ERROR: No MySQLi extension found. Please install it.

I keep getting the following error when trying to create a backup. Can you please help me?
[INFO] BackWPup version 3.0.4; WordPress version 3.5.1; A project of Inpsyde GmbH developed by Daniel Hüsken
[INFO] This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.
[INFO] BackWPup job: JWORDPRESS; DBDUMP+FILE+WPEXP+WPPLUGIN
[INFO] BackWPup cron: 0 3 * * *; 火, 12 3月 2013 @ 03:00
[INFO] BackWPup job started manually
[INFO] PHP ver.: 5.2.14; cgi-fcgi; Linux
[INFO] Maximum script execution time is 30 seconds
[INFO] MySQL ver.: 5.1.51-log
[INFO] Temp folder is: /home/www/017/WS017081/htdocs/blog.st-john.or.jp/jwordpress/wp-content/uploads/backwpup-98372-temp/
[INFO] Logfile folder is: /home/www/017/WS017081/htdocs/blog.st-john.or.jp/jwordpress/wp-content/uploads/backwpup-a6fdb-logs/
[INFO] Backup type is: archive
[INFO] Backup file is: /home/www/017/WS017081/htdocs/blog.st-john.or.jp/jwordpress/wp-content/uploads/%e7%a6%8f%e9%9f%b3%e5%8f%b2%e5%ae%b6%e8%81%96%e3%83%a8%e3%83%8f%e3%83%8d%e5%b8%83%e6%95%99%e4%bf%ae%e9%81%93%e4%bc%9a/backwpup_7140e9_2013-03-11_14-15-17.tar.gz
[11-3月-2013 14:15:17] 1. Try for database dump …
[11-3月-2013 14:15:17] ERROR: No MySQLi extension found. Please install it.
[11-3月-2013 14:15:17] 2. Try for database dump …
[11-3月-2013 14:15:17] ERROR: No MySQLi extension found. Please install it.
[11-3月-2013 14:15:17] 3. Try for database dump …
[11-3月-2013 14:15:17] ERROR: No MySQLi extension found. Please install it.
[11-3月-2013 14:15:17] 1. Trying to make a list of folders to back up …
[11-3月-2013 14:15:35] 655 folders to back up.
[11-3月-2013 14:15:35] 1. Trying to make a WordPress export to XML file …
[11-3月-2013 14:15:35] Added XML export “be559db75a8ae3398d2a1bc53176c52e.2013-03-11.xml.gz” with 43.38 kB to backup file list.
[11-3月-2013 14:15:35] 1. Trying to generate a file with installed Plugin names …
[11-3月-2013 14:15:35] Added plugin list file “b07bb8be240c2000061f7b2bbab42b66.2013-03-11.txt.gz” with 1.19 kB to backup file list.
[11-3月-2013 14:15:35] 1. Trying to create backup archive …
[11-3月-2013 14:15:35] Compression method is TarGz

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