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

Browse SQL Server assets

You can browse instances, databases, and availability groups to view their details such as how they are protected and recovery points that are availabile.

Note:

Classic policy information is displayed for databases but not for instances or availability groups. The web UI indicates if a protection plan protects the instance or replica, but not if a classic policy does. However, when a backup using a classic policy is performed on an individual database, the Protected by column displays the classic policy name.

Browse SQL Server instances

On the Instances tab you can view and manage instances, including how they are protected and the instance credentials.

To browse SQL Server instances

  1. On the left, click Workloads > Microsoft SQL Server.
  2. Click the Instances tab.
  3. To view the available actions for one or more instances, select the checkbox for the instances. Note that Backup now is only available when you select one instance.
  4. To view the details for an instance, click the instance. You can perform the following tasks.
    • Perform an immediate backup of the instance by clicking Backup now.

    • Click Add protection to add the instance to a protection plan.

    • Click Remove protection to remove an instance from a protection plan.

    • To see the databases that are discovered the instance and their protection information and status, click on the Databases tab.

    • To view the roles that have access to the instance, click the Permissions tab.

Browse SQL Server availability groups

On the Instances tab you can view and manage availability groups, including how database and replica details and how the availability group is protected.

To browse SQL Server availability groups

  1. On the left, click Workloads > Microsoft SQL Server.
  2. To view the available actions for one or more availability groups, select the check box for the availability groups. Note that Backup now is only available when you select one availability group.
  3. Click on an availability group to view its details. You can perform the following tasks.
    • Click Backup now to perform an immediate backup of the instance.

    • Click Add protection to add the availability group to a protection plan.

    • Click Remove protection to remove an availability group from a protection plan.

    • To see the databases that are discovered for the availability group and their protection information and status, click on the Databases tab.

    • To see the replicas for the availability group and their protection information and status, click on the Replicas tab.

    • To view the roles that have access to the availability group, click the Permissions tab.

Browse SQL Server databases

Note:

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.

To browse SQL Server databases

  1. On the left, click Workloads > Microsoft SQL Server.
  2. Click the Databases tab.
  3. To view the available actions for one or more databases, select the check box for each database. Note that Backup now is only available when you select one database.
  4. To view the details for a database, click the database. You can perform the following tasks.
    • Click Backup now to perform an immediate backup of the instance.

    • Click Add protection to add the database to a protection plan.

    • Click Remove protection to remove a database from a protection plan.

    • To see the available recovery points for the database, click Recovery points.

    • To view the restore jobs for the database, click Restore activity.

    • To view the roles that have access to the database, click the Permissions tab.