Configure Automatic Database Backups
How to Configure Automatic Database Backups in Muhasib ERP
Overview
This guide will help you enable automatic backups with an approved location, interval, and retained-file count.
Muhasib uses aut_bkp_en, aut_bkp_loc, aut_bkp_intr, and aut_bkp_cnt; the service creates the directory and prunes older backups beyond retention.
Who can do this
You need access to Software Backup settings administration and SQL/filesystem backup rights.
Before you start
Choose a secure SQL Server-visible location, approved interval, retention count, free-space monitor, off-host copy, and restore-test schedule.
Where to find it
Back Office → Essentials Setup → Backup and Restore → Automatic Backup.
Configure Automatic Database Backups
Step 1: Confirm the Automatic Backup tab is available
Step 2: Enable automatic backup
Step 3: Select an approved backup location; source validation requires one when
Select an approved backup location; source check requires one when enabled.
Step 4: Enter interval and retained quantity according to policy
Step 5: Save once and confirm the success message
Step 6: Observe the first scheduled backup
Check your work
Confirm a new .bak, plausible size/time, instance last-run state, retention behavior, and an isolated restore test.
If something goes wrong
- The source defaults observed were interval 300 and retention 20; check units and policy rather than accepting blindly.
- Keep an off-host backup because local retention is not disaster recovery.
Related guides
- Monitor Automatic Backups and Retention
- Create and Verify a Manual Database Backup
- Understand Back Office Background Operations