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
Configuring the NetBackup services for SQL Server backups and restores
For policies and protection plans with the NetBackup web UI, NetBackup uses the NetBackup Client Service and the NetBackup Legacy Network Service to access the SQL Server when it performs backups and restores.
Note the following requirements for the NetBackup services logon account:
The account has the fixed server role "sysadmin". You can use a domain account, a member of BUILTIN\Administrators, or another account that has this role.
(non-VMware backups) If you want to use Local System for the logon account, apply the SQL Server sysadmin role manually to the NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM or the BUILTIN\Administrators group.
(VMware backups) You must use an account other the Local System account as the logon account. Both services must use the same logon account.
(VMware backups) If you choose to truncate logs, ensure that the account that runs the Microsoft SQL Server Service has full permissions for the NetBackup Legacy Network Service
tempdirectory.This directory is
C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp. User is the account that runs the NetBackup Legacy Network Service.To use a gMSA account for backups and restores, you must create a credential with the option .
To configure the NetBackup services for SQL Server backups and restores
- Log on to the Windows host with the account that has the SQL Server sysadmin role and any necessary local security privileges.
- In the Windows Services application, open the NetBackup Client Service.
Configure the account as follows:
(non-VMware backups) Confirm that Local System account or a SQL Server administrator account is configured.
If you use the setting Use credentials that are defined locally on the client for instance credentials, both services must use the same logon account. If you use the setting Use these specific credentials for instance credentials, the services can use the same logon or separate logon accounts.
(VMware backups) Provide the name of the logon account and click OK.
The account must include the domain name, followed by the user account, domain_name\account. For example, recovery\netbackup.
- Open the NetBackup Legacy Network Service.
Configure the account as follows:
(non-VMware backups) Confirm that Local System account or a SQL Server administrator account is configured.
If you use the setting Use credentials that are defined locally on the client for instance credentials, both services must use the same logon account. If you use the setting Use these specific credentials for instance credentials, the services can use the same logon or separate logon accounts.
(VMware backups) Provide the name of the logon account and click OK.
Configure the same logon account for this service as you did for the NetBackup Client Service.
- If you selected a different logon account, restart the services.
- If you selected the option Use these specific credentials for instance or for replica credentials, an account other than Local System requires certain local security privileges.
- For virtual environments, configure the services on the necessary services.
For VMware backups, configure the services for each host that you use to browse for backups and perform restores.
For a SQL Server cluster, configure the services on each node in the cluster.
For availability groups, configure the services on all replicas in the availability group where you want to run backups.