General Features

• FREE fully functional for localhost domain, no license required.

• True Full site backup and restore: database (structure + data) plus all files and folders on the site (including \portals, \bin, \desktopmodules, web.config file, etc.).

• Independency: You can create, backup and restore your site without any intervention from you host provider.

• Fast and Efficient: Depending on your data and environment DNNBackup could be up to 500% faster than BackupScript and will consume fewer server resources.

• Freedom: You can choose when you want to perform a backup, not your hosting provider.
  Note: some hosting vendors provide backup solutions but allow you only limited backups per day or week.

• It supports ANY ISP (GoDaddy included)

• Medium Trust Security Context support: The module can work in medium trust (most shared hostings are configured this way).

• Database Support: All SQL Server versions and editions are supported. From SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2008 (including the Express editions)

• More than backup/restore: useful as a table's exporting data

• Delegation: You can delegate to not-host users the backup task (including the scheduled backups monitoring) to any user with proper permissions on the page where the module was added. In addition, not FTP download access is required. All files can be downloaded from the module's "Browser".

• Latest backups: Easy access and monitoring of the latest performed backups. The information (including download links) is available straight in the module's home page.

• Regular users are welcome: In most cases, you don't have to be a tech geek or DNN guru to be able to clone your DNN site. The Restore Wizard guides you over the needed steps to get your clone up and running.

• Update Notification: There is no need for you to remember check our site for new version availability. If you want, the module itself can notify if you are not running the latest version available.

• Fine tuning: The module allows you to customize advanced settings, like the compression level, memory buffers sizes and the maximum file size for the generated script files. 
  If it is desired or needed, by these settings you can make the backup process perform faster or with a reduced server footprint (useful for some weak Hosting Providers).

• Backup Folder Browser: DNN File Manager like dialog, where you can handle all files found on the configured backup folder.

Backup Features

• SQL Sever Native backup and restore: When available in the hosting environment, native backup and restore operations are supported by the module.

• Database Maintenance: Along with the backup operation, you can configure the site to perform some routinary/healthly operations, like truncate the DNN Event Log or shrink the database.

• Scheduled backups: You can configure the module to perform scheduled backups.
  You don’t need any administrative right to configure your scheduled task options or see the scheduled task's history.
  All the information you need is available on module's scheduler configuration page.

• Notifications: Notification emails (w/customizable templates) for backup operations.

• Huge Backup Files The module supports the Zip64 format, which means almost unlimited size and capacity for the backup ZIP files.

• Retention Policy: You can configure automatic deletion for old backup files. 
  Optionally, date & time can be appended to each backup file name (each backup operation will generate a different backup file).

• Inclusions/Exclusions: You can choose which tables, files and folders you want to include or exclude from the backup. You can even select 'external' folders (folders outside the web site's root) to be included in the portal files' backup.

• Human friendly There is no need to read cryptic XML files. DNNBackup writes standard human readable and updateable .sql query files which you can edit, modify and even manually run!

• Any database size is fully supported. The module can deal with a huge database containing huge 'blob' data.

• Huge database columns support: Better handling of BLOB and MAX columns. In most cases, unlike BackupScript, tables lacking of a Primary Key is not a problem.

• FTP Transfers: The module can automatically FTP the backup files to another location.

Restore Features

• Restore Pack: DNNBackup can restore/rebuild a site from scratch. No running DNN is required to rebuild a site. You just have to unpack the 'restore pack' in your blank/empty web site and follow the Restore Wizard.

• Restore Wizard: A user-friendly wizard which guides you through all the steps needed to restore or clone your saved DNN instance (database and files).
  It's a standalone application. You don't need a running DNN site to restore a backup.

• SQL Query Tool: Handy tool included in the Restore Wizard, from which you can execute SQL statements against the database. It supports {directives} and /* comments */ same as the built-in DNN Host SQL utility.

• Safe Settings: DNNBackup can set Host Settings or update the main Portal Alias for you.

• Power users can customize the generated backup file and i.e. be able to restore individual tables with customized information.

• 'Object Qualifier' customization: When restoring, you can replace it (even leave it blank). There is no need to keep the original ObjectQualifier.

• SQL Server version downgrade: When restoring a 'script' database backup, the source SQL Server version does not matter. You can restore in SQL Server 2005 your site that is running in SQL Server 2008.

• Portal Files: most of the portal files and folders are restored to their original locations. The other files & folders (basically: /bin, /app_code and the root files) should be manually moved.

About Evotiva backup solutions

• Since 2005, our DNN backup solutions are trusted and tested by thousands of users worldwide. Check out our rank and reviews (DNNBackup, BackupNative & BackupScript).

• Superb support.

• Simple and flexible licensing installation and policy

• You can contact us in case you want the source code.

• Our previous BackupScript module was the first and only backup module reviewed by dotnetnuke.com.

• And more. Please try it FREE and check by yourself.