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Rajarajeswari Kaliyaperumal
September 11, 2020 | 2 minute read

How to reclaim fragmented space at OS level from HANA Data


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DATA VOLUME DEFRAGMENTATION:

In this blog we can learn about how to run a de-fragmentation data volume to claim unused space from data
volumes.

Why do we have fragmented space in data volume?

In HANA if we have run a mass cleanup, though the relevant tables entries that were deleted will be removed
and the size reduction will get re ected in M_TABLE_PERSISTENCE_STATISTICS for all the involved tables,
it takes time to get re ected at OS level.

Is this operation needs downtime?

No.This is an ONLINE operation and does not need a downtime. However , it is recommended to perform
this when we have a reduced load in the HANA DB.

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To determine the amount of space that is fragmented , we can use below SQL.

Manage Settings Accept All Reject All


select * from
Cookie SYS.M_VOLUME_FILES WHERE FILE_TYPEManage
Statement Settings
= ‘DATA’ Accept All Reject All

Sample output: Each of the le system is allocate with a 6TB of space.

To reclaim the fragmented space below is the command to be used :

ALTER SYSTEM RECLAIM DATAVOLUME 120 DEFRAGMENT;=>Our nal data volume size will be payload +
20% fragmented space =>Can be used normally

If we want to run defragment only on speci c node the we can use the below command:

ALTER SYSTEM RECLAIM DATAVOLUME ‘<node server name>:3<nn>03’ 120 DEFRAGMENT; =>Our nal
data volume size will be payload + 20% fragmented space =>Can be used normally

NOTE:
If the fragmentation percentage is really huge, it will take a lot of time and performance issue if we try to
defragment our data volume to 120% . In this case , it is recommended to run the same command in pieces
like below . It is better to ensure that we are reclaiming only 250GB per defragment command.

You can also refer below link


https://kb.netapp.com/app/answers/answer_view/a_id/1001534/~/reduction-of-sap-hana-database-
volume-using-the-alter-system-reclaim

Below is the sample output for disk defragmentation which was run from HANACLeaner:

Refer below to use HANACleaner to automate this process

https://blogs.sap.com/2020/09/16/how-to-implement-hanacleaner/

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Shrikant Pakhale
December 22, 2022 at 3:28 am

after reclaim datavolume, size of data backup was reduced ... How athese are related ?

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Bimila W J
October 9, 2023 at 4:34 am

After performing data volume reclaim (2 times) also fragmentation is not reducing . Hana version is
"2.00.059.04.1655794895" kindly suggest . db is replicated

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