{"id":1264,"date":"2012-04-03T15:02:10","date_gmt":"2012-04-03T19:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2012\/04\/03\/how-to-backup-the-magento-database\/"},"modified":"2023-09-14T16:51:17","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T20:51:17","slug":"how-to-backup-the-magento-database","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/magento\/how-to-backup-the-magento-database\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Backup the Magento 1.6 Database"},"content":{"rendered":"

Magento 1.6 includes a backup tool that will back up your hosted Magento<\/a> database. Backing up your Magento 1.6 shopping cart regularly is extremely important since your database stores all of your content for your web store. If anything goes wrong having a current backup of Magento can help you easily restore your store\u2019s content. Creating a backup of Magento 1.6 is easily accomplished in the Magento Admin Panel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Log into your Magento Admin Backend<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Go to System ->> Tools ->> Backups<\/strong>
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  3. Click \u201cCreate Backup<\/strong>\u201c
    \"magento_backup_2\"<\/a><\/figure> <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    You\u2019ll notice in the screenshot below that we just created a database backup. The database is extremely important as this is where your site\u2019s data (products, orders, customers, etc.) are stored.
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    \"magento_backup_3\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    If you need further assistance please feel free to ask a question<\/a> in our Community Forum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Magento 1.6 includes a backup tool that will back up your hosted Magento database. Backing up your Magento 1.6 shopping cart regularly is extremely important since your database stores all of your content for your web store. If anything goes wrong having a current backup of Magento can help you easily restore your store’s content. 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