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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ for Microsoft SQL Server Administrator's Guide
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Veritas NetBackup™ for Microsoft SQL Server Administrator's Guide

About configuring backups with legacy SQL Server policies

Table: Steps to configure SQL Server backups that use legacy SQL Server policies

Step

Action

Description

Step 1

Configure the logon account for the NetBackup services.

The logon account for the NetBackup Client Service and the NetBackup Legacy Network Service must meet certain requirements.

See Configuring the services for SQL Server backups and restores.

Step 2

Configure the batch files for the policy.

See About using batch files with NetBackup for SQL Server.

Step 3

Configure a legacy SQL Server policy.

See Adding a new SQL Server legacy policy.

Step 4

If you have a SQL Server AG or cluster, you must configure the mappings for distributed application restores.

See Configuring mappings for restores of a distributed application, cluster, or virtual machine .

Step 5

If you have a SQL Server AG or cluster, you must review the auto-discovered mappings for the hosts in your environment.

See Reviewing the auto-discovered mappings in Host Management.

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