Configuring the NetBackup services for VMware backups that protect SQL Server
NetBackup uses the NetBackup Client Service and the NetBackup Legacy Network Service to access the SQL Server when it performs VMware backups and restores. For VMware backups, the logon account must meet the following requirements:
You cannot use the Local System account as the logon account.
For VMware backups with Replication Director, the account has access to the CIFS shares on the NetApp disk array.
The account has the fixed server role "sysadmin". You can use a domain account, a member of BUILTIN\Administrators, or another account that has this role.
Both services must use the same logon account.
(SQL 2012 and later) If you choose to truncate logs, ensure that the account that runs the Microsoft SQL Server Service has full permissions for the NetBackup Legacy Network Service
tempdirectory.This directory is
C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp. User is the account that runs the NetBackup Legacy Network Service.
Note:
Configure the logon accounts for the services on the hosts that you use to browse for backups and the hosts you use to perform restores.
To configure the NetBackup services for VMware backups that protect SQL Server
- Log on to the Windows host with the account that has the sysadmin role and any necessary local security privileges.
- If the SQL Server host and instance use standard or mixed security, perform the following steps:
Open the NetBackup MS SQL Client.
Select File > Set SQL Server connection properties.
Provide the SQL Server Userid and Password.
Click Apply.
Click Close.
- Open the Windows Services application.
- Double-click the NetBackup Client Service entry.
- Click on the Log On tab.
- Provide the name of the logon account.
To change the logon account, you must have administrator group privileges.
The account must include the domain name, followed by the user account, domain_name\account. For example, recovery\netbackup.
- Click OK.
- Double-click on the NetBackup Legacy Network Service entry.
- Click on the Log On tab.
- Provide the name of the logon account.
To change the logon account, you must have administrator group privileges.
The account must include the domain name, followed by the user account, domain_name\account. For example, recovery\netbackup.
- Click OK.
- Stop and start the NetBackup Client Service and the NetBackup Legacy Network Service.
- Close the Services control panel application.
See About configuring NetBackup for VMware backups that protect SQL Server.