Requirements for backing up SQL resources

Before you backup a SQL resource, you must ensure that several requirements are met.

• You must have migrated a resource from a non-NetApp storage system to a NetApp storage system.
• You must have created a backup policy.
• If you want to back up a resource that has a SnapMirror relationship to a secondary storage, the ONTAP role assigned to the storage user should include the snapmirror all privilege. However, if you are using the vsadmin role, then the snapmirror all privilege is not required.
• The backup operation initiated by an active directory (AD) user fails if the SQL instance credential is not assigned to the AD user or group. You must assign the SQL instance credential to AD user or group from the Settings > User Access page.
• You must have created a resource group with a policy attached.
• If a resource group has multiple databases from different hosts, the backup operation on some hosts might be triggerred late because of network issues. You should configure the value of ForUninitializedHosts in web.config by using the Set SmConfigSettings PS cmdlet.