SQL Server IntelliSnap Backup Operations

You can back up the data on your client computer and restore it when required.

Backup Types

The following backup types are available through the SQL Server Agent:

Supported Backups

The SQL Server Agent supports backup of the following components:

Component

What Is Backed Up

SQL Server system databases

Databases such as master, msdb and model

SQL Server user databases

Data files:

  • Transaction logs such as log records and log marks

  • Replication settings

  • CDC changes

SQL Archiving Server Store for Lync Server

SQL Server file stream databases

File streams

File table databases

Azure SQL databases

SQL databases

SQL Analysis Services databases

Source data, aggregations, or metadata.

Full-text indexes

For SQL Server 2005, traditional and IntelliSnap backups

For SQL Server 2008, traditional, IntelliSnap and VSS-enabled backups

Notes:

In a farm configuration, SQL databases with Unicode names should be backed up using other SQL backup tools since the SQL Server Agent supports only the standard alphanumeric characters. The SQL Server Agent does not support databases with extended ASCII or UNICODE characters in their names.

TDE or Always Encrypted are enabled, then the following rules apply:

  • Backups are not affected.

  • If you have a storage policy that uses deduplication, then the deduplication ratio is low or non-existent.

  • If the restore destination is a different client or instance, then the SQL administrator must back up the encryption key, and present it to the destination instance.

Unsupported Backups

  • The SQL Server Agent does not support VSS-enabled backups of full-text indexes (FTI) for SQL Server 2005. Instead, use the Windows File System Agent to back up the full-text indexes.

  • The tempdb database is not backed up because it is recreated by the SQL Server every time the server is started.

  • The SQL Server Agent does not support VSS-enabled SQL Analysis Services.

  • Amazon snapshots are not supported for databases that are available in system or Commvaultinstallation drive

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