To upgrade SQL Safe Backup to the newer version, follow these steps:
- Log on with an administrator account to the computer where the server hosting the SQL Safe Backup is located.
- Open the SQL Safe Backup installer and click Run.
- Before you begin, the SQL Safe Backup wizard displays information about what is needed to complete the installation successfully. Click Next.
- By default, the installer automatically detects the features you have already installed. Those features are selected to upgrade.
- Review the license agreement. To accept this license agreement, select the I accept the Terms and Conditions checkbox. Click Next.
- Determine if you are going to register the SQL Safe Backup with an existing IDERA Dashboard.
By default, the option Yes is selected. SQL Safe Backup automatically detects if you have a local IDERA Dashboard installed in your computer. If your IDERA Dashboard is located on a remote server, then specify the HostName and Port number of this server. Type administrator credentials to access this Dashboard and click Next.
If you select No, then proceed to the next step.
A message appears letting you know that an older version of IDERA Dashboard is found and proceeding further will upgrade the existing one. Click OK to continue. - By default, the installer uses the Destination Folder you specified when you installed the product. Click Next.
A message appears letting you know that an existing SQL Safe Backup product is registered on this Dashboard and the current instance will be upgraded. Click OK to continue. - The SQL Server Instance and Database Name remain the same as your previous installation of the product. You can change the Authentication for the SQL Safe Backup Repository. By default, the Windows Authentication is selected. If you want to use the Microsoft SQL Server Authentication, select this option and specify the login name and password for this account, and click Save.
Before you continue, you can Test Connections to make sure the SQL Server instance is connected. Then, click Next. - Specify the Service Account under which the SQL Safe Backup and IDERA Dashboard services will run under. Click Next.
- Specify the account to be used by the SQL Safe Backup Management Service to connect to the SQL Safe Backup Repository Database. By default, the Windows account specified on the previous step is selected. If you want to use the Microsoft SQL Server Authentication, select this option and specify the respective SQL Sever login credentials, and click Next.
- Once the SQL Safe Backup is ready to install, review the settings you selected and click Install to install the program.
If you want to edit your settings, select Back, and make your changes. - When the SQL Safe installation completes, you can either:
- Go to the Start Menu, Select IDERA > SQL Safe Management Console.
- Open the IDERA Dashboard through the URL https://localhost:9291 from a web browser.
- Configure the Firewall.
- Launch the SQL Safe Management Console.
- Click Finish to exit the wizard.
SQL Safe is ONLY compatible with IDERA Dashboard version 4.6 and with limited support.