Many administrators want to reserve a separate network interface for their SQL Server host machines that are used for routing backup traffic. This type of configuration requires some special considerations when you configure both the NetBackup master server and the NetBackup client that backs up SQL Server. The process to browse backup images across a required network interface is also different.

For information on how to perform restores with a multi-NIC connection, see the following topic.

If you have installed SQL Server in a cluster, refer to the following topic.