NetBackup server and client requirements
Before you install NetBackup, review the requirements for the NetBackup server and the NetBackup clients.
Verify that the following requirements are met for the NetBackup server:
The NetBackup server software is installed and operational on the NetBackup server.
See the NetBackup Installation Guide.
Every NetBackup server includes the NetBackup client software by default. Therefore, you can use NetBackup for SQL Server on a NetBackup server or client (if NetBackup for SQL Server is supported on that platform).
Make sure that you configure any backup media that the storage unit uses. The number of media volumes that are required depends on several things:
The devices that are used and storage capacity of the media.
The sizes of the databases that you want to back up.
The amount of data that you want to archive.
The size of your backups.
The frequency of backups or archives.
The length of retention of the backup images.
Verify that the following requirements are met for the NetBackup clients:
The NetBackup client software is installed on the computer that has the databases you want to back up.
If the database is clustered, you must use the same version of NetBackup on each node in the cluster.
For SQL Server availability groups, install the client on each replica in the availability group where you want backups to occur.
In a SQL Server cluster environment, install the NetBackup client on each node in the cluster. Each node must have the same version of NetBackup.
In a VMware environment, install the NetBackup client software on the virtual machines that have SQL Server running.
If you have multiple NICs, install the NetBackup client using the private interface name.
If the SQL Server client is on a different host than the primary server or media server, then install the NetBackup client on that host.
To use the new features that are included in NetBackup for SQL Server in NetBackup 10.4, you must upgrade your NetBackup for SQL Server clients to NetBackup 10.4. The NetBackup media server must use the same version as the NetBackup for SQL Server client or a higher version than the client.