MSSQL cluster backup

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Hi Milorad,

Actually all comes down to you RTO and RPO.

VSS should be a faster way to backup, depending on the DB configuration, but the bad side of it is the limitation in truncating SQL.

VSS backups will use SQL writer, which means that the backup will always be full and logs won't be truncated.

VDI allows you different backup strategies and configurations, and of course the logs truncation.

I personally would go for VDI.

Thank you,

Carlos

Can You please tell me roadmap to set MSSQL cluster backup using NMM 2.4.1? I have to install both NMM an Networker client on each physical node. After it, I have to set each physical node as a client resource. Can I use wizard? Do I choose backup type for physical clients Filesystem or SQL server?

Hi Milorad,

This is described in the documentation, however here you have some answers:

Yes, you have to install NW client and NMM 2.4.x on top of it in all the nodes of your SQL cluster.

You can use wizard to create the client entry, and you should create it for the virtual client (name of the instance, not the cluster itself), and then also create a "dummy client" for the physical nodes

Thank you,

Carlos