Data backup overview

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With Data Protection for SQL Server, you can protect Microsoft SQL Servers using the Microsoft™ Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) framework or by running legacy backups where you store the backup on the IBM Storage® Protect server.

Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS)
Using VSS, you can do full and copy-only snapshot backups of SQL Server data.
Legacy
You use the Microsoft legacy application programming interface (APIs) to stream backups to the IBM Storage Protect server. You can create a copy of all or part of an SQL Server database or logs on IBM Storage Protect storage media.