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

Snapshot methods

The following snapshot methods and options are available for snapshot backups. For more details see the NetBackup Snapshot Client Administrator's Guide.

Table:

Method

Description

Automatic

NetBackup selects a snapshot method when the backup starts. If necessary, NetBackup selects a different method for assets in the protection plan.

VSS

VSS uses the Volume Shadow Copy Service of Windows. VSS is for local backup and it selects the actual snapshot method depending on which snapshot provider is configured on the client.

Provider type:

  • Automatic. NetBackup selects the available provider in this order: Hardware, Software, System.

  • System. Use the Microsoft system provider for a block-level copy on write snapshot.

  • Use the software provider to intercept the I/O requests at the software level between the file system and the volume manager.

  • Use the hardware provider for your disk array.

Snapshot attribute:

  • Automatic. NetBackup selects the attribute.

  • Differential. Use a copy-on-write type of snapshot.

  • Plex. Use a clone or a mirror type of snapshot.

VxVM

For any snapshots with any data that is configured over Volume Manager volumes.

  • Resynchronize mirror in background. Select this option to allow more efficient use of backup resources. If two backups need the same tape drive, the second can start even though the resynchronize operation for the first job has not completed.

  • Wait for mirror sync completion. Select this option if full-sized instant snapshots are not available for backup until the mirror synchronization is complete. If the backup starts before the snapshot disks are fully synchronized with the source and the server does not have access to the source disks, then the backup fails.

  • Maximum number of volumes to resynchronize. The number of volume pairs that are resynchronized simultaneously. Accept the default if the I/O bandwidth in your clients and disk storage cannot support simultaneous synchronization of volumes. For the configurations that have sufficient I/O bandwidth, multiple volumes can be resynchronized simultaneously, to complete resynchronization sooner. A major factor in I/O bandwidth is the number and speed of HBAs on each client.