Schedule A Database Backup In SQL Server

Here are the steps, 

Open SQL Server Management Studio.

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Click Connect - To connect your database server,

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Click Management, Maintenance plans, then right click to create a new maintenance plan Wizard,

Click Management

Click Management

Click Next and provide the name of your Maintenance Plan,

Maintenance

Under Schedule - Click Change,

Name will be the same.

Schedule type: Recurring,

Schedule

Change the Frequency to daily. Set the daily frequency.

I have set the daily frequency for “Occurs Every 2 mins in between timings”.

No changed needed for Start date (It will takes the current system date automatically).

Click OK.

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Click Next.

In the next window check Back up database (Full).

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Click Next.

On the database selection Select All database or Whatever database you are going to take a backup.

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And select the Single database manually.

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Click OK.

Now choose the directory path for creating a database Bak file.

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Set compression type to “Compress backup”.

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Click Next.

Select the report generation path for a backup.

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Click Next and then Finish.

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So it has been successfully configured.

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Click Close

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