I currently do my daily database backup during the night using a scheduled Windows task. The backup is copied to multiple hard disks on different PCs.
I would like to do additional backups during the day whilst the POS is being used. Does RMS SO actually allow this or would I have to briefly shutdown the POS for the backup? I am on V2, SP2.
Thanks for your reply.
Yes, you can run backups while POS is running. You can even run backups when multiple manager programs are running. SQL server is built to handle many different concurrent connections. As another option, you can also use the command line to backup the database - just search for 'SQL backup command' in the newsgroup.
H> I currently do my daily database backup during the night using a scheduled
Thank you very much for the reply.
I already use a command line script for the backup. I will change it to include the date and time stamp in the backup file name and add additional backup tasks to the Windows scheduler.
H> I currently do my daily database backup during the night using a scheduled
Gerd
I would recommend an off-site backup as well. We do a backup at close/end of day - one stay on computer on different drive other goes on USB drive which we take home. If you had a fire - you would lose all your backups - if you don't have an off-site backup.
Thanks for all your suggestions. Off-site storage was the first thing I did. My current backup always copied the backup file to multiple internal and external disks on my 2 PCs in the store. Another copy was send every night to our backoffice server.
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