Notes For Backup Jobs With Microsoft Sql Server - HP BB118BV - StorageWorks Data Protector Express Package User Manual

Data Protector Express sends this name to Microsoft SQL Server whenever the SQL
administrator user name is required. Type the Microsoft SQL administrator name in this field. The default
is sa.
Data Protector Express sends this SQL administrator password to Microsoft SQL Server with
the SQL administrator's user name whenever required. There is no default value.
As explained in the next section, the Backup mode setting of a backup job affects Microsoft
SQL Server database instances differently than file types. The Force modes settings control how Data
Protector Express backs up the database instances.
Note that the settings here are only applicable to Microsoft SQL Server database instances; all other file
types are backed up in the job's default mode. For example, if the Backup mode of a job is set to
Incremental and the Force modes setting for incremental jobs is set to Full, Data Protector Express will
back up the SQL Server database instance in Full mode, but all other file types in Incremental mode.
You can use this feature to ensure that the databases in the instance are always backed up in full
mode, but that other files are only backed up when changed. This guarantees the greatest security for the
most crucial files (that is, the SQL Server database instances), while not making jobs unnecessarily large
by not backing up the entire network (that is, by backing up only the changed files).
When the Backup mode of a job is set to Full, Data Protector Express checks this setting to see how
the job should be run with SQL database instances. Full is the only possible setting, so the database
instances will be backed up in this mode. In this case, both the databases and the transaction logs are
backed up.
When the Backup mode of a job is set to Differential, Data Protector Express checks this
setting to see how the job should be run with SQL database instances. By default, Data Protector Express
runs the jobs as an incremental job and so only the transaction logs are backed up. There is no distinct
Differential job mode for SQL Server database instances.
If you want jobs with a Differential backup mode to back up both the database and the transaction logs,
change this setting to Full. In this case, Data Protector Express will treat the SQL Server database
instances as if it were running a job in Full backup mode.
When the Backup mode of a job is set to Incremental, Data Protector Express checks this
setting to see how the job should be run with SQL databases. By default, Data Protector Express runs the
jobs as an incremental job and so only the transaction logs are backed up.
If you want jobs with an Incremental backup mode to back up both the database and the transaction logs,
change this setting to Full. In this case, Data Protector Express will treat the SQL Server database files as
if it were running a job in Full backup mode.

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, or Differential; and configuring Data Protector
Express to work with SQL Server's default backup routine.
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.