      Name	Specifies the file system name.	sfs-share-001
      Quantity	Select the quantity according to the site requirements.	1

3. Click Create Now. On the displayed page, confirm the configuration information and click Submit.
4. On the displayed SFS page, locate the new file system by its name in the file system list on the right. In the Shared Path column, query the shared path.
5. Log in to the node to which the SFS file system is to be attached and check whether the IP address of the DNS server is configured in the /etc/resolv.conf file. If not, write the IP address of the DNS server into the /etc/resolv.conf file.
   

   For details, see section Related Resources > Configuring DNS in the Scalable File Service User Guide.