New-Upgrading the SQL Safe Backup and IDERA Dashboard

The following instructions guide you through the upgrade of the SQL Safe Backup and IDERA Dashboard in an AlwaysOn Environment. 

1. Log on with an administrator account to the computer where the server hosting the SQL Safe Backup and IDERA Dashboard is located.
2. Open the SQL Safe Backup installer and click Run. 
3. Before you begin, the SQL Safe Backup wizard displays information about what is needed to complete the installation successfully. Click Next.
4. By default, the installer automatically detects the features you have already installed. Those features are selected to upgrade.
5. Review the license agreement. To accept this license agreement, select the I accept the Terms and Conditions checkbox. Click Next.
6. Select an option to register SQL Safe. If you want to register it with an existing IDERA Dashboard, specify if you want to register with IDERA Dashboard locally or on a remote server. In both scenarios, you have to provide the host name, port, service account, and password. Click Next.
   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.
7. 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 product is registered on this Dashboard and the current instance will be upgraded. Click OK to continue.
   
8. The SQL Server Instance and Database Name remains 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.
9. Specify the Service Account under which the SQL Safe Backup and IDERA Dashboard services will run under. Click Next.
10. 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.
11. Once SQL Safe Backup is ready to install, review the settings you selected and click Install. If you want to edit your settings, select Back and make your changes.
12. If not already available on the system, the Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Update installation is requested. Click Install to install the program.
13. When the SQL Safe Backup 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.
    By default, the Launch the SQL Safe Management Console checkbox is enable. To complete the installation, disable it, then click Finish. 

Once you complete upgrading the SQL Safe Backup and IDERA Dashboard, configure the databases for high availability.