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In order to perform backup and restore operations on SQL Server instances, you have to register them with SQL Safe. 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

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Warning

You should use a SQL Safe license that is valid for Centralized Licensing in order to be able to register instances.

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 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 accounts SQL Safe uses to gather information about your SQL Server instances. You have to define two type of credentials in this section:

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Tip

Use the option TEST CREDENTIALS to make sure 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. 

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