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NetBackup™ Web UI Microsoft SQL Server Administrator's Guide

Last Published: 2020-08-21

Product(s): NetBackup & Alta Data Protection (8.3.0.1, 8.3)

Overview of NetBackup for SQL Server

The NetBackup web UI provides the capability for backups and restores of SQL Server databases. Instances are automatically discovered in the NetBackup environment and SQL Server administrators can select one or more protection plan that contain the wanted storage, backup, and tuning settings.

The NetBackup web UI lets you perform the following operations:

View discovered instances, databases, or availability groups.
Select protection plans to protect SQL Server assets.
Restore databases.
Monitor restore operations.

In this guide, Microsoft SQL Server is referred to as SQL Server. NetBackup for Microsoft SQL Server is referred to as NetBackup for SQL Server.

Table: NetBackup for SQL Server features

Feature	Description
Protection plans	The following benefits are included: Use a single protection plan to protect multiple SQL Server instances or instance databases or a plan to protect availability groups or availability databases. Instances can be spread over multiple clients. Include a full, differential, and transaction log backup in the same policy. Schedule frequent backups of transaction logs. You are not required to know SQL Server commands or to write and use batch files. Instead, this feature automatically generates the batch files at run-time.
Management of SQL Server assets	NetBackup automatically discovers SQL Server instances and availability groups in the environment. You can also perform manual discovery. After instances or replicas are registered, the SQL Server workload administrator can select one or more protection plans to protect the SQL Server assets.
Authentication and credentials	SQL Server protection plans support the following: Windows authentication and Windows Active Directory authentication. With the proper configuration, you do not have to run the NetBackup service account as a privileged SQL Server user on the client.
Backup and restore features	The following features are available for backups and restores: Backups and are managed entirely by the NetBackup server from a central location. Administrators can schedule automatic, unattended backups for instances on local or remote hosts across the network. The NetBackup web UI supports the backup and restore of databases and transaction logs from one interface. Note: SQL Server recovery with the web UI requires that the SQL Server client is at verison 8.3. Backup schedules for full, differential, or transaction log backups. Manual backups and copy-only backups. Support for high availability (HA) environments, including SQL Server clusters and availability groups. Restore SQL Server objects to different locations (redirected restores). Ability to use multiple stripes during a backup. Tuning options that can improve the performance of backups.
Stream-based backups and restores	Stream-based backup and restore of SQL Server objects with SQL Server's high-speed virtual device interface.
Snapshot backups and instant access databases	NetBackup can perform backups of SQL Server with snapshot methodology. You can also create an instant access database from a NetBackup backup image. The database is available almost instantaneously, achieving a near-zero recovery time objective. NetBackup mounts the database's snapshot directly on the backup storage device and treats the snapshot as a normal database.
Support for VMware backups that protect SQL Server	Support for application-consistent, full backups of VMware computers using snapshots. Use of NetBackup Accelerator can also increase the speed of backups. See the following documents for more information. NetBackup for VMware Administrator's Guide NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume I