VSP is intened for file-oriented open-file backups. Web server, file server, user laptop/desktop computer.
To do a hot database backup you'll need an backup agent to deal with transactional issues, like the NetBackup for Microsoft SQL Server Agent.
http://www.symantec.com/Products/enterprise?c=optdetail&cid=1018&refId=2&optId=74
Product documentation freely available from:
http://support.veritas.com/menu_ddProduct_NBUESVR_view_CL.htm
The only other choice would be either look into utlizing VSS rather than VSP or bring SQL down and backup the files cold.
hth