Step 1

Configure your VMware environment and NetBackup.

See the NetBackup for VMware Administrator's Guide.

Install the NetBackup client software on the virtual machines that are part of a SharePoint farm.

Step 2

Install the Veritas VSS provider.

See Installing the Veritas VSS provider for vSphere.

Step 3

Configure the NetBackup Client Service.

See Configuring the logon account for the NetBackup Client Service for NetBackup for SharePoint Server .

Step 4

Configure the NetBackup Legacy Network Service and optionally the NetBackup Legacy Client Service.

See Configuring the logon account for the NetBackup Legacy Network Service and the NetBackup Legacy Client Service.

Step 5

Configure the local security privileges.

See Configuring local security privileges for the SharePoint Servers.

Step 6

On the NetBackup server, configure the mappings for distributed application restores.

Map the application hosts and component hosts in your environment.

See Configuring mappings for restores of a distributed applications, clusters, or virtual machines .

Step 7

On the NetBackup server, review the auto-discovered mappings for the hosts in your environment.

In certain scenarios, a NetBackup host has additional host names or shares a particular name with other hosts. Approve each valid auto-discovered mapping that NetBackup discovers in your environment.

See Reviewing the auto-discovered mappings.

Step 8

Review the requirements granular restores.

See Requirements for SharePoint Granular Recovery .

See Configuring a SharePoint backup that uses Granular Recovery Technology (GRT).

Step 9

For Federated SharePoint configurations, configure the granular proxy on the primary server.

See Configuring the granular proxy host for Federated SharePoint configurations with VMware.

Step 10

Configure the host properties for each SharePoint client.

See Configuring SharePoint client host properties.

Step 11

Create a VMware backup policy.

See Configuring a VMware backup policy to protect SharePoint Server.

Step 12

Test your configuration settings.

See Performing a manual backup.