NetBackup™ Web UI Microsoft SQL Server Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (10.1.1)
  1. About NetBackup for SQL Server
    1.  
      Overview of 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.  
        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
  5. Viewing SQL Server asset details
    1.  
      Browse SQL Server assets
    2.  
      View the protection status of databases, instances, or availability groups
  6. Protecting SQL Server
    1.  
      Add SQL Server assets to a protection plan
    2.  
      Customize protection settings for a Microsoft SQL Server asset
    3.  
      Remove protection from SQL Server assets
  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

Exclude disks from backups

Excluding virtual disks can reduce the size of the backup, but use these options carefully. They are intended only for the virtual machines that have multiple virtual disks.

Table: Options for excluding virtual disks

Exclude option

Description

All boot disks

Consider this option if you have another means of recreating the boot disk.

The virtual machine's boot disk is not included in the backup. Any other disks are backed up. Note: Data files are available in the restored data disks. However, you cannot start a virtual machine that is restored from this backup.

All data disks

Consider this option only if you have a separate protection plan that backs up the data disks.

The virtual machine's data disks are not included in the backup. Only the boot disk is backed up. Note: When the virtual machine is restored from the backup, the virtual machine data for the data disk may be missing or incomplete.

Exclude disks based on a custom attribute

Use this option to allow the VMware administrator to use a custom attribute to control which disks are excluded from backups.

The attribute must have comma-separated values of device controllers for the disks to be excluded. For example: scsi0-0,ide0-0,sata0-0,nvme0-0. The default value for this attribute is NB_DISK_EXCLUDE_DISK. Or, you can choose your own value. If you add disks to the custom attribute value between any differential backups, those disks are excluded from the next backup.

The VMware administrator must use a VMware interface to apply the attribute to the disks to exclude. See the NetBackup Plug-in for VMware vSphere Web Client Guide or the NetBackup Plug-in for VMware vSphere Client (HTML5) Guide.

Specific disks to be excluded

Use this option to exclude a specific disk by the disk type, controller, and LUN that represent the virtual device node of the disk. Click Add to specify additional disks.

If you add controllers between any differential backups, their disks are excluded from the next backup.