diff --git a/setup/setuputils.class.inc.php b/setup/setuputils.class.inc.php
index 874116d17..1e186b9fa 100644
--- a/setup/setuputils.class.inc.php
+++ b/setup/setuputils.class.inc.php
@@ -460,11 +460,12 @@ class SetupUtils
 
 	/**
 	 * Check that the backup could be executed
-	 * @param $sDestDir
+	 * @param $sDBBackupPath
+	 * @param $sMySQLBinDir
 	 * @return array An array of CheckResults objects
 	 * @internal param Page $oP The page used only for its 'log' method
 	 */
-	static function CheckBackupPrerequisites($sDestDir, $sMySQLBinDir = null)
+	static function CheckBackupPrerequisites($sDBBackupPath, $sMySQLBinDir = null)
 	{
 		$aResult = array();
 		SetupPage::log('Info - CheckBackupPrerequisites');
@@ -529,6 +530,15 @@ class SetupUtils
 		{
 			SetupPage::log('Info - mysqldump -V said: '.$sLine);
 		}
+		
+		// create and test destination location
+		//
+		$sDestDir = dirname($sDBBackupPath);
+		setuputils::builddir($sDestDir);
+		if (!is_dir($sDestDir))
+		{
+			$aResult[] = new CheckResult(CheckResult::ERROR, "$sDestDir does not exist and could not be created.");
+		}
 
 		// check disk space
 		// to do... evaluate how we can correlate the DB size with the size of the dump (and the zip!)
diff --git a/setup/wizardsteps.class.inc.php b/setup/wizardsteps.class.inc.php
index cd94f3629..f01ef00f7 100644
--- a/setup/wizardsteps.class.inc.php
+++ b/setup/wizardsteps.class.inc.php
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ class WizStepInstallOrUpgrade extends WizardStep
 		$sPreviousVersionDir = '';
 		if ($sInstallMode == '')
 		{
-			$sDBBackupPath = APPROOT.'data/'.ITOP_APPLICATION.strftime('-backup-%Y-%m-%d');
+			$sDBBackupPath = APPROOT.strftime('data/backups/manual/setup-%Y-%m-%d_%H_%M');
 			$bDBBackup = true;
 			$aPreviousInstance = SetupUtils::GetPreviousInstance(APPROOT);
 			if ($aPreviousInstance['found'])