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  3. NetBackup™ for Microsoft SQL Server Administrator's Guide
  5. Host configuration and job settings
  7. Installing the Veritas VSS provider for vSphere
  9. Disable the SQL Server VSS Writer service
NetBackup™ for Microsoft SQL Server Administrator's Guide

Disable the SQL Server VSS Writer service

To perform VMware application backups with the option Enable T-SQL snapshots, you must disable the SQL Server VSS Writer service.

Note that when you disable this service, any jobs fail that do not use T-SQL snapshots. All policies that protect a VM should use the same snapshot method. Do not mix any policies that use and do not use the T-SQL snapshot method.

To disable the SQL Server VSS Writer service

  1. On the SQL Server system where the NetBackup client is installed, log on as an Administrator.
  2. Open the Windows Services application.
  3. In the right pane, right-click on SQL Server VSS Writer service and select Stop.
  4. In the right pane, right-click on SQL Server VSS Writer and select Properties.
  5. From the Startup type list, click Disabled.
  6. Select OK.

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