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AZ-120 · Question #266

You have an instance of Azure SAP HANA (Large Instances) named HLI1 that has storage volume snapshots enabled. You need to monitor the storage usage of HLI1. The solution must monitor the following…

The correct answer is B. ls. ls is correct because Azure SAP HANA Large Instance storage snapshots are stored in a .snapshot directory on the HLI storage volumes, and running ls (with flags like -lh) against that directory lets you both count the number of snapshot entries and see their sizes - exactly the…

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Question

You have an instance of Azure SAP HANA (Large Instances) named HLI1 that has storage volume snapshots enabled. You need to monitor the storage usage of HLI1. The solution must monitor the following:

  • The number of stored snapshots
  • The storage used by the snapshots

Which Linux OS command should you use?

Options

  • Ahdbuserstore
  • Bls
  • Cdu
  • Dsapcontrol

How the community answered

(25 responses)
  • A
    8% (2)
  • B
    88% (22)
  • C
    4% (1)

Explanation

ls is correct because Azure SAP HANA Large Instance storage snapshots are stored in a .snapshot directory on the HLI storage volumes, and running ls (with flags like -lh) against that directory lets you both count the number of snapshot entries and see their sizes - exactly the two requirements stated in the question.

hdbuserstore (A) is a credential management tool for storing SAP HANA database connection details securely - it has no role in storage or snapshot monitoring. du (C) is a natural-sounding wrong answer since it reports disk usage, but Microsoft's HLI documentation specifically directs administrators to ls on the .snapshot directory for snapshot visibility, not du. sapcontrol (D) is used to start, stop, and query the status of SAP application instances - it operates at the application layer, not the storage layer.

Memory tip: Think of ls as "List Snapshots" - in the HLI world, you literally ls the .snapshot folder to see what's there and how big it is.

Topics

#HANA Large Instances#storage snapshots#Linux commands#storage monitoring

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