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

Configuring the primary server host name for the SQL Server agent

In some environments, you may need to override the host name that NetBackup for SQL Server uses for server-directed backup and restores. Specifically, when the primary server knows itself by one host name and the client must connect to a different host name to reach the primary server. For example, when the primary server has more than one IP address or associated host name. In this case some client hosts may not resolve and network route to the host name by which the primary server knows itself.

The SQL Server agent obtains the host name for the primary server from several sources, in the following order:

  • NBSERVER value.

    For protection plans, this name is the host name by which the primary server identifies itself. Or the host name in the operation that the SQL Server backup administrator configured.

  • SQL Server agent registry setting.

    The primary server name (Current NetBackup Server) in the NetBackup client properties of the NetBackup MS SQL Client interface. This setting corresponds to the following registry entry:

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Veritas\NetBackup\NetBackup for Microsoft SQL Server\DEFAULT_SQL_NB_MASTER_SERVER

  • The first SERVER entry in the NetBackup registry on the client host.

    This setting is located in the following registry entry:

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\VERITAS\NetBackup\CurrentVersion\Config\Server

  • Domain server value.

    The host name of the primary server from which the client last requested a host ID certificate. This value is the "serverName" for the primary server in the certmapinfo.json file.

Alternatively, you can set USE_REQUESTED_MASTER = FALSE on the client to give the NBSERVER value lower precedence:

  • SQL Server agent registry value

  • Primary server value

  • NBSERVER value

  • Domain server value

To change the USE_REQUESTED_MASTER setting to FALSE

  1. Add the following statement to a text file (for example, new_config.txt).

    USE_REQUESTED_MASTER = FALSE

  2. On the primary or the media server, enter the following command:

    # bpsetconfig -h ClientA new_config.txt

    NetBackup sets the configuration change on client host ClientA.