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What is the best software that can backup mysql and ms sql databases automatically?

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  • Are you looking for a single software package that can do both? You may want to clarify.
    – jgardner04
    Nov 16, 2010 at 18:54

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Definitely (for linux) automysqlbackup from http://sourceforge.net/projects/automysqlbackup/.

For windows mysql server you can use the scheduled backup tool from mysql administrator application.

For MS SQL I use SQL script executed from scheduled tasks. Here is a good one.

To upload automatically remotely (from windows) on a FTP server you can use Fling.

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  • The user asks for the best, which likely is a high priced backup package. Granted, poor wording of the question, but then this is the posters responsibility.
    – TomTom
    Oct 26, 2011 at 4:26
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Any of the Enterprise backup applications can handle this. Legato, CommVault, Backup Exec, etc. They can backup MySQL, MSSQL, Windows, Linux, etc. All it takes it buying the correct plugins.

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For MySQL, I wrote a shell script to weekly full backup and daily incremental backup to a FTP server.

PS: Can you define "best"?

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  • I also do scripts but my boss told me that we should have a centralized backup plan for us to administer backups easily.
    – jose
    Nov 11, 2010 at 8:52
  • What I mean of the word "best" is like most recommended.
    – jose
    Nov 11, 2010 at 8:53
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For MSSQL, a SQL Agent job can do that for you. It's built right into the SQL Server installation.

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