I am implementing my DNN at a provider Site. The provider offers a preinstalled DNN, acess to the Database (Creator Authorisation) and FTP acess to the DNN folders.

I would like to be able to make a backup of the DNN System and copy it to my local computer. Through FTP I have access to all the DNN Folder contents.
I can also connect to the MS SQL Server through the MS SQL Management Studio Express and access all the data or start a backup (which results in a backup file on the remote computer). The problem is that the provider can/will not allow me even read-only access to the backup files, which I need to have a complete backup of my DNN system.

Does anybody know of a utility which could extract the whole database and recreate it on the local computer, given acess to the Database on the server but not to any files of the remote system.

Thank you for any info.
Regards Ciki

Those modules can do the job:
http://www.evotiva.com/backupnative
http://www.evotiva.com/backupscript

HTH