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Inventory Database Backup & Restoration

  1. Go to Start->All Programs->MySQL->MySQL Administrator

  2. Login with root and the long password

  3. Under Backup will be a project called "Inventory Backup" That should backup all tables in the inventory database at 2 am daily to the D: drive with a file name that has the date/time.

  4. To restore a backup Go to Start->All Programs->MySQL->MySQL Query Browser

  5. Go to File and Click New Script Tab

  6. Click Load

  7. Load the most recent backup from D

  8. The Inventory DB will now look as it did prior to the most recent backup


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