This "wizard" leads you through the process of backing up your herd database. It is important to periodically make a backup of your herd database in case your hard disk crashes or there is an unrecoverable error. We recommend that you backup your herd database at least once a week.
You can backup your herd database to one of these destinations:
Choose one of the following topics:
Backing up to Another Drive (CD-R, USB, or other disk)
Backing up On-Line
In the first field, enter the name of a folder where you want the backup to be created. In the second field, enter a name for the backup file. The default name will be the same as your herd database.
The first time that you perform an on-line backup you will prompted to enter a security key. (See Managing Your On-Line Backups.) A security key is any set of characters that you choose. It is used to uniquely encrypt your herd database so that no one else can view it. It is very important that you remember your security key. If you ever need to restore your herd database, you will need to provide this key. No one else knows this key, not even Living Software.
The next time you perform an on-line backup, you do not need to enter the security key. DairyLive will use the same one you used the last time. If you want to change your security key, click on the Manage Backups button to change your key. In the dialog that appears, you can also change the number of backups you want to keep and delete existing backups. To delete a backup, you must provide the security key that was used when you made the backup. Note that each user has a limited amount of space on the Living Software server for backups. If you exceed this space, your backup will not be successful and you will be asked to delete some old backups.