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When you move a site between different servers the database information is intentionally blanked out. Most users (read: practically everyone) have different database connection information across servers, be it live/development or different hosts.

Old versions of Akeeba Backup would fill in the db connection information and only print a warning when moving your site to a new location. We had a LOT of users (most of them users of the free version, sadly) complaining that our software was broken because –despite the 76pt bold red "WARNING" text in yellow background and the red, bold, 14pt type explaining the situation– they were trying to accept the db connection info they were seeing on the page on a host which of course could not accept them.

Since I am a web developer and not a neuroscientist I decided that I can't fix the brains of cognitive challenged individuals but I can come up with a technological solution to force a pause in their stream of automatic, imprudent actions. That solution was blanking out the db connection information when we are not at least 99% sure they will work on the server we're restoring to. And that's what makes what you want rather impossible.

Also, just as I write this post, is there a way to have the akeeba backup / admin tools version in the Joomla System information? That would be a small time saver for us if posting tickets. I'd find it useful anyway :)

Not without modifying core files which would of course ban us for eternity from the Joomla! Extensions Directory. You can retrieve the version information of all installed extensions in Extensions, Extensions Manager, Manage.