Cloud Backup：Register an on-premises SQL Server database

Procedure

1. Log on to the Cloud Backup console.

2. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Backup > Database Backup. In the top navigation bar, select a region. On the Database Backup page, click the SQL Server tab. On the Local Database Instance tab, click Register Database Instance.

   

3. In the Add Client panel, install a Cloud Backup client as prompted.

   Automatically install the Cloud Backup client for database backup

   1. Download and decompress the Cloud Backup client for Windows.

      Note

      To download the Cloud Backup client to your on-premises server, you can right-click the URL to copy the URL, and then open the URL in a browser on the on-premises server.

   2. Log on to the on-premises server. Then, use PowerShell to run the following command in the decompressed directory to activate the Cloud Backup client for Windows.

      You can obtain the following sample command from the Cloud Backup console:

      

      .\client.exe init local-uni --uniUserInfoToken "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"

      After you run the command, the command output shows the installation log. If Install agent successful is displayed in the log, the Cloud Backup client is installed. For more information about how to resolve installation errors, see FAQ.

      After you register the SQL Server database, Cloud Backup installs a client on each node of the SQL Server database. On the Local Database Instance tab, you can view the installation status of the Cloud Backup client on each node of the SQL Server database. After the Cloud Backup client is installed, you can upgrade the client based on your business requirements.

   3. If the on-premises database is in the Not Activated state, you must activate the database.

      1. Find the database and click Config in the Actions column.

      2. In the Activate Instance dialog box, enter the username and password of the database and click OK.

         

If the automatic installation of the Cloud Backup client for Windows fails, perform the following steps to manually install the Cloud Backup client.

Delete a registered database

1. Log on to the on-premises server and run the following command to uninstall the Cloud Backup client for Windows:

   1. Go to the installation directory of the Cloud Backup client by using PowerShell, for example, C:\Program Files\aliyun\unibackup>.

   2. Run the following command:

       .\uninstall-unibackup.exe /S /NCRC

2. On the Local Database Instance tab, find the database that you want to unregister, and choose More > Unregister Instance in the Actions column.

   Warning

   After you unregister a database, all backups generated by the Cloud Backup client for Windows cannot be restored. Proceed with caution.

3. In the dialog box that appears, click OK.

FAQ

What do I do if the following error message is returned when I install a Cloud Backup client to back up an on-premises SQL Server database: Failed to run install script:exit status 4?