Configure Automatic Backups and Retention
How to Configure Automatic Backups and Retention in Muhasib ERP
Overview
This guide will help you configure scheduled backups to a protected location and check retention without risking the only recoverable copy.
Global settings drive the Back Office automatic-backup service. Retention may remove older scheduled files; independent backups remain necessary.
Who can do this
You need access to Backup & Restore, file-system access, and backup-policy authorization.
Before you start
Choose a durable path writable by the Muhasib process, define interval and retention, estimate space, and keep an independent off-site copy.
Where to find it
Back Office → Essentials Setup → Backup and Restore → Automatic Backup Settings.
Configure Automatic Backups and Retention
Step 1: Select the approved automatic-backup path
Step 2: Set the interval in minutes according to recovery objectives
Step 3: Set how many last good backups to retain
Step 4: Enable Automatic Backup
Step 5: Choose Update and confirm
Step 6: Keep Muhasib running long enough for a scheduled test
Step 7: Verify creation, naming, retention, and restore of a generated backup
Check creation, naming, retention, and restore of a generated backup in isolation.
Check your work
Confirm repeated scheduled backups, retention at the approved count, failure notification/log behavior, and isolated restoration.
If something goes wrong
- An enabled schedule with an unwritable/full path is not protection.
- Do not rely on a folder inside an easily lost workstation as the only backup.