Backup/Restore + Data Export/Import via dbForge Studio
Without a doubt, you want your backup/restore and export/import operations to be fast, easy, and automated wherever possible. You can have it all that way with dbForge Studio for MySQL. As the name implies, it is an IDE for MySQL development, management, and administration, yet it works just as perfectly as a MariaDB GUI client. Now, let's see how it tackles routine database backups.
Create a MariaDB backup
1. On the Database menu, go to Backup and Restore, and click Backup Database to open Database Backup Wizard.
2. On the General page, specify the required connection and database, the path for the backup file to be saved to, and the output file name in the respective fields. Optionally, you can append a timestamp to the file name, enable the auto-deletion of old files, and compress your backup into an archive. After you set it all up, click Next.
3. On the Backup content page, select the content for your backup and click Next.
4. On the Options page, configure your detailed backup options—there are quite a few of those to match your requirements most precisely. Then click Next.
5. On the Errors handling page, configure the Errors handling and Log settings options. Afterwards, click Backup to run the backup process.
Note that you have two more options here: you can select Save Project to save your current backup project with all the settings—or you can select Save Command Line to save a backup script that you can execute from the command line whenever you need.
6. After you click Backup, wait for the backup process to be completed.
Note that you don't have to go through every wizard page to click Backup. You can do it whenever you've finished configuring your settings.
7. Finally, confirm the successful completion by clicking Finish.
As you can see, it's very easy. Furthermore, you can schedule to run regular backups using Action > Create Basic Task in Windows Task Scheduler.
