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You could create a scheduled task in WIndows to run a batch file with the following command line:<br />
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sqlcmd -E -S servername\sqlexpress –Q &quot;BACKUP DATABASE [dbname] TO DISK='d:\dbname.bak' &quot;<br />
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Just change the SQL instance and the dbname and location, and this should backup as expected.<br />
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Lee
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You could create a scheduled task in WIndows to run a batch file with the following command line:

sqlcmd -E -S servername\sqlexpress –Q "BACKUP DATABASE [dbname] TO DISK='d:\dbname.bak' "

Just change the SQL instance and the dbname and location, and this should backup as expected.

Lee

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I have a couple of sql server express editions. I want to schedule backups for database on them. Could you tell me how to do it. &nbsp;Also if the backup fails I want to be notified by email.
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I have a couple of sql server express editions. I want to schedule backups for database on them. Could you tell me how to do it.  Also if the backup fails I want to be notified by email.

sql server express backup schedule

Microsoft SQL Server is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.SQL Server is available in multiple versions, typically identified by release year, and versions are subdivided into editions to distinguish between product functionality. Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning.