Tip of the week from Brenda Hopkins – Week 14

Backup, Backup, Backup

If you are not backing up use the built in backup functionality in Microsoft Dynamics GP. This won’t get everything, you will still need to backup custom reports and forms, the Integrations Manager database and FRx reports, but backing up the database is a good start.

Dynamics GP 9.0 and 10.0 allows you to schedule backups from within the application. You'll need to be logged in to GP as an administrator and you'll need to be on the server.

Go to File> Backup [v9] / Maintenance > Backup [v10]

Enter the system password if you've set one.
When the backup window opens, pick Schedule.

• Name the backup schedule
• Pick the database to backup or backup the system databases
• Enter the backup path (this must be a path on the local server)
• Select the days to backup and the time. The time is entered is in a 24 hour format
• Pick how often to delete old backups
• Click Save. SQL Agent MUST be running when you click save
  
  

  

This process creates a job in the SQL agent with the information entered. You'll still need to move the backups off the server for real protection, that's easy with today's portable hard drives. There's no excuse for not backing up your Dynamics GP installation now.