Notes For Backup Jobs With Microsoft Sql Server; Microsoft Sql Server Databases And The Backup Mode; Using Data Protector Express With Sql Server's Backup Routine - HP BB118BV - StorageWorks Data Protector Express Package User's Manual & Technical Reference

Notes for Backup Jobs with Microsoft SQL Server

Two additional concerns are present when you back up SQL Server database instances: setting the
Backup mode of a job to either Full, Incremental
to work with SQL Server's default backup routine.
NOTE:
Anytime Data Protector Express returns an error message that is greater than 10000, a Microsoft SQL or
Exchange error has occurred. Refer to your Microsoft documentation for more information as this is a
Microsoft error code.

Microsoft SQL Server Databases and the backup mode

The Backup mode on the Option s tab of a job that backs up SQL Server database instances is especially
critical.
Backup modes
SQL Server database instances and databases. However, when either the Incremental or Differential
option is selected, Data Protector Express backs up only the transaction logs for each database.
CAUTION:
There is no difference between Incremental and Differential jobs for SQL Server databases.
When the Backup mode is set to Copy, Data Protector Express runs the job in Full backup mode.
NOTE:
This will cause the transaction logs to be reset (truncated). For this reason, running a job in Copy
mode can compromise your comprehensive backup strategy if you are not careful to archive the media
created by these jobs.
Additional Conditions
Backup mode option is automatically set to Full when backing up these databases.
If you set a job to run in either Incremental or Differential mode and the job can only run as a full backup
(as a result of the provision above), the job will fail to run on each of its initial passes, but will run
in Full backup mode on its final pass.

Using Data Protector Express with SQL Server's Backup Routine

Microsoft SQL Server has default utilities and commands for backing up data. When you use Data
Protector Express to back up SQL Server databases, you can still use these default SQL Server utilities
and commands.
For example, you can use the DUMP command to dump transaction logs to the dump device (preferably, a
separate disk drive). You can set this up to occur at regular intervals, such as every 15 minutes or every hour.
Next, you can create a backup job that backs up these transaction logs onto archival media every day.
In general, when you implement Data Protector Express to back up your SQL Server databases, continue
to use SQL Server's internal commands to duplicate and back up transaction logs. Set up a separate
Data Protector Express backup job to write these duplicated transaction logs to archival media.
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Working with Third-Party Applications
When the Full setting is selected, all files selected for backup are backed up, including
Master, Model, MSDB and Pubs databases support only full backups. The
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or Differential; and configuring Data Protector Express