NetBackup™ Web UI Microsoft SQL Server Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (9.1)
  1. Introducing the NetBackup web user interface
    1.  
      About the NetBackup web UI
    2.  
      Terminology
    3.  
      Sign in to the NetBackup web UI
    4.  
      Sign out of the NetBackup web UI
  2. About NetBackup for SQL Server
    1.  
      Overview of NetBackup for SQL Server
  3. Installation and host configuration
    1.  
      Planning the installation of 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
  4. Monitoring NetBackup
    1.  
      The NetBackup dashboard
    2.  
      Monitoring jobs
    3.  
      Filter jobs in the job list
  5. 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.  
      Browse SQL Server assets
    3.  
      About SQL Server credentials
    4.  
      Add credentials to SQL Server instances or replicas
    5.  
      Manage SQL Server credentials
    6.  
      Remove SQL Server instances
    7.  
      Manually add a SQL Server instance
  6. 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 and retention
      2.  
        Performance tuning and configuration options
      3.  
        Using copy-only snapshot backups to affect how differentials are based
      4.  
        Snapshot methods
    3.  
      Protect a SQL Server availability group that crosses NetBackup domains
  7. Protecting SQL Server
    1.  
      Add SQL Server assets to a protection plan
    2.  
      Edit protection settings for a Microsoft SQL Server asset
    3.  
      View the protection status of databases, instances, or availability groups
    4.  
      Remove protection from SQL Server assets
  8. 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
  9. Using instant access with SQL Server
    1. Prerequisites when you configure an instant access SQL Server database
      1.  
        Hardware configuration requirement 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
  10. Protecting SQL Server with VMware backups
    1.  
      About protecting an application database with VMware 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
  11. Troubleshooting
    1.  
      Troubleshooting credential validation
    2.  
      Troubleshooting VMware backups and restores of SQL Server
    3.  
      SQL Server log truncation failure during VMware backups of SQL Server

Create a protection plan to protect SQL Server data with a VMware backup

A VMware protection plan can protect SQL Server data on a virtual machine. Users can then subscribe assets to that protection plan. Note that before you create a protection plan, you must perform additional configuration requirements:

To create a protection plan to protect SQL Server data with a VMware backup

  1. Configure the storage for the backup.
  2. On the left, select Protection > Protection plans and then click Add.
  3. In Basic properties, enter a Name, Description.
  4. From the Workload list, select VMware.
  5. (Optional) Indicate a Policy name prefix to append to the policy name. NetBackup automatically creates a policy when users subscribe assets to this protection plan.
  6. In Schedules and retention, click Add schedule.
    • In the Attributes tab, select the Full backup type.

    • In the Start window tab, define the window during which the backup can start.

    • Click Save after all options are selected in the Attributes and the Start window tabs.

    • Review the Backup schedule preview window and verify that all schedules are set correctly.

    See Schedules and retention.

  7. In Storage options, select the storage to use for the backup.

    A protection plan can only use the storage that a NetBackup 8.1.2 or newer media server can access.

    Storage option

    Requirements

    Description

    Backup storage

    OpenStorage is required for this option. Tape, storage unit groups, and Replication Director not supported.

    Click Edit. Select the storage target then click Use selected storage.

  8. In Backup options, review the available options for the backup.

    See Backup options and Advanced options.

  9. Under Allow restore of application data from virtual machine backups, select Microsoft SQL Server

    (Optional) Select Truncate logs if you want to truncate the transaction logs when the VMware snapshot of the virtual machine is complete.

  10. In Permissions, review the roles that have access to protection plans.

    To give another role access to this protection plan, click Add. Select the Role in the table and customize the role by adding or removing permissions in the Select permissions section.

    See Configure RBAC.

  11. In Review, verify that the protection plan details are correct and click Save.