Chapter 5. Backing up and Restoring a Dynamics NAV Database
In this chapter, we will focus on an area that is critical for any application, especially when the organization's financial data are involved.
Having some sort of backup strategy is indispensible to any organization. Though there are different ways to build up one, we will highlight a few different aspects in this chapter. A backup strategy for the organization must have the ability to restore and recover all the data entered into or modified in the database, ideally up to the point of failure.
Creating and restoring backups using a Dynamics NAV client
Creating a backup using a Dynamics NAV client is one of the easiest methods of backing up and restoring the database.
Retrieving a backup of the Dynamics NAV database
We can use the following steps to retrieve a backup of the Dynamics NAV database (SQL Server database or Classic database):
1. After connecting to the appropriate Dynamics NAV database go to the Tools menu and click on...
