NetBackup™ Web UI Microsoft SQL Server Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (10.3.0.1, 10.3)
  1. About NetBackup for SQL Server
    1.  
      Overview of NetBackup for SQL Server
    2.  
      Detailed features for 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.  
      Add SQL Server assets to a protection plan
    4.  
      Customize protection settings for a Microsoft SQL Server asset
    5.  
      Remove protection from SQL Server assets
    6.  
      Protect a SQL Server availability group that crosses NetBackup domains
  5. Configuring backup policies with Snapshot Client
    1.  
      About NetBackup Snapshot Client for SQL Server
    2.  
      How SQL Server operations use Snapshot Client
    3.  
      Snapshot methods
    4.  
      Configuration requirements for SQL Server snapshot and Instant Recovery backups
    5.  
      Configure a snapshot policy for SQL Server
    6.  
      Configure a policy for Instant Recovery backups of SQL Server
    7. Using copy-only snapshot backups to affect how differentials are based
      1.  
        Creating a copy-only backup (legacy SQL Server policies)
      2.  
        Creating an Instant Recovery backup that is not copy-only (legacy SQL Server policies)
    8. About SQL Server agent grouped snapshots
      1.  
        Restoring a database backed up in a group
  6. Viewing SQL Server asset details
    1.  
      Browse SQL Server assets
    2.  
      View the protection status of databases, instances, or availability groups
  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

Prerequisites when you configure an instant access SQL Server database

The prerequisites are only applicable to Microsoft SQL Server instant access Build Your Own (BYO).

Prerequisites:

  • The BYO server operating system version must be Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 or later.

  • Ensure that the Samba service is installed and the Samba share permission is allowed in the selinux policy using the following command

    setsebool -P samba_export_all_rw=1

  • The storage server with NGINX installed.

    • The NGINX version must be same as the one in the corresponding official RHEL version release. You need to install it from the corresponding RHEL yum source (epel).

    • Ensure that the policycoreutils and policycoreutils-python packages are installed from the same RHEL yum source (rhel server). Then run the following commands:

      • semanage port -a -t http_port_t -p tcp 10087

      • setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect 1

  • Ensure that the /mnt folder on the storage server is not mounted by any mount points directly. User mount points should be mounted to its subfolders.

  • Enable the logrotate permission in selinux using the following command:

    semanage permissive -a logrotate_t

  • Instant access is only supported for SQL Server backup images when the following conditions are met:

    • Snapshots are enabled in the policy or the protection plan.

    • The backup is a full database backup.

    • The primary server, media server, storage server, and client must be at version 8.3 or later.

      For instant access using backup copies from cloud LSU (logical storage unit), the primary server and media server must be at version 10.0.1 or later.

      For more information about limitations of instant access for cloud LSU (logical storage unit), refer to the NetBackup Deduplication Guide.

    • The storage server must be an appliance or BYO that meets the earlier specified prerequisites.

    Note:

    Instant access for incremental and transaction log backups depends on the instant access capability of its base backup image.