Using client-based schedulers with dbbackex

dbbackex lets you employ your choice of client-based schedulers to automatically initiate NetBackup for SQL Server operations.

The following schedulers are available:

One distinct advantage of the SQL Server Scheduler is that you can create scripts for database maintenance operations. These operations are initiated as a result of database events that you define. For example, you can create a script that initiates dbbackex and tells it to back up a particular transaction log. You can also create an alert which invokes that script when the transaction log for this database becomes full.

Note:

If you use dbbackex through a client-based scheduler, specify the -np option to ensure that a message box is not generated. However, before you use the scheduler with dbbackex consider the following. Try the dbbackex syntax on the console WITHOUT the -np option. Do this to test for the successful completion of the batch file that you have created for your operation.