# Creating auto-backup

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/creating-auto-backup/11568>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [April 23, 2016, 7:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/creating-auto-backup/11568 "2016-04-23T19:10:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![jruben84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4491bb/32.png) [@jruben84](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jruben84)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2016, 7:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/creating-auto-backup/11568/1 "2016-04-23T19:10:58Z")

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Hi,

Is there a way for turn-off or set up more time to the auto-backup setting?

I got this:  
02:06:37 PM LocalDBManagerImpl Creating auto-backup of internal database “settings”…  
02:03:22 PM LocalDBManagerImpl Creating auto-backup of internal database “settings”…  
01:08:46 PM LocalDBManagerImpl Creating auto-backup of internal database “settings”…

When I’m on the designer, and this process starts, my designer freezes.

Any suggestion will be appreciate! ![:thumb_right:](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/1X/2026e28c0c425034352c1b75807edf956adc75f4.gif ":thumb\_right:")

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2016, 10:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/creating-auto-backup/11568/2 "2016-04-23T22:56:12Z")

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What version of Ignition? This sounds like a side effect of the ever-growing-internal-database-bug that IA recently fixed (v7.7.7 & v7.8.2). How big is a gateway backup?

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**Author:** ![jruben84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4491bb/32.png) [@jruben84](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jruben84)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2016, 2:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/creating-auto-backup/11568/3 "2016-04-24T14:17:35Z")

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Hi,

My Ignition version is 7.7.6. I know that I need perform the update to 7.8.2, but I need first solve some administrative stuff and upgrade my machine (also the server with more RAM).  
I just wondering if “a temporal solution” exists…

My autobackup is more than 500 Mb. ☹

Meanwhile, thank you very much… ![:thumb_right:](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/1X/2026e28c0c425034352c1b75807edf956adc75f4.gif ":thumb\_right:")

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**Author:** ![zxcslo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/zxcslo/32/61610_2.png) [@zxcslo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/zxcslo)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2016, 3:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/creating-auto-backup/11568/4 "2016-04-24T15:17:45Z")

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Try this: [inductiveautomation.com/forum/v … 678#p54678](https://inductiveautomation.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=54678#p54678)  
(Start reading from first post…)

I’ve used it (my backup was over 150MB, and after using this tool it shrinked to 30MB)

And I also recommend to wait for 7.8.3…

In 7.8.2 there’s a bug, that you get no tags after upgrade, if you have many tags with alarms…  
[inductiveautomation.com/forum/v … 467#p56467](https://inductiveautomation.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=56467#p56467)

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**Author:** ![jruben84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4491bb/32.png) [@jruben84](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jruben84)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2016, 7:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/creating-auto-backup/11568/5 "2016-04-24T19:26:39Z")

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Thank you very much!!  
I will do it!

Regards!