Send Databases

Backing up a database is a crucial practice for safeguarding data, ensuring business continuity, and protecting against data loss. Here are a few reasons why it's important to back up a database:

Data loss prevention. Databaseas are stored on physical hardware, such as servers or hard drives, which can fail unexpectedly. A backup ensures that you can recover your data if the hardware fails. Users may accidentially, delete, modify, or corrupts data. A backup provides a way to restore the database to its previous state.
Protection against cyber threat. Cyberattacks, especially ransomware, can encrypt or destroy your data. Having a secure backup allows you to restore your database without paying a ransome. Malware and viruses can corrupt data or render a database unusable. Backups help ensure that you can recover your data if it is compromised.
Disaster recovery. Events like floods, fires, earthquakes, or power outages can damage physical data centers. Off-site backups or cloud-based backups ensure that your data is safe even if your primary location is compromised. In the event of a disaster, having a backup allows your business to quickly recover and continue operations, minimizing downtime and financial losses.
Compliance and legal requirements. In an audit, you may be required to produce historical data or prove that you have maintained data integrity. Backups help ensure that you can meet these requirements.
Data integrity and version control. Databases can be corrupted due to system crashes or other issues. Backups allow you to restore a clean version of the database. Regular backups also allow you to maintain different versions of your database, making it possible to roll back to a specific point in time if needed.

Save a database as a zip file. For example, use Send Databases to back up a database, create a zip file and send it to customer service, or create a backup file when you run a routine that modifies or deletes transactions.

In this section:

How do I back up a database to my computer? (2024.08)

How do I save a backup file to Caselle Cloud? (2024.08)

How do I send a database to support? (2024.08)

How do I add date, time, or counter to file name? (2024.08)

Abbreviated database names for Connect Applications

Earlier versions:

How do I back up a database? (2019.08)

How do I send a database to Caselle? (2018.11)

How do I add date, time, or counter to file name? (2019.08)

How do I back up a database? (2019.08)

How do I save a backup file to Caselle Cloud? (2019.08)