New features and changes for NetBackup for Microsoft SQL Server
The following features are available in this release:
Ability to automatically assign credentials to newly discovered or unregistered instances based on the specified criteria. As part of the Credential Management System (CMS), this feature supersedes instance groups.
Discover SQL Server instances on demand.
Ability to automatically protect newly discovered instance databases based on the specified criteria in a SQL Server intelligent group.
Announcement of future changes:
In an upcoming release the use of the command nbsqladm will be disabled. The
bp.confentryENABLE_NBSQLADMwill be disabled by default and not allow any requests from nbsqladm. Administrators can enable theENABLE_NBSQLADMoption if they choose.Instance groups will be removed from the NetBackup Administration Console and from policy configuration in the NetBackup web UI in a future release.