The following features are available and updates are made in this release:

• Added support for backups of non-readable secondary replicas. To provide the port number of the primary to NetBackup, additional configuration is needed. See the NetBackup Web UI Microsoft SQL Server Administrator's Guide for information on how to use the hostProperties API endpoint to configure this setting. Or, see the MSSQL_CONFIG_LIST option in the NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume I.

• Added support for RBAC on NetBackup for SQL Server job operations. Users can be granted permission on SQL Server assets so they can then view individual SQL Server jobs. The ability to restart and cancel jobs is available for parent jobs. For example, for availability groups and database instances.

• Support for use of encrypted connections with the Microsoft ODBC driver, release 18, for SQL Server clients that are updated to NetBackup 10.4. (Encryption is not supported for back-level clients.) The following default settings are applied:

  • NetBackup encrypts ODBC connections.

  • The certificate for the target SQL Server instance is trusted.

  • The ODBC driver is configured to use the oldest available driver.

• Added the Enable T-SQL snapshots option to support a full backup of SQL Server (not a copy-only backup) with a VMware policy or protection plan. This backup can be the basis for SQL Server incremental and transaction log backups, which removes the need for a separate full backup with a SQL Server policy.

• The resume option Save work and restart at the point of failure is removed from the NetBackup MS SQL Client. The MAXRESTARTSETS keyword for batch files is no longer valid.