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

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 Add credentials to SQL Server instances or replicas.

  • 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.

 

To add SQL Server assets to a protection plan

  1. On the left, click Workloads > Microsoft SQL Server.
  2. 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.

  3. Click Add protection.
  4. 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.

  5. If you have the necessary role permissions 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 and retention.

    • 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.

  6. Click Protect.

    The results of your choices appear under Instances or Databases.