You can use the Commvault Cloud software to back up and restore Microsoft SQL Server databases.
Backups
Autodiscovery and Backup
Commvault Cloud automatically discovers and backs up database instances.
Data You Can Back Up
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Databases
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Log files
Backups You Can Perform
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Differential backups
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Full backups
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Transaction log backups
When You Can Perform Backups
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On a schedule: The server plan that you assign manages scheduled backups
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On demand: You can perform on-demand backups at any time
Restores
Backups You Can Use for Restores
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The most recent backup: For example, restore the most recent backup to its original location
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A backup from a specific date: For example, restore data to a point in time before it became unusable
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Backups from a date range: For example, restore data that was accidentally deleted
Destinations You Can Restore To
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The current location (in place)
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A different client, instance, or database name
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A disk
SQL Portability
You can perform the following cross-server restore operations.
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Source |
Destination |
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Windows |
Linux |
Azure SQL |
Azure Managed Instance |
AWS |
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Windows |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes, but it must be on the same gateway. |
Yes |
Yes |
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Linux |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Azure SQL |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
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Azure Managed Instance |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
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AWS |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Automatic Discovery of Applications
You can use the Enable auto discover option to automatically find SQL databases in your environment and install software to back up the SQL databases.For more information, see Configuring a SQL Failover Cluster.