A POS system backup is an essential task in any kind of business. Keeping your sales data safe for reporting and auditing is something all businesses should not cut corners in or treat with little importance.
When your company relies solely on an information system (database) to store all of its sales data, then it also must take all precautionary measures to protect this data and periodically make backups of the POS system’s database. We will show you how to do this in the article below.
If you get one of the following error messages during the setting up of SqlBak on Linux or during the execution of a backup job:
MySQL DBMS – /bin/sh: 1:/usr/bin/mysql: not found
or
MySQL DBMS – /bin/sh: 1:/usr/bin/mysqldump: not found
it means that the SqlBak app could not find the path to the MySQL executables. By default, SqlBak searches for MySQL files in the /usr/bin/mysql directory. Continue reading MySQL DBMS – /bin/sh: 1: /usr/bin/mysql: not found
If you get the following error message during SqlBak set up on Linux or during a backup job:
MS SQL Server DBMS – /bin/sh: 1: /opt/mssql-tools/bin/sqlcmd
it means that SqlBak app could not find the path to the msql executables. By default, SqlBak searches for mssql files in the /opt/mssql-tools/bin/sqlcmd directory. Continue reading MS SQL Server DBMS – /bin/sh: 1: /opt/mssql-tools/bin/sqlcmd
If during setting up of SqlBak on Linux or during a backup job one of the following errors occurs:
PostgreSQL DBMS – /bin/sh: 1: /usr/bin/psql: not found
or
PostgreSQL DBMS – /bin/sh: 1: /usr/bin/pgdump: not found
it means that SqlBak app could not find the path to postgresql executables. By default, SqlBak looks for postgresql files in the /usr/bin/psql directory. Continue reading PostgreSQL DBMS – /bin/sh: 1: /usr/bin/psql: not found
Automated backup of MySQL databases can be a serious task. The proper way to automate backups involves the following steps:
Continue reading How to Automate MySQL Database Backups in Linux
That issue may occur if the SqlBak (SQL Server Backup) Windows Service was interrupted by an error. Continue reading How to fix SqlBak “Service failed” error
Basically, to update SqlBak on Linux you need to update the package lists and reinstall or restart the SqlBak application. Below are some examples of how to do it on popular Linux distributions. Continue reading How to Update SqlBak on Linux
The SqlBak application connects your computer to sqlbak.com and allows you to manage database backups from the web. In this post, you will see what commands and parameters it supports on Linux.
SqlBak application connects your Linux servers to sqlbak.com allowing you to manage MySQL, PostgreSQL and MS SQL Server database backups from the web. It should successfully work on different Linux distributions such as Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, CentOS, and RHEL, but if you face any difficulty in using the app on your GNU/Linux distribution let us know. Continue reading Starting with SqlBak on Linux
If you have to backup large SQL Server database with the help of SqlBak, here you will find some recommendations that can speed up the backup process. Continue reading How to backup large databases. Recommendation.
Microsoft Azure SQL Database is a managed cloud database from Microsoft. It runs on a cloud computing platform, and access to it is provided as a service. If you use SqlBak for managing your database backups and want to backup Microsoft Azure SQL Database as well, here you will find a step-by-step guide on how to do it. Continue reading How to backup and restore Microsoft Azure Cloud SQL Database
