NetBackup™ Web UI Microsoft SQL Server Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup & Alta Data Protection (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

Perform a complete database recovery

A complete database recovery selects all the backup images that are necessary to restore the complete database. It also leaves the database in the recovered state, or ready to use.

To perform a complete database recovery

  1. On the left, select Workloads > Microsoft SQL Server.
  2. On the Databases tab, locate the database that you want to restore.

    The Host name for the database differs depending on how the instance or the host is protected.

    A database that is part of a SQL Server cluster

    The Host name is the virtual name of the SQL Server cluster.

    A database that is part of a SQL Server failover cluster instance (FCI)

    The Host name is one of the following:

    • The cluster name of the FCI

    • The physical node names of the FCI

    A SQL Server host that uses multiple NICs

    The Host name is one of the following:

    • The private interface name of the SQL Server host

    • The the private interface name of the virtual SQL Server

  3. Click Actions > Recover.
  4. On the Recovery points tab, locate the full, differential, or transaction log image that you want to restore.

    By default NetBackup uses the primary copy. To select a different copy, click Copies.

    See Select a different backup copy for recovery.

  5. Click Actions > Perform complete database recovery.
  6. (Conditional) For a transaction log, select one of the following options.

    Recovery point selected

    Restore the database to the time indicated.

    Point in time

    Select a different point in time to which you want to restore the database.

    Transaction log mark

    • Choose whether to restore at or before the transaction mark.

    • Enter the name of the transaction mark.

    • To select a transaction mark that occurs after a certain date, select After specific date and time. Then specify the date and time.

    • Click Next.

  7. Select the host, instance, and database for recovery. You have the following options.

    Restore to the original host, instance, and database.

     

    Restore to a different instance.

    Type the name in the Instance field.

    Select a different host and instance,

    Click Change instance.

    Restore to a different database.

    Type the name in the Database name field.

  8. Select the path to which you want to restore the database files. You have the following options:

    Restore everything to the original directory

    Restores all the files to the original directory that was backed up.

    Restore everything to a different directory

    Restores all the files to the directory that you enter in the Directory for restore field.

    Restore files to different paths

    Restores the individual files to the path that you enter. Click Edit file paths and click on any directory path to edit the restore path for that file.

    Example of a restore to different paths:

  9. Enter the credentials for the recovery target. Or, click Select existing credentials to select the credential you want to use.

    The user account must be a member of the Windows administrator group and a member of the local SQL Server sysadmin role.

  10. Click Next.
  11. Select the recovery options.
    • For the Database recovery state after restore, select Recover.

    • Choose a Consistency check option to perform after the restore.

    • Select any other recovery options.

    See Options for SQL Server restores.

  12. Click Next.
  13. On the Review page, review the restore options that you selected.
    • At the top, click on the link that follows Recovery set to view the backup images that are required for the restore.

    • Click Edit to change the Recovery target settings or Recovery options.

    • Click Start recovery.