Backing up and Restoring the eG Database

eG uses MS SQL and Oracle databases to store its persistent data. The best practices for backing up and restoring the eG database are the ones recommended by the database vendor themselves. These documents can be downloaded from http://www.microsoft.com/ or http://www.oracle.com/. The exact URLs will vary depending upon the type and version being used, and can be easily found using the Search options given in the sites.