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schedules and the need to key in everything again in case of a system crash. The backup
could also be placed on another machine or an external drive for extra precaution.
The database back up could be done easily using Microsoft SQL Server Management
Studio Express. Listed below are the steps to back up your Aurora Ingest database:
1. Login to Windows XP as an administrator or as a user with administrative rights.
2. Go to Start>All Programs>Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and select SQL Server
Management Studio Express to launch the application.
3. Connect to your SQL Server by Windows Authentication.
4. Double-click on Databases and you should see the folder expand to show System
Databases and IS.
5. Right-click on IS and select Tasks>Back Up .
6. On the General page, select IS from the Database drop-down list or type “IS” if
it’s not listed in the drop-down list, and select Full from the Backup type drop-down
list.
7. Key in the backup name and select the backup destination.
8. In the Options page, select Back up to the existing media set and Overwrite all
existing backup sets.
9. Click OK.
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