The In Progress tab shows the progress of SQL Backup Pro backups and restores for whichever SQL Server instance or database is selected in the Registered SQL Servers pane. You can also see if a backup is being uploaded to hosted storage (SQL Backup Pro 7.3 and later). To update the details, on the View menu, click Refresh Connection.

Backing up and restoring

An entry is displayed for each database that is currently being backed up or restored.

Any network resilience settings you have selected (on step 4 of the Back Up wizard, step 5 of the Schedule Backup Jobs wizard, or using the DISKRETRYCOUNT and DISKRETRYINTERVAL options) will apply when writing the backup to disk or restoring from the backup.

When the backup or restore completes, the entry is removed from the In Progress tab and an entry is added to the Activity History. For more information, see The Activity History.

Copying backups to hosted storage

If you select the option to copy a backup to hosted storage (step 3 of the Back Up wizard or step 4 of the Schedule Backup Jobs wizard) or add COPYTO_HOSTED to a backup script, the backup is first written to disk, then added to the queue for uploading to hosted storage.

When a backup is added to the upload queue, it is listed in the In Progress tab with the status Pending. If a backup is split into multiple files, each file is listed separately. When a file is being uploaded, the status changes to Uploading.

The upload schedule

If SQL Backup Pro fails to upload a file to hosted storage, it will try uploading the file again according to the following schedule for up to 24 hours:

The file status reverts to  Pending between upload attempts. To view information on the cause of the failure, right-click the entry and select Show Log.

To cancel the upload of a file once it has been added to the queue, right-click the entry and select Cancel Upload.

Once a file has been uploaded or the maximum number of retries has been attempted (or if the upload has been cancelled) the entry is removed from the In Progress tab. The Backup Properties for the backup (accessible from the Activity History) are updated to show the status of the file. When all the files in a backup have been uploaded (or the maximum number of retries attempted), the entry in the Activity History is also updated. For more information, see The Activity History.

Changing the upload behavior

You can change the upload behavior by creating and editing registry entries in the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Red Gate\SQL Backup\BackupSettingsGlobal\<instance name>

Changes to this registry key will not take effect until you restart the SQL Backup Agent service.

The interval between upload attempts after the number of attempts specified by COPYTO:MaxCopyIntervalCount is derived by multiplying COPYTO:CopyIntervalInMinutes with COPYTO:MaxCopyIntervalCount. For example, using the default values, this is 2 x 5 = 10 minutes.