# 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.

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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.

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- 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](https://docs.muhasiberp.com/link/286)
- [Create and Verify a Manual Database Backup](https://docs.muhasiberp.com/link/283)
- [Understand Back Office Background Operations](https://docs.muhasiberp.com/link/287)

### What to do next

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