Features not supported – HP 3PAR Recovery Manager Software for Microsoft SQL Server Licenses User Manual
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Support for backup server and production server running in VMware VM Direct Environment
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Support for concurrent virtual copy or remote virtual copy creations, concurrent backup jobs,
and concurrent virtual copy or remote virtual copy creation with backup jobs.
NOTE:
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Backup of different databases with same policy cannot be taken using Symantec
NetBackup. Concurrent backups with different policies can be taken.
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Backup of different databases with same datalist can be taken using HP data protector.
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Backup of different databases using Symantec NetBackup, Symantec Backup Exec, or
HP Data Protector can be taken concurrently. For example, Backup of database db1
using Symantec NetBackup and backup of database db2 using HP Data Protector can
execute in parallel.
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Backup of different databases with same Device name cannot be taken using Symantec
Backup Exec.
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A database backup is not allowed when a backup of its instance is in progress. Similarly,
an instance backup is not allowed when a backup of the database is in progress.
NOTE:
Due to an SQL instance limitation, the recommended maximum number of databases for
which you can create snapshot backups at the same time is 35.
For more information, see Microsoft KB 943471:
NOTE:
For information about the versions supported, refer the latest Single Point of Connectivity
Knowledge for HP Storage Products (SPOCK) document. To obtain a copy of this documentation,
see
Features Not Supported
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Microsoft SQL Server offline backup
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VSS backup types “Incremental,” “Differential,” “Copy,” and “Log”
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All backup tools except for HP Data Protector, Symantec NetBackup, and Symantec Backup
Exec
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Access to HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage System via SSH
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Display of different versions of Microsoft SQL Server from the same Recovery Manager backup
server
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Taking a snapshot of the SQL servers created with the SQL Server Authentication setting
HP 3PAR Recovery Manager for SQL supports SQL servers created with the Windows
Authentication setting. If you are running SQL Server, Recovery Manager supports both
Windows Authentication mode and SQL Server and Windows Authentication mode.
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Taking a snapshot of a database residing on a network mapped volume
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Virtual copy ownership transferring
For example, you can remove virtual copies only if you created them, and you can unmount
virtual copies only if you mounted them.
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Taking a snapshot of an instance or a database that resides on dynamic disks
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Mounting virtual copies to a Windows Fibre channel (FC) based host that resides in virtual
environment
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Overview of Recovery Manager