Veritas NetBackup™ for Microsoft SQL Server Administrator's Guide
- Introducing NetBackup for SQL Server
- Installation and host configuration
- Host configuration and job settings
- Managing SQL Server objects for use with SQL Server Intelligent Policies
- About discovery of SQL Server objects
- About registering SQL Server instances and availability replicas
- Registering instances or availability replicas with an instance group
- Configuring backups with SQL Server Intelligent Policy
- About tuning parameters for SQL Server backups
- Performing restores of SQL Server
- Redirecting a SQL Server database to a different host
- Protecting SQL Server data with VMware backups
- About protecting an application database with VMware backups
- Configuring backups with Snapshot Client
- Using copy-only snapshot backups to affect how differentials are based
- About SQL Server agent grouped backups (legacy SQL Server policies)
- Protecting SQL Server availability groups
- Protecting SQL Server availability groups with intelligent policies
- Protecting SQL Server availibility groups with legacy policies
- About protecting the preferred replica in a SQL Server availability group (legacy backup policies)
- About protecting a specific node in a SQL Server availability group (legacy backup policies)
- About protecting the preferred replica in a SQL Server availability group (legacy backup policies)
- Protecting SQL Server in a cluster environment
- Configuring backups with legacy SQL Server policies using clients and batch files
- About using batch files with NetBackup for SQL Server
- About schedule properties
- Performing user-directed backups of SQL Server databases
- Performing user-directed backups of read-only filegroups
- Using NetBackup for SQL Server with multiple NICs
- Performance and troubleshooting
- About debug logging for SQL Server troubleshooting
- About disaster recovery of SQL Server
- Appendix A. Other configurations
- About SQL Server backups and restores in an SAP environment
- Appendix B. Register authorized locations
Configuring an application backup schedule
A database backup requires an application backup schedule. You cannot perform backups if this type of schedule is not included in the policy. The NetBackup for SQL Server agent automatically creates this schedule and names it
.The backup window for an application backup schedule must encompass the time period during which all scheduled jobs and client-initiated jobs can occur. This window is necessary because the application backup schedule accepts the backup request from NetBackup for SQL Server regardless of whether the backup was initiated from an automatic schedule or from the client. You can choose to set the window for the application backup schedule for 24 hours per day, seven days per week. This window ensures that your operations are never locked out due to the application backup schedule.
For any policies that include read-only filegroups, consider creating a schedule with a retention level set to infinity. This level can enable you to avoid redundant backups.