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How To Do a Backup

Chris Muench
Chris Muench
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Cloud Backups

Backups are done automatically for cloud customers.

 

Manual Backups

If you want your own backup copy or are using the download version you can follow these steps:

1: Navigate to the Store Config Page

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Store Config View

2: Select Backup Database

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3: Follow the instructions on Backup Overview. NOTE: It is highly recommend to use option 1 unless it gives you a failure.

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Schedule Automatic Backups

 

If you installed with Windows 10 Installer:

  1. Make the following "backup.bat" file and place it on your desktop or someplace you can find later.
C:\PHPPOS\mysql\bin\mysqldump.exe -u bn_phppos -pPASSWORDNOSPACES bitnami_phppos > C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\backup.sql

you can edit the last part of this file to the location you want the backup to be outputted. for this example we used "C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\backup.sql"

Replace the Password

In the .bat file replace -pPASSWORDNOSPACES

with the password found in "c:/phppos/apps/phppos/htdocs/application/config/database.php"

for the below example:

it would be

"-pf6a1be5735"

Example:

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  1. Search for "Task Scheduler"
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Task Scheduler

  1. Open "Task Schedule" desktop app
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  1. under "actions" click "create basic task"
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under "actions" click "create basic task"

  1. Label the task and click next
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  1. Enter the frequency you want the backup run and click next
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  1. Enter the time of day and click next
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  1. Select Start a program and click next
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  1. Find the .Bat file we created in step 1 and click next
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  1. Backups will now run! you can now view this scheduled task and modify it from the task scheduler.

Backups will now run

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