Why CDOs Should Care About AWS Backint Agent for SAP HANA

The AWS Backint Agent for SAP HANA is an SAP-certified backup and restore application that integrates seamlessly with existing SAP HANA workflows on AWS. It provides a simple, cost-effective, and secure way to back up SAP HANA workloads to Amazon S3 or AWS Backup, with full, incremental, and differential backup options.

How AWS backint Agent for SAP HANA works

The AWS Backint Agent runs directly on your SAP HANA database server. It transfers backups and catalogs to Amazon S3 or AWS Backup, enabling quick restores through SAP HANA Cockpit, SAP HANA Studio, or SQL commands.

Deployment Options

• Automated installation via AWS Systems Manager (SSM)
• Manual download and configuration
• AWS Launch Wizard for SAP for guided sizing, deployment, and best practices

Key Capabilities

• Full, incremental, and differential database backups
• Backup of logs and catalogs to Amazon S3 or AWS Backup
• Parallel processing for scalability and reduced Recovery Time Objective (RTO)
• Global availability across all AWS Regions (including China and GovCloud)

Why it matters for CDOs in Asia

Scalability & Reliability

CDOs in fast-growing Asian markets face surging data volumes. With parallel backup processing, AWS Backint Agent reduces backup windows and ensures rapid recovery, even for petabyte-scale workloads.

Cost Efficiency

AWS Backint Agent is free of license fees. You only pay for the underlying services used, such as Amazon S3 or AWS Backup, allowing CDOs to optimize budgets while maintaining enterprise-grade resilience.

Compliance & Governance

For regulated industries in Asia, such as banking, telecommunications, and manufacturing, AWS Backint Agent helps meet data residency and recovery compliance requirements. Combined with AWS Backup, it ensures audit-ready storage policies across multiple jurisdictions.

Business value: industry and analyst insights

IDC Research

IDC notes that organizations running SAP on AWS achieve an average 503% three-year ROI with a payback period of 11 months. Backup and disaster recovery are cited as top enablers of business continuity, particularly in Asia-Pacific markets such as Singapore, India, and Indonesia, where regulatory requirements drive adoption.

BCG & AWS – APAC Cloud Survey

BCG reports that 71% of APAC executives identify risk reduction and innovation as the main drivers for cloud adoption. In markets like Vietnam and the Philippines, cloud-based disaster recovery with solutions like AWS Backint Agent enables enterprises to accelerate service delivery by 30–60% compared to on-premises setups.

Accenture & Bain Findings

• Accenture highlights that CDOs in Asia are shifting focus from cost-centric IT to data-driven resilience, with cloud-native backup solutions seen as critical to digital transformation.
• Bain & Company, after deploying SAP S/4HANA Cloud across 40 countries, stresses the importance of minimal customizations and standardized backup processes—principles reinforced by AWS Backint Agent.

Gartner Insights

Gartner positions AWS as a Leader in Cloud Infrastructure & Platform Services (CIPS), noting its strength in data protection and integrated security capabilities. For CDOs, this means AWS Backint Agent is part of a mature ecosystem of resilience tools.

Supported Environments

• Operating Systems:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)
  • SLES for SAP
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) for SAP
• Databases:
  • SAP HANA 1.0 SP12 (single and multi-node)
  • SAP HANA 2.0 and later (single and multi-node)
• Regions:
  Available in all AWS commercial Regions, including China Beijing, China Ningxia, and AWS GovCloud.

Pricing Model

AWS Backint Agent itself is free of charge. Enterprises pay only for storage and backup services used:

• Amazon S3 Pricing
• AWS Backup Pricing

Why CDOs in Asia should act now

The AWS Backint Agent for SAP HANA is more than just a backup tool, it is a strategic enabler for Chief Data Officers driving transformation across Asia.

• Reduce RTO and ensure business continuity in highly regulated industries
• Achieve cost savings by eliminating licensing fees and leveraging pay-as-you-go AWS services
• Strengthen compliance with regional data residency laws
• Scale with confidence as SAP HANA workloads grow across Asia

By combining AWS Backint Agent with Amazon S3, AWS Backup, and AWS Systems Manager, CDOs can unlock the full potential of cloud-native resilience while aligning IT infrastructure with the innovation and governance needs of Asia-Pacific enterprises.