Deciding on whether to read the SnapCenter Data Protection Guide for Microsoft SQL

This information describes how to use SnapCenter to perform backup, restore, and clone operations on Microsoft SQL Server resources.

You should read this information if you want to use SnapCenter in the following ways:

• You want to create data protection policies and resource groups for Microsoft SQL Server resources
• You want to perform backup, restore, or clone operations on Microsoft SQL Server resources using the graphical user interface (GUI)
• You want to perform backup, restore, or clone operations on Microsoft SQL Server resources using Windows PowerShell cmdlets

You should have already performed the following tasks:

• Installed SnapCenter Server and the SnapCenter Plug-ins Package for Windows
• Configured role-based access control (RBAC), storage system connections, and credentials
• Deployed the NetApp Data Broker virtual appliance, enabled the SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere, and registered the plug-in with SnapCenter, if you want to protect Microsoft SQL Server databases on virtual machines. The NetApp Data Broker, SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere, documentation has more information.

  Deployment Guide for SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere

• Set up SnapMirror and SnapVault relationships, if you want backup replication

You can also use the following information to help accomplish your data protection goals:

• SnapCenter Server and plug-in installation and setup

  Installing and setting up SnapCenter

  Getting Started

• SnapCenter concepts, including architecture, features, and benefits

  Concepts

• Other SnapCenter Data Protection Guides for specific types of resources, such as Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, Windows file systems, and custom plug-ins
• SnapCenter PowerShell cmdlets

  SnapCenter Software 4.2 Windows Cmdlet Reference Guide

• SnapCenter administration, including dashboards, reporting capabilities, and REST APIs, and managing licenses, storage connections, and the SnapCenter Server repository

  Performing administrative tasks

• The SnapCenter 4.1.1 documentation has information on protecting virtualized databases and file systems using the SnapCenter 4.1.1 Plug-in for VMware vSphere. The NetApp Data Broker, SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere, documentation has information on protecting virtualized databases and file systems using the Linux-based NetApp Data Broker virtual appliance (Open Virtual Appliance format) for SnapCenter 4.2.

  Data Protection Guide for VMs, Datastores, and VMDKs using the SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere