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With the throttling option we can reduce the Backup speed at the expense of a longer time to complete.Р”Р‡or each backup job we can use global notification settings or even use custom ones.Р”Р„nd finally on the script tab the option to run scripts before and after the SQL cluster Backup job executes. Depending on the storage target we can also operate on data blocks optimization with sizes ranging from 512 KB to 4096 KB should a single Backup file exceed 16 TB in one go.

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In addition, the option to defrag and compact the full backup file thus increasing the restore performance.Р”Р‡rom the Storage we can decide on the compression and encryption of the Backup file. This will help reducing the size of the Backup file. If required also remove data pertinent to an evicted node in this case from the Cluster. In the Maintenance we can enable an health check for the Backup files. In particular from the first tab we can choose when to create Synthetic and Active Full for a Forward Incremental Backup chain. From the same view also the number to set the restore points to keep on disk.Р”Р‡rom the Advanced button now we have access to finer details about the SQL Cluster Backup job.

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For our scenario letРІР‚в„ўs opt for the first one as we want to make all detected drives as part of a SQL Cluster install are included in the Backup job.Р”Р„t this point we can specify the storage where to save this backup or in other words a Backup Repository. In the Backup mode we can choose between Entire computer and Volume level backup. This means all computer nodes in this group will be automatically managed by Veeam Backup Server. In the list of computers we can now add the Protection Group as per previous article. I like to add the prefix Agent to immediately distinguish this one from the other backup jobs.

Same applies in Server mode whereas for Workstation we can still choose between the two.Р”Р„t this point letРІР‚в„ўs give a name and a description similar to the one in the screenshot below.

Which is sensible considering the SQL Cluster in this case will be permanently connected with the Veeam Backup Server. This option only allows to be managed by the Backup Server.

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LetРІР‚в„ўs see a SQL Cluster Backup job in action!Р”Р‡rom the Protection Group we have created letРІР‚в„ўs do a right click and Add to backup job > windows > new job.Р”Р„ new wizard is starting and for our scenario weРІР‚в„ўll go for the third option РІР‚СљFailover clusterРІР‚Сњ. Last but not least from the very same Backup data set we use the Veeam Explorer for SQL to perform an in place and out of place restores.

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Moreover in the case of Microsoft SQL Backup we can decide if and how to truncate the logs choosing to own the SQL Databases Backup chain as well. When the latter works on data blocks, the former is interacting with Microsoft VSS framework and by mean of application VSS writers take a Backup according to the vendor specifications. In a nutshell this Backup mode is able to detect the current owner of the Cluster and run the Backup Job accordingly.Р”Р„nother important aspect is the option to take both application and crash consistent Backups. The latter will make sure all detected nodes will be automatically included and make sure all storage resources attached to the nodes are included in the backup accordingly. Essentially there are three modes, Workstation, Server and Failover cluster. In this step weРІР‚в„ўll create not only the SQL Cluster Backup Job but also tell to work in РІР‚СљFailover clusterРІР‚Сњ mode. To do this we are leveraging the properties from Active Directory where the SQL Cluster actually resides. In the previous step in fact we have created a Protection Group automatically listing all the nodes part of the SQL Cluster. In this article as a second part from the previous post on how to Backup SQL Failover Cluster we are now ready to create the configuration for a SQL Cluster Backup job in Veeam.

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