About the virtual machine backups that include database data
When NetBackup backs up a VMware virtual machine, database data in the virtual machine is backed up with the rest of the virtual machine. NetBackup allows the recovery of individual database files from the backup. This feature supports Microsoft Exchange Server, SQL Server, and SharePoint Server.
Note the following:
To enable restore of individual database files, a NetBackup Windows client must be installed in the virtual machine during the backup.
NetBackup uses Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) to quiesce the database before it creates a snapshot of the virtual machine.
A full backup is performed of the database data with each backup job, even if the policy schedule is incremental.