


It is possible that at the end of the day, not all of your staff have disconnected their clients from the server. Step One: Prepare the Database for a Good Backupīefore you backup your Eaglesoft server, you need to ensure that the database engine is stopped. This means you need to take a couple of precautionary steps to ensure that your backup strategy meets your needs and addresses the complexities of Eaglesoft.

What this means is that we can’t leverage standard Windows backup technologies, because Sybase isn’t VSS aware! The biggest problem is that Eaglesoft uses Sybase for its backend database and not SQL. Careful consideration needs to be given when deciding on a backup strategy for this software. Many dentists across the United States are using Eaglesoft for their Dental Practice Management software solution.
