NetBackup™ Web UI Microsoft SQL Server Administrator's Guide
- About NetBackup for SQL Server
- Installation and host configuration
- Planning the installation of NetBackup for SQL Server
- Configuring SQL Server hosts and user permissions
- Configuring the NetBackup services for SQL Server backups and restores
- Configure local security privileges for SQL Server
- Assign an RBAC role to the SQL Server administrator
- Configuring the primary server host name for the SQL Server agent
- Configure the number of jobs allowed for backup operations
- Configure the Maximum jobs per client setting
- Managing SQL Server discovery and credentials
- Managing protection plans for SQL Server
- About protecting SQL Server availability groups
- Create a protection plan to protect SQL Server assets
- Add SQL Server assets to a protection plan
- Customize protection settings for a Microsoft SQL Server asset
- Remove protection from SQL Server assets
- Protect a SQL Server availability group that crosses NetBackup domains
- Configuring backup policies with Snapshot Client
- About NetBackup Snapshot Client for SQL Server
- How SQL Server operations use Snapshot Client
- Snapshot methods
- Configuration requirements for SQL Server snapshot and Instant Recovery backups
- Configure a snapshot policy for SQL Server
- Configure a policy for Instant Recovery backups of SQL Server
- Using copy-only snapshot backups to affect how differentials are based
- About SQL Server agent grouped snapshots
- Viewing SQL Server asset details
- Restoring SQL Server
- Requirements for restores of SQL Server
- Perform a complete database recovery
- Recover a single recovery point
- Options for SQL Server restores
- Restore a database (non-administrator users)
- Select a different backup copy for recovery
- Restore a SQL Server availability database to a secondary replica
- Restore a SQL Server availability database to the primary and the secondary replicas
- Using instant access with SQL Server
- Prerequisites when you configure an instant access SQL Server database
- Things to consider before you configure an instant access database
- Configure Samba users for SQL Server instant access
- Configure an instant access database
- View the livemount details of an instant access database
- Delete an instant access database
- Options for NetBackup for SQL Server instant access
- NetBackup for SQL Server terms
- Frequently asked questions
- Protecting SQL Server with VMware backups
- Performance and troubleshooting
Overview of NetBackup for SQL Server
The NetBackup web UI provides the capability for backups and restores of SQL Server databases. You can perform the following operations:
View discovered instances, databases, or availability groups.
Instances are automatically discovered in the NetBackup environment.
Back up SQL Server instances, databases, and availability groups.
NetBackup offers the following types of SQL Server backup methods:
Protection plans
A SQL Server administrator can select one or more protection plans that contain the wanted storage, backup, and tuning settings.
SQL Server Intelligent Policies
A single policy protects multiple SQL Server instances that are spread over multiple clients. You select instances for a policy from a list of instances that are automatically discovered in the NetBackup environment.
Policies, using clients and batch files
These policies include a list of SQL Server database clients and a batch file. The batch file contains SQL Server backup commands to run when the backup is scheduled.
Restore the databases that are protected with protection plans or policies.
Monitor backup and restore operations.
In this guide, Microsoft SQL Server is referred to as SQL Server. NetBackup for Microsoft SQL Server is referred to as NetBackup for SQL Server.