Adding A Sql Server Backup Application Object - SonicWALL CDP 6.0 Administrator's Manual

Backing up Microsoft SQL Server

Adding a SQL Server Backup Application Object

To backup Microsoft SQL databases, you must configure an application object, a schedule, and
a backup task that includes both the application object and the schedule. This section describes
how to create the application object.
To create an application object for Microsoft SQL database backup, perform the following steps:
Open the SonicWALL Agent User Interface on the SQL server.
Step 1
In the SonicWALL CDP Agent User Interface, click the Policies tab.
Step 2
In the left pane, click Applications.
Step 3
In the right pane, click the Plus button
Step 4
opens.
Type a descriptive name for the application object into the Name field.
Step 5
Select either Microsoft SQL Server or Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Engine (MSDE) in the
Step 6
Application drop-down list. The list of available applications is automatically populated through
a discovery process. For proper discovery, the Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy and VSS Writer
services must not be disabled. See
more information.
Under Application items, select the checkboxes for one or more databases to back up.
Step 7
In the Add Application window, click OK to add the application object.
Step 8
The new application object appears in the Policies screen of the Agent User Interface.
Before the backup will occur, you must also configure a schedule for this application object,
Note
and a backup task that includes both the application object and the schedule.
162 SonicWALL CDP 6.0 Administrator's Guide
at the lower right corner. The Add Application window
"Backup and Recovery Troubleshooting" on page 229 for