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Description of my issue:
Hi Guys,
I need help with setting up autobackups using Akeeba. I'm not familiar with CRON jobs etc. and have tried reading the manuals and gone through the forums etc. to see if I could find a solution before posting here.

I have got a windows 7 PC running that is hosting my website internally for our office's internal use. I'd like to back the website up with its database etc on a regular basis. Recently I managed to move the website from a XP machine to Windows 7 using Akeeba and Kickstart & the migration went through like a dream,..

Now, I'd like to start taking regular backups (every night) of the website and its database and store it on my office server that gets backed up regularly.

Can you please help. I'm not able to figure out how to do it using CRON jobs etc for local installation. Is there a step by step guide for local installation etc \forpeople with very limited knowledge?

Sorry if this has been answered before, I am happy to look and read if pointed in the right direction.

It may help to change the terms a bit. The CRON service is a native Linux service, you won't find it on your Windows box. You are looking for a Scheduled Task (I think) under Windows. You would be executing the same command, just using a different trigger. I can't help you much with a Scheduled Task, but you should be able to Google and find instructions for that. Knowing what to look for is a big first step.

Does you office server have an FTP server on it? If it does, we can move the backup archive there automatically after the backup. Even if it doesn't we may be able to save the backup to that machine if we have a drive mapped to your web server.

Hi Dale,

Thanks for your reply. I think that is what was confusing me the most. Looking how to execute CRON jobs from windows.

I'll look into how to call it using schedule task. I can Map a drive to the main server for the backup jobs to be moved there. I'll do a bit of research on triggering the command for backup from schedule task & report back in a few days time. Thanks for clearing up that confusion.

In the Akeeba Configuration screen, we'll use that mapped location on your server as the Output path, so the backup will be saved directly to the server. Keep human hands out of it if at all possible. :-)

Hi Dale,
I have got it to work using the schedule task through windows. It is doing auto backups. The output patch in the configuration doesn't accept Network mapping.
Well it works once, & then the settings revert back to the default htdocs directory.

It doesn't bother me much as I have written a small batch file that first executes the command to do backup & then copies that backup from the default directory to the network location. It also does a few other moves and deletes etc.

It seems to work. First auto run will be tonight, I think it should go smoothly.

Thank you for your help.

I'm not sure why it would reset like that. The important thing is that the backup is getting where you need it to be without someone having to remember to move it manually. The batch file accomplishes exactly what we want to do.

I'm glad you got it working!