We have a Microsoft Access database split into backend/frontend. What I am looking for is to be able to automatically backup these files on a daily or weekly basis – what is the best way to go about this? We don't want to have to worry about backups for the database, just know that it is occuring automatically on a schedule.
Thanks.
Best Answer
(Borrowing from my earlier answer here...)
re: actually performing the backup
Backing up a native Access database is simply a matter of copying the entire database file (.mdb for Access_2003 and earlier, .accdb for Access_2007 and later). Any scripting language would work, even a simple Windows batch file that does something like
re: automatic scheduling of the backup
The Task Scheduler in Windows could take care of that for you. Once you've created your script to copy the database file(s) you can create a scheduled task to run it periodically. See the MSDN article Using the Task Scheduler (Windows) for more information.