Backing Up CloudShell Databases

This article explains how to back up your CloudShell databases.

When you back up an active database you could have changes happening while you are taking the back up. This could lead to corruption in the backup or give you a backup that doesn’t exactly match what you were expecting. We therefore require that you perform the backup while CloudShell is shut down.

To backup CloudShell databases:

1. Make sure all CloudShell users are logged off and are notified of the planned downtime.
2. Shut down CloudShell services on the appropriate relevant machines:
   • Quali Server:
     1. On the Quali Server machine, open the Windows Services console.
     2. Right-click Quali Server and select Stop.
   • IIS Service:

   If running IIS Express:

   1. On the Quali Server machine, open the Windows Services console.
   2. Right-click CloudShell Portal IIS Express Monitor and select Stop.

   If running a full version of IIS:

   1. Open the IIS Manager console.
   2. Right-click the CloudShell Portal website and select Stop.
3. Perform a backup of the three CloudShell databases:
   1. In SQL Server Management Studio, connect to the relevant database server.
   2. In the Databases tree, right-click each Quali database, select Tasks > Backup.

      Note: By default, Quali databases include the Quali, QualiInsight, and QualiResults databases.

   3. In the Back Up Database dialog box, fill in the details. For additional information, see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/backup-restore/create-a-full-database-backup-sql-server.
   4. Click OK to create the selected backup.

   Note: If you are not sure which databases CloudShell currently uses, you can find the relevant information in the C:\Program Files (x86)\QualiSystems\CloudShell\Server\connections.config file. The Initial Catalog parameters contain each database's name.

4. Restart CloudShell services on the appropriate relevant machines.
   • Quali Server:
     1. On the Quali Server machine, open the Windows Services console.
     2. Right-click Quali Server and select Start.
   • IIS Service:

   If running IIS Express:

   1. On the Quali Server machine, open the Windows Services console.
   2. Right-click CloudShell Portal IIS Express Monitor and select Start.

   If running a full version of IIS:

   1. Open the IIS Manager console.
   2. Right-click the CloudShell Portal website and select Start.