diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/scripts/xcat_db_backup.sh b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/scripts/xcat_db_backup.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..1ff54180f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/scripts/xcat_db_backup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#-- script backs up xCAT database to csv files into (newly created) directory
+#-- jurij.sikorsky@t-systems.cz
+
+basedir=/scratch/xcat/backup
+dirname=$basename/xcatdb-`hostname`-`date +%y%m%d-%H%M%S`
+echo $dirname
+mkdir $dirname
+cd $dirname
+
+for tab in `/opt/xcat/sbin/tabdump`; do 
+  echo $tab
+  tabdump $tab > $tab.csv
+done
+
+
+cd - > /dev/null
+
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/scripts/xcat_db_restore.sh b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/scripts/xcat_db_restore.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..173d364b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/scripts/xcat_db_restore.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#-- script restores xCAT database from directory with csv files,
+#-- created by xcat_db_backup.sh script
+#-- jurij.sikorsky@t-systems.cz
+
+dirname=$1
+
+if [[ -z $dirname ]]; then echo "Usage: $0 {backup dir}"; exit 1; fi
+
+for tab in $dirname/*.csv; do 
+  echo $tab
+  tabrestore $tab
+done