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In order to perform backup and restore operations on SQL Server instances, you have to register them with SQL Safe Backup. To register SQL Server instances, you can find the option Add SQL Server instance available option Add Instance available on the following tabs:
- Home
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- Policies
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- Operation History
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- Instances
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- Databases tab
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You should use a SQL Safe Backup license that is valid for Centralized Licensing in order to be able to register instances. |
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When you click click Add SQL Server instanceInstance, the wizard for registering new instances opens and you can find the following sections:
INSTANCE
Use this section to specify the instance or instances you want to register with SQL Safe Backup for monitoring. To add new instances you can use any of the following options:
- Type the name of the instance inside the SQL Server instance box. Use a semicolon to separate multiple instances.
- Use the option option BROWSE to to get a list of instances discovered by the CWF service. Select those instances you want to register.
Click Click NEXT to to go to the following section.
CREDENTIALS
In this section you can specify the credentials the CWF service accounts SQL Safe Backup uses to gather data information about your SQL Server instances. Choose whether you want to use the CWF service account or an alternate account for each type of connection. You have You have to define two type of credentials in this section:
SQL Connection Credentials
SQL Safe Backup uses these credentials to connect and perform queries against your new registered SQL Server instances and collect configuration, availability, performance, and capacity data.You You can specify a Windows user or a SQL Server login Account Type.
WMI Connection Credentials
SQL Safe Backup uses these credentials to connect to the instance's host computer and gather configuration and performance data.
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Use the option TEST CREDENTIALS to make sure CWF the credentials specified can gather data for instances and host computers. |
Click Click NEXT to to go the following section.
FINISH
Use this section to review all your settings. You can go to previous sections to make any needed changes. Click Click FINISH to to finish registering your SQL Server instances.
SQL Safe Backup collects initial configuration and availability data from the instances and their databases. When the initial collection is complete, you can see their information and their respective health recommendations.
SQL Safe is a high-performance backup and recovery solution for your SQL Servers. Learn more > >
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