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  2. NetBackup™ for Microsoft SQL Server Administrator's Guide
  3. Performing backups and restores with the NetBackup MS SQL Client
  4. Perform a user-directed backup of SQL Server database filegroups (NetBackup MS SQL Client)
NetBackup™ for Microsoft SQL Server Administrator's Guide

Perform a user-directed backup of SQL Server database filegroups (NetBackup MS SQL Client)

More information is available on how to use read-write and read-only filegroups in your backup strategy.

See Configure a batch file-based policy for a user-directed backup of read-write filegroups.

See Configure a batch file-based policy for a user-directed backup of read-only filegroups.

To back up a database filegroup

  1. Open the NetBackup MS SQL Client interface.
  2. Select the host and instance you want to access.

  3. Select File > Backup SQL Server objects.
  4. In the Backup Microsoft SQL Server Objects dialog box, in the left pane, expand the instance name.
  5. Select a database whose filegroups you want to back up.
  6. In the right pane, select one or more filegroups that you want to back up.
  7. Select the backup options.

  8. Click Backup.

    To view the progress of the backup, select File > View status.

More Information

Select the SQL Server host and instance (NetBackup MS SQL Client)

Options for SQL Server backup operations

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