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EMC NetWorker Configuring SQL VDI AlwaysOn
Availability Group backups in Multi-homed
(Backup LAN) Network by using NetWorker Module
for Microsoft
Release number 9.0
TECHNICAL NOTES
302-002-249
REV 02
November, 2015
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01 September, 2015 First release of these technical notes for EMC NetWorker Module
for Microsoft release 9.0.
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Overview
These technical notes provide the information about how to perform Microsoft SQL Server
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AlwaysOn Availability Group (AAG) backups by using EMC NetWorker Module for
Microsoft (NMM) release 9.0 in a multihomed environment. NMM Supports SQL Server
AAG backup from the SQL standalone server.
The procedures in this document are based on an example setup with the following
configuration:
l SQL AAG is configured for a SQL virtual cluster with three nodes.
l The SQl virtual cluster automatically fails over in case of high availability.
l The backup is performed by using a SQL standalone server as the backup node.
l Prefer Secondary is the AAG backup policy.
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n Instance 2: masql2012emc3.onemc.com
l phxemcnw100.emcmgmt.local: NetWorker server
l mrlemcnw100.emcmgmt.local: NetWorker server
l phxemcdd100.emcmgmt.local: Data Domain
l mrlemcdd100.emcmgmt.local: Data Domain
Update the IP address, hostname, and FQDN in the etc/hosts file for all the components
in your setup. The following table provides details for the example setup.
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Perform the following steps after you create the SQL AlwaysOn Availability Group from the
ma-sql-emcX.onemc.com SQL standalone server:
1. Set the backup preference to Primary.
2. Set the readable secondary of all the nodes to YES.
The following image displays the SQL FEDNODE1\INSTNAME SQL standalone server with
Prefer Secondary as the backup preference and 80 as the highest backup priority.
If you select any other preference and perform a backup of any SQL virtual instance, the
backup fails.
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b. Click OK.
The Windows client resource is successfully created.
2. Create client resources for all the Windows cluster nodes—ma-sqlpoc1.onbmc.com,
ma-sql-poc2.onbmc.com, ma-sql-poc3.onbmc.com, and ma-sql-pocX.onbmc.com
with save sets.
3. In NMC, on the Group Properties > Advanced tab, set the backup level to full,
incremental, or differential, as required.
4. Start the backup and check the backup LAN traffic on the standalone node.
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