Dell EMC Avamar for SQL Server Version 18.2 User Guide 302-005-118 REV 01 Copyright © 2001-2018 Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. Published December 2018 Dell believes the information in this publication is accurate as of its publication date. The information is subject to change without notice. THE INFORMATION IN THIS PUBLICATION IS PROVIDED “AS-IS.“ DELL MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND WITH RESPECT TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PUBLICATION, AND SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. USE, COPYING, AND DISTRIBUTION OF ANY DELL SOFTWARE DESCRIBED IN THIS PUBLICATION REQUIRES AN APPLICABLE SOFTWARE LICENSE. Dell Technologies, Dell, EMC, Dell EMC and other trademarks are trademarks of Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. Other trademarks may be the property of their respective owners. Published in the USA. Dell EMC Hopkinton, Massachusetts 01748-9103 1-508-435-1000 In North America 1-866-464-7381 www.DellEMC.com 2 Avamar for SQL Server 18.2 User Guide CONTENTS Preface 7 Chapter 1 Introduction 11 Architecture................................................................................................12 Avamar components.......................................................................12 How Avamar connects to SQL Server............................................ 13 Failover Cluster Instances.............................................................. 13 AlwaysOn availability groups.......................................................... 16 Database mirroring......................................................................... 21 Data Domain system support..........................................................21 Server virtualization.......................................................................22 Backup....................................................................................................... 22 Backup types................................................................................. 22 Backups in AlwaysOn availability groups........................................25 Mixed backup storage................................................................... 25 Multistreaming.............................................................................. 26 Database log truncation.................................................................26 Backups with other tools............................................................... 27 Restore.......................................................................................................27 Restore to the original location...................................................... 27 Restore to a new database in the original instance........................ 28 Restore to a different instance on the original server.................... 28 Restore to an instance on a different server..................................28 Restore to a file............................................................................. 28 Restore to an AlwaysOn availability group..................................... 29 Restore of a database with an intact log file...................................31 Restore of system databases......................................................... 31 Tail-log backup.............................................................................. 32 Point-in-time restore..................................................................... 32 SQL Server recovery operations....................................................33 Table level recovery....................................................................................34 Disaster recovery....................................................................................... 34 Chapter 2 Installation 35 Preparing to install the SQL Server plug-in................................................ 36 System requirements.....................................................................36 Preparing a stand-alone server...................................................... 42 Preparing a cluster........................................................................ 42 Downloading the software............................................................. 43 Verifying the environment............................................................. 44 Installing the Avamar Plug-in for SQL Server............................................. 45 Installing the Avamar client software..........................................................46 Installation road maps....................................................................46 Installing the Avamar Client for Windows.......................................47 Installing the Avamar Plug-in for SQL Server.................................47 Silent installation of Itempoint for SQL.......................................... 48 Registering the client.....................................................................49 Avamar for SQL Server 18.2 User Guide 3 CONTENTS Configuring the cluster client in a failover cluster.......................... 49 Configuring the cluster client for an AlwaysOn availability group... 51 Configuring the cluster client for an AlwaysOn availability group on Amazon Web Services and Azure.................................................. 53 Upgrading the Avamar client software....................................................... 56 Upgrading on a stand-alone server................................................ 56 Upgrading in a cluster....................................................................56 Uninstalling the Avamar client software......................................................57 Uninstall road map......................................................................... 57 Uninstalling the cluster client in a failover cluster.......................... 58 Uninstalling the cluster client for an AlwaysOn availability group...59 Chapter 3 Backup 61 Perform an on-demand SQL backup by using AUI ..................................... 62 Configure the SQL server policy.................................................................63 Scheduling backups using the AUI Policy wizard........................................ 64 Creating a dataset......................................................................... 65 Creating a backup policy............................................................... 65 Enabling a scheduled backup for a backup policy...........................65 Monitoring backups....................................................................................66 Cancel backups...........................................................................................67 Verifying backups....................................................................................... 67 Enforcement of backups to Data Domain................................................... 67 Chapter 4 Application Consistent SQL Virtual Machine Image Backup 69 Managing advanced policies for CloudDR and SQL.....................................70 Prerequisites.............................................................................................. 70 Add an advanced group policy.................................................................... 70 Configure a source......................................................................... 71 Configure the SQL server policy.....................................................71 Configure members....................................................................... 72 Configure a proxy for the image backup........................................ 74 Remove an advanced policy........................................................................74 Edit an advanced policy.............................................................................. 74 View advanced policy details...................................................................... 75 Migrate existing Backup Policy to an Advanced Policy............................... 75 View logs.................................................................................................... 75 Chapter 5 Restore 77 Restore requirements................................................................................. 78 Software requirements for restore................................................ 78 Tail-log backup and point-in-time restore requirements................ 79 Requirements to restore secondary database files........................ 80 Requirements to restore the Report Server database................... 80 SQL Server write permission requirements....................................80 Determine the restore size for an SQL server database..............................80 Determine the space required to restore the system database......80 Determine the space required to restore a single SQL server database.........................................................................................81 Determine the space required to restore multiple SQL server databases.......................................................................................81 Restoring a database to the original client...................................................81 Restoring a database to a different client...................................................83 Restore features available by using Avamar Administrator......................... 84 4 Avamar for SQL Server 18.2 User Guide CONTENTS Finding a backup............................................................................84 Restoring to the original location...................................................90