Installation overview

SQL Backup comprises two main parts:

• The SQL Backup graphical user interface (GUI) for setting up and monitoring your backup jobs.

  The GUI is not licensed and can be installed on as many computers as you wish. You can install only one version of the SQL Backup GUI on each computer.

• The SQL Backup server components installed on each SQL Server instance.

  This is the licensed part of SQL Backup and contains the SQL Backup extended stored procedures and the SQL Backup Agent Service. You can install only one version of the SQL Backup server components on each SQL Server instance.

To fully install or upgrade SQL Backup:

1. Install the SQL Backup graphical user interface (GUI).

   For details, see Installing or upgrading the graphical user interface.

2. Use the GUI to register the SQL Server instances on which you want to use SQL Backup.

   For details, see Adding SQL Server instances.

3. Install or upgrade the SQL Backup server components on the SQL Server instances as necessary.

   You can use the graphical user interface to do this, or you can run the setup wizard manually. Both methods are described in Installing or upgrading on a SQL Server instance.

   When you have installed or upgraded the SQL Backup server components, if your license has not already been activated on the relevant servers, the instances are displayed in trial mode .

4. Activate the licenses on the servers as necessary.

   For details, see Activating SQL Backup.

If, having installed and activated SQL Backup, you find that you cannot run backup and restore activities, check that:

• your permissions have been set up correctly

  For details of the SQL Backup security model, see Security model

• your database SQL Server instance is running

  Ensure that you have started the Microsoft SQL Server services.

  If you are using the command line and use named instances instead of default instances, ensure that you have set the -I command line parameter to the named instance.