Learn how to backup the ChurchInfo database.

Steps

• On the ChurchInfo menu, go to Admin > Backup Database
• Read the "Tips" section
  • Follow instructions in accordance with your needs 
• Click on the button "Generate and Download Backup"

To back up a big MySQL server use the following on the command line:

 mysqldump --all-databases --add-drop-table -c -u -p | bzip2 -c > .bak.sql.bz2

It will use mysqldump and it will compress the sql file. You will backup the entire server with this command.