Tag Archives: Backup

Script to backup MS SQL Server Express Databases

This is a bit of SQL I use to backup Microsoft SQL Server Express Databses (the free version from Microsoft that doesn’t have all the functioanlity of the full M$ SQL Server). There’s a bit more to it than the …

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Simple Script to backup MySQL Databases

This is a simple script I use to backup MySQL databases. Save the following as backup.bat (or similar) and they you can set a scheduled task to run this daily. “C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.1\bin\mysqldump.exe” -uUSERNAME -pPASSWORD MYSQLDBNAME > “c:\folder\mysqldbname\mysqldbname_%time:~0,2%%time:~3,2%%time:~6,2%_%date:~-10,2%%date:~-7,2%%date:~-4,4%.sql” The …

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Hyper-V VM Backup Script Batch File

If you’re after a way to make good, non corrupt backups of your Hyper-V VM’s, and you after a way of doing it for free, then this script is what you want. This script will shut down your selected VM’s …

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