Before you use Hybrid Backup Recovery (HBR) to back up SQL Server databases deployed on Elastic Compute Service (ECS) instances, you must register an SQL Server instance in the HBR console.
Background information
When you register an SQL Server instance, you must configure the connection information about the SQL Server instance. After the SQL Server instance is registered, an ECS backup client is installed on each node of the SQL Server instance.
After an SQL Server instance is registered, you can view the installation status of the ECS backup client on each node of the SQL Server instance. Make sure that an ECS backup client is installed on all nodes to be backed up. You can also upgrade, uninstall, or delete an ECS backup client based on your business needs.
Register an SQL Server instance
To register an SQL Server instance, follow these steps:
View and manage backup clients
After the SQL Server instance is registered, you can view the installation status of the ECS backup client on each node of the SQL Server instance, upgrade or delete a backup client, and view the database information of the target SQL Server instance.
- View the installation status of an ECS backup client
To view the installation status of an ECS backup client, follow these steps:
- Go to the SQL Server Instance tab.
- On the SQL Server Instance tab, find the target SQL Server instance. Click the instance name or ID, or choose in the Actions column. The SQL Server Instance page appears.
- On the SQL Server Instance page, click the Client tab. On this tab, find the target ECS instance and view the installation status of
the ECS backup client. If the ECS backup client is installed, the client status is
Activated. You can also perform other operations as described in the following table.
Operation Description Reinstall an ECS backup client If the ECS backup client fails to be installed, choose in the Actions column.Uninstall an ECS backup client To uninstall the ECS backup client, choose in the Actions column.Delete an ECS backup client To delete the ECS backup client and remove the target ECS instance, choose in the Actions column.Note After you delete an ECS backup client, the existing backup data is also deleted, and relevant in-progress backup and restore jobs will fail. Before you delete an ECS backup client, make sure that the backup data of this client is no longer needed and this client has no backup and restore jobs in progress.
- View databases
You can view the databases of an SQL Server instance. To view databases, follow these steps:
- On the SQL Server Instance tab, find the target SQL Server instance. Click the instance name or ID, or choose in the Actions column. The SQL Server Instance page appears.
- On the SQL Server Instance page, click the Database tab. On this tab, you can view the database information of the target SQL Server instance.