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NetVault Plug-in for SQL Server 12.2 - User Guide

Introducing NetVault Backup Plug-in for SQL Server Planning your SQL Server deployment Installing and removing the plug-in Configuring the plug-in Backing up data
Defining a backup strategy Understanding snapshot-based backups Reviewing the compression features Performing Online VDI backups Performing VSS backups in SQL Server Example of creating a full VDI backup of an AlwaysOn Availability Group on Windows
Restoring data Using the CLI with the plug-in Troubleshooting

Target audience

This guide is intended for users who are responsible for the backup and recovery of SQL Server. Familiarity with SQL Server administration is assumed. Advanced knowledge of SQL Server is useful for defining an efficient backup-and-recovery strategy and performing advanced recovery scenarios.

Recommended additional reading

Quest recommends that you have the following documentation available for reference while setting up and using this plug-in.

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SQL Server documentation:
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SQL Server 2019: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/sql-server/sql-server-technical-documentation?view=sql-server-ver15
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SQL Server 2017: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/sql-server/sql-server-technical-documentation?view=sql-server-2017
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SQL Server 2016: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/sql-server/sql-server-technical-documentation?view=sql-server-2016
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SQL Server 2014 Books Online: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/2014-toc/books-online-for-sql-server-2014?view=sql-server-2014
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SQL Server 2012 Books Online: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms130214(v=sql.110).aspx
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SQL Server 2008 R2 Books Online: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms130214(v=sql.105).aspx
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SQL Server 2008 Books Online: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms130214(v=sql.100).aspx
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Volume Shadow Copy Service: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb968832.aspx
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NetVault Backup documentation:
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Quest NetVault Backup Installation Guide: This guide provides details on installing the NetVault Backup Server and Client software.
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Quest NetVault Backup Administrator’s Guide: This guide explains how to use NetVault Backup and describes the functionality common to all plug-ins.
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Quest NetVault Backup CLI Reference Guide: This guide provides a description of the command-line utilities.
You can download these guides from https://support.quest.com/technical-documents.

Planning your SQL Server deployment

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Deployment overview
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Standalone deployment
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High-availability deployments on Windows

Deployment overview

Microsoft supports the deployment of SQL Server on a single server or in a high-availability environment. With high-availability environments, Microsoft supports Failover Clustering in an Active/Passive configuration (SQL Server 2014 and earlier), which is based on the Microsoft Cluster Service (MSCS). Microsoft also supports Failover Clustering in an Active/Active configuration with AlwaysOn Availability Groups (SQL Server 2012 and later), which is based on Windows Server Failover Clusters (WSFC).

If you are using SQL Server 2017 or later, you can use SQL Server on Linux to generate VDI backups. For more information on SQL Server for Linux, see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/linux/sql-server-linux-overview?view=sql-server-2017.

Deploying the plug-in in these environments is almost identical because the Plug‑in for SQL Server is installed on the server that hosts the SQL Server database. The following topics describe how the Plug‑in for SQL Server is deployed in each type of SQL Server deployment.

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