Technical Notes

® ®
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

These technical notes contain the following information:

l Revision history......................................................................................................... 2
l Overview....................................................................................................................2
l Example backup LAN environment configuration........................................................3
l Configuring SQL AlwaysOn Availability Group.............................................................4
l Configuring NetWorker server.....................................................................................6
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Revision history
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Revision Date Description

02 November, 2015 This revision contains the following updates:
l Changed the names and IP addresses in the figure in "Example
backup LAN environment configuration" section. These
changes are reflected in the content of the document.
l Incorporated copy edit feedback.

01 September, 2015 First release of these technical notes for EMC NetWorker Module
for Microsoft release 9.0.

Note

This document was accurate at publication time. Go to EMC Online Support (https://
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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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Example backup LAN environment configuration

The following figure describes the detailed layout of the backup LAN environment.
Figure 1 Sample backup LAN environment

The example setup consists of:

l SQL Server 2012 Windows Cluster: ma-sql2012-emc
n Node 1: ma-sql-emc1.onemc.com
n Node 2: ma-sql-emc2.onemc.com
n Node 3: ma-sql-emc3.onemc.com
l SQL Server instances:
n Instance 1: masql2012emc1.onemc.com

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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.

IP address Hostname FQDN Description of host

10.111.255.14 ma-sql2012-emc ma-sqlemc.onemc.com SQL 2012 cluster
0

10.111.255.14 masql2012-emc1 masqlemc1.onemc.com SQL 2012 instance 1

4

10.111.255.14 masql2012-emc3 masqlemc3.onemc.com SQL 2012 instance 1

5

10.111.255.14 ma-sql2012-emc1 ma-sqlemc1.onemc.com SQL 2012 node 1

1

10.111.255.14 ma-sql2012-emc2 ma-sqlemc2.onemc.com SQL 2012 node 2

2

10.111.255.14 ma-sql2012-emc3 ma-sqlemc3.onemc.com SQL 2012 node 3

3

10.111.127.8 phxemcdd100 phxemcdd100.emcmgmt.local Data Domain

10.111.255.6 mrlemcdd100 mrlemcdd100.emcmgmt.local Data Domain

10.111.127.5 phxemcnw100 phxemcnw100.onemc.com NetWorker server

10.111.255.5 mrlemcnw100 mrlemcnw100.onemc.com NetWorker server

Configuring SQL AlwaysOn Availability Group

Create the AlwaysOn Availability Group from any SQL virtual instance or the standalone
server. Use the SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) to perform the steps in this
section.
Perform the following steps after you create the SQL AlwaysOn Availability Group from the
masql2012emc1 SQL virtual instance for the db1, db2, and db3 databases :
1. Add the masql2012emc3 and ma-sql-emcX.onemc.com replicas to the SQL AlwaysOn
Availability Group.
2. Set the backup preference to secondary only, prefer secondary, or any replica.
3. Set the priority of the ma-sql-emcX.onemc.com node to the highest, as shown in the
following figure.

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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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Configuring NetWorker server

1. Create a client resource for the Windows cluster:
a. In the NetWorker Administration window, click Protection.
b. In the expanded left panel, select Clients.
c. From the File menu, select New.
The Create Client dialog box appears.
d. On the General tab:
a. In the Name field, type ma-sql2012-emc, which is the Windows cluster name.
b. In the Save set field, type MSSQL$INSTNAME#AG1, where INSTNAME is the
named instance name on the standalone node and AG1 is the AlwaysOn
Availability Group name. If the standalone node has a default instance, then
type MSSQL#AG1.

e. On the Apps & Modules tab:

a. Type the remote username and the password in the Remote user and the
Password fields respectively.
b. To back up the data to a Data Domain system, select Data Domain backup.
c. In the Backup Command field, type nsrsqlv.

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f. If the NetWorker server is the storage node, on the Globals (1 of 2) tab:

a. In the Server network interface field, type the backup LAN interface of the
server. The example setup uses 10.170.3.66 as shown in the following figure:

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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