NetBackup™ Web UI Microsoft SQL Server Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (9.1)
  1. Introducing the NetBackup web user interface
    1.  
      About the NetBackup web UI
    2.  
      Terminology
    3.  
      Sign in to the NetBackup web UI
    4.  
      Sign out of the NetBackup web UI
  2. About NetBackup for SQL Server
    1.  
      Overview of NetBackup for SQL Server
  3. Installation and host configuration
    1.  
      Planning the installation of NetBackup for SQL Server
    2. Configuring SQL Server hosts and user permissions
      1.  
        Installing the Veritas VSS provider for vSphere
    3.  
      Configuring the NetBackup services for SQL Server backups and restores
    4.  
      Configure local security privileges for SQL Server
  4. Monitoring NetBackup
    1.  
      The NetBackup dashboard
    2.  
      Monitoring jobs
    3.  
      Filter jobs in the job list
  5. Managing SQL Server discovery and credentials
    1. About discovery of SQL Server objects
      1.  
        Discover advanced or basic availability groups on demand
      2.  
        Discover databases on demand
      3.  
        Discover read-scale availability groups
    2.  
      Browse SQL Server assets
    3.  
      About SQL Server credentials
    4.  
      Add credentials to SQL Server instances or replicas
    5.  
      Manage SQL Server credentials
    6.  
      Remove SQL Server instances
    7.  
      Manually add a SQL Server instance
  6. Managing protection plans for SQL Server
    1.  
      About protecting SQL Server availability groups
    2. Create a protection plan to protect SQL Server assets
      1.  
        Schedules and retention
      2.  
        Performance tuning and configuration options
      3.  
        Using copy-only snapshot backups to affect how differentials are based
      4.  
        Snapshot methods
    3.  
      Protect a SQL Server availability group that crosses NetBackup domains
  7. Protecting SQL Server
    1.  
      Add SQL Server assets to a protection plan
    2.  
      Edit protection settings for a Microsoft SQL Server asset
    3.  
      View the protection status of databases, instances, or availability groups
    4.  
      Remove protection from SQL Server assets
  8. Restoring SQL Server
    1.  
      Requirements for restores of SQL Server
    2.  
      Perform a complete database recovery
    3.  
      Recover a single recovery point
    4.  
      Options for SQL Server restores
    5.  
      Restore a database (non-administrator users)
    6.  
      Select a different backup copy for recovery
    7.  
      Restore a SQL Server availability database to a secondary replica
    8.  
      Restore a SQL Server availability database to the primary and the secondary replicas
  9. Using instant access with SQL Server
    1. Prerequisites when you configure an instant access SQL Server database
      1.  
        Hardware configuration requirement of instant access
    2.  
      Things to consider before you configure an instant access database
    3.  
      Configure Samba users for SQL Server instant access
    4.  
      Configure an instant access database
    5.  
      View the livemount details of an instant access database
    6.  
      Delete an instant access database
    7.  
      Options for NetBackup for SQL Server instant access
    8.  
      NetBackup for SQL Server terms
    9.  
      Frequently asked questions
  10. Protecting SQL Server with VMware backups
    1.  
      About protecting an application database with VMware backups
    2. Create a protection plan to protect SQL Server data with a VMware backup
      1.  
        Backup options and Advanced options
      2.  
        Exclude disks from backups
      3.  
        Snapshot retry options
    3.  
      Protect SQL Server data with a VMware backup
    4.  
      Restore SQL Server databases from a VMware backup
  11. Troubleshooting
    1.  
      Troubleshooting credential validation
    2.  
      Troubleshooting VMware backups and restores of SQL Server
    3.  
      SQL Server log truncation failure during VMware backups of SQL Server

Add credentials to SQL Server instances or replicas

To allow for full discovery of SQL Server assets, you must add new credentials or select the existing server credentials for the instances or replicas. Review the requirements for the SQL Server credential option that you want to use.

See About SQL Server credentials.

Select existing credentials for SQL Server instances or replicas

You can select the credentials you want to apply to an instance or replica from the list of existing SQL Server credentials.

For availability groups, each replica in must be registered with credentials.

To select credentials for SQL Server instances or replicas

  1. On the left, click Workloads > Microsoft SQL Server.
  2. Click on the Instances tab.
  3. Select the check box for the instances or replicas and click Manage credentials.
  4. Choose Select from existing credentials and click Next.
  5. Select the credential that you want to use for the selected assets and click Next.

    NetBackup validates the credentials.

  6. The database and the availability group discovery begin after the credentials are validated. However, these assets may not appear in the web UI immediately. They appear after the discovery process completes. Note that the dates reflect when the credential was added or updated and does not indicate if the credential is valid.

 
Add new credentials to SQL Server instances or replicas

If the credentials you want to apply to an instance or replica are not available, you can add them to NetBackup.

For availability groups, each replica in must be registered with credentials.

To add new credentials to SQL Server instances or replicas

  1. On the left, click Workloads > Microsoft SQL Server.
  2. Click on the Instances tab.
  3. Select the check box for the instances or replicas and click Manage credentials.
  4. Choose Add credentials and click Next.
  5. Enter a credential name.
  6. Select one of the following options:

    • Use credentials that are defined locally on the client and click Next.

    • Use these specific credentials

      Provide the User name, password, and Domain that are associated with the credentials. Click Next.

    See About SQL Server credentials.
  7. The Permissions screen displays the roles that have access to the credential.
  8. Click Next.

    The database and the availability group discovery begins after the credentials are validated. However, these assets may not appear in the web UI immediately. They appear after the discovery process completes. Note that the dates reflect when the credential was added or updated and does not indicate if the credential is valid.