MySQL Database backup automatically on a windows server

Question

Is there a way to back up MySQL database automatically at certain times of the day for designated servers or send an email with an attachment.. Which ever do you think is th

Answer 1

You can add one of these commands to Windows task scheduler:

mysqldump –-user [username] –-password=[password] [database name] > [dump file]

or in a compact way:

mysqldump –u[username] –p[password] [database name] > [dump file]

or:

mysqldump -u[user] -p[password] --result-file="c:\\backup.%DATE:~0,3%.sql" [database]