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  2. NetBackup™ for MySQL Administrator's Guide
  3. Managing MySQL instances and databases
  4. Add MySQL instance
NetBackup™ for MySQL Administrator's Guide

Add MySQL instance

You can add MySQL instance and its credentials.

To add MySQL instance and its credentials

  1. On the left, click MySQL then click the Instances tab.
  2. Click Add to add a MySQL instance and enter the following:
    • Host

    • Instance name

  3. Enter or use the up, down arrow keys to add details of Port number.
  4. Click Next.

    Note:

    You will be redirected to the Permissions page and you can also manage credentials of the created instance.

  5. Click Finish.

    Note:

    If you click Previous, instance created will not get saved.

Assign permissions to MySQL instance

You can assign permissions to an instance added.

To assign permissions to the MySQL instance use the following steps:

  1. Click Add to add permissions to this instance.
  2. Select role and permissions.
  3. Click Save > Finish.
Inline actions on MySQL instance

You can run the following inline actions on a MySQL instance:

  • Recover: Recovers the MySQL instance.

  • Manage credentials: Manages the instance credentials.

  • Deactivate: Deactivates the MySQL instance.

  • Remove: Removes the MySQL instance.

Actions on multiple MySQL instances

You can select one or more MySQL instances and perform the following actions:

  • Deactivate: Deactivates the MySQL instances.

  • Manage credentials: Manages the credentials of the MySQL instances.

  • Remove: Removes the selected MySQL instances.

Auto-discovered cluster asset:

  • MySQL source node instance is discovered and added in web UI asset automatically.

  • MySQL replica node instance is discovered and added in web UI asset automatically.

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