MySQL Backup Tool
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Start SQLBackupAndFTP

You can find the SQLBackupAndFTP shortcut in the Windows Start menu in the SQLBackupAndFTP folder.

Connect to Database Server

The Сonnect to Server form will open automatically or by clicking the gear button.

Select the DBMS type from the Server type list and set the connection parameters for the selected DBMS type.

Click Test Connection to verify the connection. If the connection succeeded, click Save & Close.

Select databases to backup

Click the gear button in the Select databases section and choose databases you want to backup by clicking checkboxes next to them in the list.

Or you can check Backup all non-system databases - this will automatically select all non-system databases.

This feature has an additional benefit - if new databases are created in the future, they will automatically be backed up. To exclude some databases from being automatically backed up add them to the Exclude databases list.

Select destinations to store backups

Click on any destination below for details:

Local/Network Folder/NAS FTP Server Amazon S3 S3 Compatible - Custom S3 Compatible - Google Cloud S3 Compatible - Wasabi Dropbox Google Drive OneDrive OneDrive for Business Azure Storage Box Backblaze B2 Yandex.Disk

Set up notification e-mails

Turn on Send confirmation.

On success email to (optional): emails will be sent to these recipients when the job is successful.

On failure email to: emails will be sent to these recipients if any error is encountered during the backup job.

Click the gear button for Advanced email settings

Run the job

Click Run Now.

Verify that the appropriate people have received email messages.

Verify the target destinations contain backup files for each database.

If possible, test restoring these databases.

Schedule the backup job

Turn on Schedule backups. Choose a time to do a full backup, usually during the night.

Click the gear button for Advanced schedule settings

Restore

All your backups can be found at the History & restore section. You can open a backup log by clicking Open Log, download backup file(s) by clicking Download Backup or restore the database from the backup by clicking Restore from Backup.

Web Log

Web log shows the read-only history of backup jobs from your computers. It is available for licenses with active Full-Service subscription.


More about Web log

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  • We’ve been using SQLBackupAndFTP for years and will gladly continue to do so in the future. It has everything you’d expect out of a good database backup tool.

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  • No hassle, easy and fast installation, email alerts and multiple backup locations, simple and efficient restores - we are finally at peace with our SQL server backups.

  • I’ve never seen a product so perfectly fill a niche as SQLBackupAndFTP. It does exactly what it says it will do, and it does it extremely well.

  • The latest version is very mature and integrates with all of the most common services, including Azure. We rely on robust backups and have not found a better tool that does exactly what we need.

  • SQLBackupAndFTP is a great tool - effortlessly performing scheduled backups of our databases, really easy to use and monitor that everything is running properly.

  • It simply does what it suppose to in a very light and fast way.

  • I have used and recommended SQLBackupAndFTP for over a decade.

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  • I had excellent customer service and technical support; when part of our process stopped working - the team worked hard to get it fixed.

  • It gives us peace of mind by sending our SQL databases to a secure external destination nightly and lets us know if something has failed in the process.

    • Kristinn Sigurthorsson, NAV.IS

  • It is is great! It does its stuff in the background - backing up our databases, storing the files and letting us know if anything fails.

MySQL Backup in 2 min

Just a single form to automate backups: select databases, backup, encrypt, compress, send to a folder, FTP or cloud service:

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schedule backups, receive confirmation emails and restore when needed.

Features & Prices

Starts from $0

  • free- backup 2 databases to a network or FTP on schedule

  • $39+ backup 5 databases, Google Drive or Dropbox

  • $89+ unlimited database backups, OneDrive Personal & Box

  • $129+ Amazon S3, Windows Azure, OneDrive for Business & AES encryption

  • $499+ lifetime updates

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What can SQLBackupAndFTP do?

There is a lot more to SQLBackupAndFTP than meets the eye. Below is a feature list for the tool.

  • Run scheduled backup of MySQL databases as well as local files and folders
  • Compress and encrypt backups
  • Store backups on a network folder, FTP server or in the cloud (Amazon S3, Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, OneDrive)
  • Remove old backups
  • Send an email notification to confirm backup success or failure
  • Restore any backup directly from within the program
  • Make backup history available for viewing online
  • Notify you if your MySQL server is down

What's unique about this MySQL backup tool?

  • Not all hosting platforms allow database administrators to connect to the hosted database via TCP/IP. If you cannot connect to your MySQL server through TCP/IP, you can still backup MySQL through phpMyAdmin Export. All you need is a URL for you to login to your phpMyAdmin
  • You can view MySQL backup results for multiple servers. The results are available through the web log
  • This tool has a free version that is fully functional. It is the ideal solution if all you need are ad hoc MySQL backups or scheduled backups for 1 or 2 databases

How does it backup MySql databases?

SQLBackupAndFTP runs on Windows machines, and can backup both remote and local MySQL databases. Two database connection methods are available: via a TCP/IP (SSH) connection or by using phpMyAdmin Export. In both cases, it creates MySQL scripts that can be run later to restore the MySQL databases. When TCP/IP connection is used, the backup is performed using the mysqldump utility.

How does this tool relate to MySQLBackupFTP?

Previously, SQLBackupAndFTP and MySQLBackupFTP were two different products. MySQLBackupFTP has since been deprecated. Now SQLBackupAndFTP includes all the functionality of MySQLBackupFTP and more. SQLBackupAndFTP can restore MySQL backups. In addition, it can also notify you if something goes wrong with your MySQL servers.

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