Sheduling backups(HotCopy) in Attain?

Business Central/NAV Technical Forum
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Does anyone have more info about the HotCopy.exe backupfunction in Attain, how to use it, general info? Thanks!

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You should read - PDF File Installation and System Management : Navision Server Chapter 5. - Making Backups 5.6 Server Based Backup Using HotCopy… Louis

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Just remeber that You have to remove the previous backup files in You’re batchfile since hotcopy doesn’t overwrite them althogh it says so in the manual. //Lars

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Hi Lars, You mean that if hotcopy makes a backup in a destination directory the second time it will not be able to make it in the same directory? Regards Kalman

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Yes. I ran into this problem, so I had to make a batchfile like this: del dest.folder*.fdb /q hotcopy.exe source=descriptionfile //Lars

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Thanks for your answers! So the sheduling part is something that you have to take care of your self, for exampel with the “At” command in NT? /Johansson

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Yes. Make sure You have the Schedule Service running. Then open a DOS-box and type somthing like this: AT 09:00 /EVERY:M,Tu,W,Th,F hotcopy09.bat (the abbrivation for weekdays varies with the language of You’re NT-system) //Lars

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It works fine for me without deleting the existing ones. Kalman

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Thanks for your responses! /Johansson

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Does anyone recommend third-party scheduled backup software on top of hotcopy ?

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Such as?

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There is an NSC called ExpandIT, which developed an Automated BackUp scheduler, A trial version was there in the Download Section, check it out at www.mynavision.net Vishal

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Hi,

keepITsafe is an excellent solution for automating Navision backups. Backups are automatically transferred off-site and can be downloaded to any computer world wide. website: www.keepitsafe.ie

Thanks,

Jonathan