This section includes the following topics:

• Overview of using NetBackup for SQL Server

• Using dbbackex

• Selecting the SQL host and instance

• Using the NetBackup for SQL Client interface

• Starting the NetBackup SQL Client for the first time

• Backup Microsoft SQL Server Objects field descriptions

• Backing up databases

• Backing up transaction logs

• Backing up database filegroups

• Backing up read-only filegroups (SQL Server 2005 or later)

• Backing up read-write filegroups (SQL Server 2005 or later)

• Backing up database files

• Performing partial backups (SQL Server 2005 or later)

• Browsing for backup images

• Restore Microsoft SQL Server Objects field descriptions

• Restoring a database backup

• Staging a full database recovery

• Restoring filegroup backups

• Recovering a database from read-write backups

• Restoring read-only filegroups (SQL Server 2005 or later)

• Restoring database files

• Restoring a transaction log image without staging a full recovery

• Performing a database move

• Restoring partial databases (SQL Server 2000)

• Performing page-level restores (SQL Server 2005 or later)

• Redirecting a restore to a different host

• Redirecting a database to a different location on a different host

• Performing restores with a multi-NIC connection

• Backing up and restoring the databases that contain full-text search catalogs (SQL Server 2005 or later)

• Using batch files

• File checkpointing

• Automatic retry of unsuccessful backups

• Performing backups and restores of remote SQL Server installations

• Restoring multistreamed backups

• Using bplist to retrieve SQL Server backups