Quote Originally Posted by jrb1512 View Post
many thanks it backed up fine :)

there was a note on sll on the database backup tool it states..

Database Backup Manager - MySQL
NOTE: You do not have SSL enabled. Any downloads you do from this page will not be encrypted. Doing backups and restores will be fine, but download/upload of files from/to the server presents a security risk.

I don't believe that's an issue. As it states, you should be fine for backups and restores, which is what you are probably trying to accomplish