# MySQL Scheduled Bkups

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mysql-scheduled-bkups/5807>\
**Category:** Archived Topics\
**Created:** [February 5, 2013, 8:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mysql-scheduled-bkups/5807 "2013-02-05T20:45:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![raw1312](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@raw1312](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/raw1312)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 8:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mysql-scheduled-bkups/5807/1 "2013-02-05T20:45:50Z")

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I am haveing an trouble setting up a scheduled back up of MySQL using the MySQL administrator. I can run it using the execute now function but I’m not having much luck setting it up as a scheduled back up. Any help is greatly appreciated.

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**Author:** ![AlThePal](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/althepal/32/3603_2.png) [@AlThePal](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/AlThePal)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2013, 12:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mysql-scheduled-bkups/5807/2 "2013-02-06T12:08:10Z")

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In preference to Administrator, use mysqldump with either cron (Linux) or a scheduled task (Windows). Let me know if you need help with this.