SQL Server Backup Location

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SQL Server Backup Location

This feature is found on the Options screen.

This option is useful if you have your database installed on a different PC/Server than where you are running the software.

Enter an existing directory on the PC/Server where the SQL database is installed (this is where you installed the database during the initial installation process).  Make sure the user who will be performing the backups (Administration Menu > Backup) has permission to the database.  

If a location is not entered, the Microsoft SQL Server backup directory will be used to store backups.  This is where the system will look for backup files when you try to restore the database as well.

If you specify a folder and SQL Server does not have rights to write to that folder, you will receive an error message and the backup will fail. It is your responsibility to give SQL Server the proper rights to write the backup in the specified folder.

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