Registering a SQL Server instance or availability replica
To protect SQL Server with an Intelligent Policy, you must register the SQL Server instances or availability replicas with credentials. To protect an availability group, you may prefer to use an instance group to register one set of credentials for each of the replicas. Alternatively, you can register replicas individually if each replica requires different credentials.
Refer to Table: Options to register credentials to determine the best option for your environment.
For additional registration options, see the following topics:
See Registering instances or availability replicas with an instance group.
See Authorizing a DBA to register instances or availability replicas with the nbsqladm command.
To register a SQL Server instance or availability replica
- In the NetBackup Administration Console, in the left pane, expand NetBackup Management > Applications > Microsoft SQL Server.
- Select the instances or replicas, as follows:
To select instances, click All Instances.
The right pane displays a list of instances.
To select replicas, click Availability Groups > Availability group name.
The right pane displays a list of replicas for the availability group.
- Select the instances or replicas that you want to register. Instances or replicas that have previously been registered show a date and time in the Registered column.
- Choose Actions > Register.
For a SQL Server cluster, NetBackup adds a single entry or one instance in the Applications utility. The host for that instance is the virtual name of the SQL Server cluster.
- Select the credentials you want to use.
See About credentials used with SQL Server Intelligent Policy.
- Click OK.
If the validation fails, you can choose to save the instance or replica or enter different credentials. The backup of an instance or replica fails if the credentials are not valid for an instance or a replica.
