When you configure SQL database instant access restores with the Microsoft app agent for VM Direct SSMS plug-in, you can specify optional settings on the
Instant Access > Options page.
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Steps
From the left panel, click
Options to specify optional instant access settings.
The
Options page appears as shown in the following figure.
Under
Mount:
The
Mount Folder field specifies the location where backup images are mounted.
NOTE
The value in the
Mount Folder field is the default mount location under the
config directory of the Microsoft application agent installation path, for example,
C:\Program Files\DPSAPPS\MSAPPAGENT\config\mount.
Ensure that the SQL Server administrative account for the target SQL Server instance has access to this path so that it can access the database files once they are mounted.
In
Mount Timeout, specify the number of days after which the mounted backup image must be dismounted. The default value is 7 days.
NOTE The maximum mount timeout setting is 7 days but can be extended up to 7 more days. After the mount starts, you can extend the mount timeout on the
Instant Access > Active Mounts page by specifying the number of days in the
Change mount timeout field and clicking
Change. The specified number of days are added to the initial timeout value that was set during the mount.
Dismount the mounted database provides more details. To preserve any changes that you make to the database during the instant access active time, you can vMotion the database.
To generate detailed logs, which you can use to troubleshoot the mount issues, select
Select a debug level, and then specify a value of 1 through 9. The default value is 0 (zero).
To delete debug logs older than a certain number of days, select
Delete debug logs after, and then specify the number of days with a number between 1 and 32767 days. The default value is 0 and does not delete any debug logs.
NOTE This option only deletes debug logs named in the default format and located in the logs folder at
<installation_path>\MSAPPAGENT\logs.
Regularly deleting debug logs prevents the log folder on the installation drive from becoming too large.
To limit the backup history of the databases on the
General page to a set number of days, type or select a number in the
Days of backup history field.
The default value is 7 days.
If no level full backups are found in the specified time range, you are prompted for confirmation to load the latest full backup.
Exclude client name resolution is selected by default, as required to use the client name that is provided as is without converting it to the fully qualified domain name (FQDN).
Use this option when you restore to a virtual machine in a different domain that does not have name resolution for the source client.
Unselect the option to resolve the source FQDN during restore.
To specify the
PowerProtect Data Manager appliance, under
Mount Method, perform the following steps:
Beside
Appliance Host, click
...
The
PowerProtect Data Manager List & Lockbox Settings window appears.
The details for the
PowerProtect Data Manager appliance that protects the SQL Server in a protection policy automatically appear.
If you do not see the
PowerProtect Data Manager appliance that you want to use for the mount operation, click
Add, and then in the
Add PowerProtect Data Manager details dialog box, perform one of the following actions:
To add an
PowerProtect Data Manager with credential-based authentication, specify the appliance hostname and the login credentials.
Contact the
PowerProtect Data Manager administrator to retrieve the
PowerProtect Data Manager appliance host and login details.
To add an
PowerProtect Data Manager with certificate-based authentication, specify only the appliance hostname. Do not specify the username and password fields.
To use certificate-based authentication, the
PowerProtect Data Manager administrator must approve the target Microsoft application agent.
The
PowerProtect Data Manager administrator can approve the target Microsoft application agent on the
PowerProtect Data ManagerInfrastructure > Application Agents page.
Select the
PowerProtect Data Manager appliance that will mount the backup, and then click
OK.
To mount the database for instant access, click
Mount.
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