NAV FDb Backup

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• RawHeat Member Posts: 63

  2009-10-28

  if you are using SQL server why dont u apply settings such that automatically BAK file is generated daily at a particular time.
  
  this procedure is followed by most of client and partner companies.
  this will prevent manual work

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• navnet Member Posts: 57

  2009-10-28

  We are using Native database.

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• matteo_montanari Member Posts: 189

  2009-10-28

  navnet wrote:

  We are using Native database.

  
  Hi
  
  On a Native Database, you can only do a complete Backup.
  
  Bye
  
  Matteo

  Reno Sistemi Navision Developer

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• RawHeat Member Posts: 63

  2009-10-28

  yes so in that case instead of creating a copy of FDB create a backup file i.e. fbk file.
  
  this will save a lot of ur space too

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• navnet Member Posts: 57

  2009-10-28

  Yeah. FBK we are doing on a manual basis. But JUST in CASE FBK taking is forgotten on missed, I was seeking for some automated backup process.

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• navnet Member Posts: 57

  2009-10-28

  On a Native Database, you can only do a complete Backup.

  What is does complete bakcup signify here?
  
  We are taking the backup of entire database, but this had to be automated so we chose to use Windows incremental backup.
  
  My concern is if there is any other way for this with native database?

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• RawHeat Member Posts: 63

  2009-10-28

  no u have to manually create backup if it is in NATIVE database

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• DenSter Member Posts: 8,307

  2009-10-28

  navnet wrote:

  we chose to use Windows incremental backup.

  What's that?
  
  For native databases you can't do incremental backup, at least nothing that is supported by Microsoft. There's an external product that allows you to schedule it, I believe that was a tool from a company called expandit, but I've never used it myself.

  Daniel Rimmelzwaan
  RIS Plus, LLC

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• Savatage Member Posts: 7,142

  2009-10-28

  Using DWNavBackup-Lite from the dowload section
  http://www.mibuso.com/dlinfo.asp?FileID=879
  
  this is how we do ours
  http://savatage99.googlepages.com/MyBackup.pdf
  By using this method it automatically backup up daily.
  In the morning it takes a 38gb database and give me a 2gb zipped backup
  which can be thrown on a flash drive or uploaded to a ftp site, etc.
  
  The full version of DWNavBackup-Lite can be found here:
  http://www.navierra.com/en/products.php
  
  ps: You can find the Expandit Backup Utility here:
  http://www.expandit.com/templates/expan ... log_id=616

  Harry Ruiz
  http://www.BiloBeauty.com
  http://www.autismspeaks.org

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• David_Singleton Member Posts: 5,479

  2009-10-28

  Why don't you just use HotCopy?
  look in Server\program files\Microsoft Dynamics NAV\Database Server on your install CD.

  David Singleton
  

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