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Preetham 345 SFDCPreetham 345 SFDC 

Production Backup

Can any one help me in suggesting the way to Backup the Existing Data  and apex code and visualforce pages in Salesforce production before any enhancements  or reinstallation of a perticular new  application takes place (i.e before deploying any changes from Sandbox) .For example if we take a full sandbox when we refresh it from production , full sandbox will be updated with all the data which is there in existing prodution till that date of refreh . Can we do similar refresh of Salesforce production like that and put a backup of that original production data.

Thanks 
Preetham345 SFDC 
 
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Taylor GrabusTaylor Grabus
Also Backupify offers a reasonably priced solution that willl provide a daily automated backup of your entire Salesforce org (attachments, objects and metadata.) Additionally Backupify offers a restore feature that significantly reduces time spent rebuilding your org.

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Balaji BondarBalaji Bondar
Hi Preetham,

If you dont want to go with full copy sandbox,
You can back up data using SFDC 'Exporting Backup Data' facility periodically.
https://help.salesforce.com/apex/HTViewHelpDoc?id=admin_exportdata.htm

For metadata, you can refersh any of the developer sandbox and keep the updated metadata backup.
Preetham 345 SFDCPreetham 345 SFDC
Thanks you Balaji for your quick reply, but one more quetion in which i has is if we use Export Data option under Administer----> Data Mangement as we know that the ouput od that data would be definitely a csv file on Object wise. Agiain if we want to bring the SFDC Production to as it is stage if the  deployment of the changes got failed . what would be the process , again by using data loader we have to load the exported data into production on Object by Object wise , or is ther any way like on single click production org can retains to its Original stage.

Thanks 
Preetham345 SFDC
Geoffrey J FlynnGeoffrey J Flynn
For Metadata:
The Force.com IDE could also be used to save a local copy of your entire instance
Setup > Develop > Tools > Force.com IDE

For data the export service Balaji recommended is your best bet.
Taylor GrabusTaylor Grabus
Also Backupify offers a reasonably priced solution that willl provide a daily automated backup of your entire Salesforce org (attachments, objects and metadata.) Additionally Backupify offers a restore feature that significantly reduces time spent rebuilding your org.
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