Products

Evoq Content Overview Content Creation Workflow Asset Management Mobile Responsive Personalization Content Analytics SEO Integrations Security Website PerformanceEvoq Engage Overview Community Management  Dashboard  Analytics  Member Profile Gamification Advocate Marketing Community Engagement  Ideas  Answers  Discussions  Groups  Wikis  Events Mobile ReadyDNN Support PackagesEvoq: CMS FeaturesEvoq OnDemandCompare DNN's CMS Products

Solutions

Content Management SystemMulti-Channel PublishingDigital MarketingOnline Community ManagementIntranet Software SolutionOur CustomersPrime

Resources

Test DrivesSchedule A DemoDocumentation CenterWebinarsWhite PapersProduct ManualsRequest PricingData SheetsCase StudiesEvoq Preferred Products Content Management Ecommerce Forms Identity Management and Authentication Site Management Social Themes

Partners

DNN Partners Partner Directory Become a DNN Partner Partner Program Overview  Hosting  Implementation  ISV  Training  Competencies

Community

Participate Ask a Question Forums Community Showcase DNN MVP  Program Overview  Lifetime MVPs  Honorary MVPs Subscribe to DNN Digest Advisory Groups  Awareness Advisory Group  Developer Advisory Group  Partner Advisory Group  Technology Advisory GroupLearn Documentation Wiki Community Blog Video Library Project History Development RoadmapDownload DNN Store Language Packs Manuals Nightly BuildsSecurity Policies Security Center

Blog

About

News Press Releases News Coverage Press KitCareersContact DNN

QA

Ideas Test

New Community Website

Ordinarily, you'd be at the right spot, but we've recently launched a brand new community website... For the community, by the community.

Yay... Take Me to the Community!

Welcome to the DNN Community Forums, your preferred source of online community support for all things related to DNN.
In order to participate you must be a registered DNNizen
HomeHomeUsing DNN Platf...Using DNN Platf...Administration ...Administration ...Backing Up the SQL database when stored in the app_data folder?Backing Up the SQL database when stored in the app_data folder?
Previous
 
Next
New Post
12/4/2009 8:19 PM
 
Josh Martin


www.Rad-Websites.com
Joined: 5/1/2004
Posts: 221

OK...keeping it short.

Lets say I have a DNN website that has the database stored in the app_data folder rather than within the SQL server itself...how the heck do you back it up without stoping the www publishing service, and without buying something with an open file backup option like backup exec?(probably not possible ehh...that would make sense as to why people would need to buy backup exec or similar product) :->.

Anyhow I love to save money and not buy software if I can find a free solution...any ideas?  The only idea I can come up with is to write a script to shut of the WWW publishing service, copy the files, then restart the service, put it in scheduler to run about 10 minutes before a backup using the windows backup utils.

 

I"m pretty sure the standard windows backup utils can't do it either.  Now...I remember I found a nifty free command line application that would backup databases stored within SQL...cant remember the name right now...but I think it had to connect to the SQL server instance itself...

 

Any ideas better stopping services and stuff?

 

Josh Martin
 
New Post
12/5/2009 5:38 AM
 
Sebastian Leupold


Sebastian Leupold's Avatar

Sebastian Leupold's Avatar

Sebastian Leupold's Avatar

Sebastian Leupold's Avatar

www.dnnwerk.de
Joined: 3/8/2004
Posts: 46212

As far as I can see, your strategy is the only promising one for database.mdf accessed in express mode (instead of shooting www publishing service, use "iisreset /stop" and "iisreset /start"), anyhow, from our experiences it is more promising attaching the database in sql server (even express) and script sql server backup.

Cheers from Germany,
Sebastian Leupold

dnnWerk - The DotNetNuke Experts   German Spoken DotNetNuke User Group

Speed up your DNN Websites with TurboDNN
 
 Page 1 of 1
Previous
 
Next
HomeHomeUsing DNN Platf...Using DNN Platf...Administration ...Administration ...Backing Up the SQL database when stored in the app_data folder?Backing Up the SQL database when stored in the app_data folder?


These Forums are dedicated to discussion of DNN Platform and Evoq Solutions.

For the benefit of the community and to protect the integrity of the ecosystem, please observe the following posting guidelines:

  1. No Advertising. This includes promotion of commercial and non-commercial products or services which are not directly related to DNN.
  2. No vendor trolling / poaching. If someone posts about a vendor issue, allow the vendor or other customers to respond. Any post that looks like trolling / poaching will be removed.
  3. Discussion or promotion of DNN Platform product releases under a different brand name are strictly prohibited.
  4. No Flaming or Trolling.
  5. No Profanity, Racism, or Prejudice.
  6. Site Moderators have the final word on approving / removing a thread or post or comment.
  7. English language posting only, please.
What is Liquid Content?
Find Out
What is Liquid Content?
Find Out
What is Liquid Content?
Find Out