You have an SAP HANA on Azure (Large Instances) deployment. You need to generate health check log files for the deployment. What should you do?

Question

Options

• AFrom a SSH session on the HANA Large Instances node, run
• BFrom the Azure portal, select Diagnose and solve problems.
• CFrom the Azure portal, select New support request.
• DFrom a SSH session on the HANA Large Instances node, run

• A
  89% (31)
• B
  6% (2)
• C
  3% (1)
• D
  3% (1)

Explanation

Running a script directly via SSH on the HANA Large Instance node is correct because SAP HANA Large Instances are bare-metal servers running on dedicated hardware outside the standard Azure IaaS/PaaS management plane. Microsoft provides specific scripts (such as azure_hana_health_checks.py) that must be executed locally on the node to collect diagnostic and health log data - this is the only method that has direct access to the underlying HANA system internals.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• B (Diagnose and solve problems): This Azure portal blade works for standard Azure VMs and PaaS services, but HANA Large Instances sit outside the regular Azure resource management plane, so portal-based diagnostics don't reach them.
• C (New support request): Opening a support ticket is a reactive escalation step, not a method for generating health check logs yourself - it contacts Microsoft engineers rather than producing log files.
• D: Likely contains an incorrect or irrelevant command; the valid health check log generation requires the specific Microsoft-provided script, not an arbitrary SSH command.

Memory tip: Think "Large Instance = Large Iron" - it's bare metal, so portal clicks won't reach it. Whenever HANA Large Instances need operational tasks (backups, health checks, snapshots), the answer almost always involves SSH + a Microsoft-provided script.

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