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
Configure a policy for Instant Recovery backups of SQL Server
Note:
NetBackup does not support Instant Recovery backups of availability databases.
These instructions describe how to configure a policy for Instant Recovery. Optionally you can choose to back up to disk only. This topic only covers what is necessary to configure Instant Recovery backups for a MS-SQL-Server policy.
See the NetBackup Snapshot Client Administrator's Guide for details on how to select the snapshot method and automatic snapshot selection.
To configure a policy for Instant Recovery
- For SQL Server legacy policies, create a backup script using the NetBackup MS SQL Client interface.
- Create a policy.
- Click the Attributes tab.
- From the Policy type list, select MS-SQL-Server.
- Select the Policy storage.
If you select an Instant Recovery option on the Schedules tab (see step 10), the storage unit is not used. NetBackup creates only a disk snapshot.
If database differentials, filegroup differentials, or transaction logs are included in the policy, then NetBackup performs a stream-based backup. This backup uses the selected storage unit. If a storage unit is not provided, then NetBackup uses the default storage unit for the server.
- Click Perform snapshot backups.
- Choose to have NetBackup select the snapshot method or select the snapshot method manually.
Perform one of the following:
By default, NetBackup chooses a snapshot method for you.
To use a specific snapshot method, click Snapshot options and select it from the Snapshot method list.
- Select Retain snapshots for Instant Recovery.
NetBackup retains the snapshot on disk, so that Instant Recovery can be performed from the snapshot.
A normal backup to storage is also performed, if you do not choose to create a snapshot only (see step 10).
- On the Instances and databases tab, choose how you want to protect SQL Server:
(SQL Server Intelligent Policy) Choose Protect instances and databases or Protect instance groups.
(SQL Server legacy policies) Choose Clients for use with batch files.
- To configure schedules, click the Schedules tab.
(SQL Server Intelligent Policies) Configure a full backup schedule.
(Legacy policies) Follow the instructions to configure an Application and a full backup schedule.
For snapshot backup policies, a full backup schedule must exist for NetBackup to successfully convert differential backups to full backups.
- (Optional) To create a disk image only, open the Full backup schedule (Intelligent Policies) or the Application schedule (legacy policies) and select an Instant Recovery option.
Select one of the following options:
If Snapshots and copy snapshots to a storage unit is selected, NetBackup creates a disk snapshot. NetBackup also backs up the client's data to the storage unit that is specified for the policy.
If Snapshots only is selected, the image is not backed up to tape or to other storage. NetBackup creates a disk snapshot only. Note that this disk snapshot is not considered a replacement for traditional backup.
(SQL Server Intelligent Policy) Add other policy information as follows:
(Optional) Select specific filegroups or files that you want to back up. By default, NetBackup backs up an entire database.
(Optional) Make changes to any tuning parameters.
(SQL Server legacy policies) Add other policy information as follows:
Add clients.
Add batch files to the backup selections list.
- Click Create to save the policy.