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NetBackup™ for Microsoft SQL Server Administrator's Guide

Last Published: 2024-09-30

Product(s): NetBackup & Alta Data Protection (10.5)

Add SQL Server assets to a protection plan

The following procedure describes how to subscribe an SQL Server asset to a protection plan. When you subscribe an asset to a protection plan, you assign predefined backup settings to the asset.

Note the following:

For backups to be successful, a SQL Server instance or replica must have a valid credential configured for it in Instances tab.
See Register a SQL Server instance or replica with an existing credential.
See Register a SQL Server instance or replica with a new credential.
Your user account is assigned to the RBAC role Default Microsoft SQL Server or another role with the same permissions for protection plans and for SQL Server.
See Default RBAC roles and RBAC permissions in the NetBackup Web UI Administrator's Guide. Or, contact your NetBackup administrator for assistance.
Ensure other requirements are met for the NetBackup environment and for non-administrator users.
See Configuring SQL Server hosts and user permissions.
Databases only appear on the Databases tabs if they meet one of the following criteria: A backup exists of the database, the database instance has validated credentials, or a manual discovery of databases was performed.
Refer to the additional information and limitations for availability groups:
See About protecting SQL Server availability groups.

To add SQL Server assets to a protection plan

On the left, click Workloads > Microsoft SQL Server.

Choose the asset or assets that you want to protect.

All the databases in an instance	On the Instances tab, select the box for the instance that you want to protect.
An individual database	On the Instances tab, click on the instance that contains the database you want to protect. On the Databases tab, click the box for one or more databases.
An availability group	On the Availability groups tab click the box for the availability group name.
An individual availability database	On the Availability groups tab click on the availability group name that contains the database that you want to protect. On the Databases tab, click the box for one or more databases.
A SQL Server cluster	On the Instances tab, select the box for the instance that belongs to the cluster. The Host name is the virtual name of the SQL Server cluster.
A SQL Server failover cluster instance (FCI)	On the Instances tab, select the instance name depending on if you want to protect the cluster or a node in the cluster: The instance name, where the Host name is the cluster name of the FCI. The backup is attempted on the active node. Both nodes must be hosts of the same primary server and the instances must have valid credentials registered. The instance name, where the Host name is one of the physical node names of the FCI. For the backup to succeed, this node must be the active node in the cluster. The backup is cataloged under the cluster name.
A SQL Server host that uses multiple NICs	On the Instances tab, select the instance: The instance name, where the Host name is the private interface name of the SQL Server host. The instance name for a SQL Server cluster that uses multiple NICs, where the Host name is the private interface name of the virtual SQL Server.

Click Add protection.
Select a protection plan and click Next.
- For a snapshot backup, look for a protection plan that lists Snapshot options and a Snapshot method.
  See Snapshot methods.
- For an availability group, select a protection plan that has a configured Availability database backup preference, either Protect primary replica or Protect preferred replica.
  Do not subscribe an availability group to a protection plan that has a setting of None or Skip availability databases.
You can adjust one or more of the following settings:
- Schedules and retention
  Change the backup start window. For transaction log schedules, you can also edit the frequency and the retention.
  See Schedules.
- Backup options and Configuration options
  Adjust the performance tuning options or change or enable any options for the protection plan.
  See Performance tuning and configuration options.
Click Protect.
The results of your choices appear under Instances or Databases.