NetBackup™ Web UI Microsoft SQL Server Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (10.2)
  1. About NetBackup for SQL Server
    1.  
      Overview of NetBackup for SQL Server
  2. Installation and host configuration
    1. Planning the installation of NetBackup for SQL Server
      1.  
        NetBackup server and client requirements
      2.  
        Requirements for using NetBackup for SQL Server in a NetBackup cluster
      3.  
        License for 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
    5.  
      Assign an RBAC role to the SQL Server administrator
    6.  
      Configuring the primary server host name for the SQL Server agent
    7.  
      Configure the number of jobs allowed for backup operations
    8.  
      Configure the Maximum jobs per client setting
  3. 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. About SQL Server credentials
      1.  
        Add a credential for SQL Server
      2.  
        Select a credential for a SQL Server instance or replica
      3.  
        View the credential name that is applied to an asset
      4.  
        Edit or delete a named credential
    3.  
      Remove SQL Server instances
    4.  
      Manually add a SQL Server instance
  4. 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
      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
  5. Viewing SQL Server asset details
    1.  
      Browse SQL Server assets
    2.  
      View the protection status of databases, instances, or availability groups
  6. Protecting SQL Server
    1.  
      Add SQL Server assets to a protection plan
    2.  
      Customize protection settings for a Microsoft SQL Server asset
    3.  
      Remove protection from SQL Server assets
  7. 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
  8. Using instant access with SQL Server
    1. Prerequisites when you configure an instant access SQL Server database
      1.  
        Hardware and configuration requirements 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
  9. Protecting SQL Server with VMware backups
    1. About protecting an application database with VMware backups
      1.  
        Limitations of VMware application 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
  10. Performance and troubleshooting
    1.  
      NetBackup for SQL Server performance factors
    2.  
      Troubleshooting credential validation
    3.  
      Troubleshooting VMware backups
    4.  
      SQL Server log truncation failure during VMware backups of SQL Server

Things to consider before you configure an instant access database

Note the following about the instant access SQL Server feature:

  • The SQL Server backup with the following backup options or scenarios does not support SQL Server instant access:

    • Application-aware backups (VMware)

    • Stream-based backups

    • NetBackup backup compression

    • Legacy SQL Server backups (with batch files)

    • File group or file backups

    • PFI backups (backup option: Retain snapshot for Instant Recovery or SLP management)

    • SQL Server database mirroring (only support is to create as a standalone IA database)

    • SQL Server clusters (only support is to create as a standalone IA database)

  • Instant access on Flex WORM storage requires the following services:

    • NGINX, NFS. SAMBA, WINBIND (if Active directory is required), SPWS, VPFS

  • Instant access does not support a restore of a filestream database. Restore the entire VM without instant access. Or restore the database without instant access. For details see the following article:

    https://www.veritas.com/docs/100048546

  • For instant access to work after an upgrade of the storage and the primary server from an earlier NetBackup version, restart NetBackup web service on the upgraded primary server with the following commands:

    • /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/nbwmc stop

    • /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/nbwmc start