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XF2 [8WR] Database Backup [Paid] 2.3.0.1
- Thread starter Jaxel
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Well this is coming in handy right now.... thank you @Jaxel
Can someone tell me.. if I want to exclude another directory during back up in addition to my backup directory... what is the proper syntax to add another??
--exclude='nightly_backup'
^^^^ ----> I am not sure how to add an additional directory to that properly. Any help is appreciated.
Can someone tell me.. if I want to exclude another directory during back up in addition to my backup directory... what is the proper syntax to add another??
--exclude='nightly_backup'
^^^^ ----> I am not sure how to add an additional directory to that properly. Any help is appreciated.
Graham Smith
Active member
On the face of it, it looks like a cracking add-on, and wish I'd had it ages ago.
Have installed it, and have been assured by our host that our server meets the requirements, but I get this message when I try to run the cron manually...
I'm pretty sure I've configured it correctly.
Any suggestions?
My suggestion to @Jaxel is that at the bottom of the options page, there's a 'test' button that will try writing a small file to the configured site, to make sure everything's configured correctly.
Have installed it, and have been assured by our host that our server meets the requirements, but I get this message when I try to run the cron manually...
I'm pretty sure I've configured it correctly.
Any suggestions?
My suggestion to @Jaxel is that at the bottom of the options page, there's a 'test' button that will try writing a small file to the configured site, to make sure everything's configured correctly.
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What is the full error?
Graham Smith
Active member
I think I've got it running and configured correctly now.
One slight worry is that our cPanel server is saying that our database is 767mb
But the backup is only 247mb
We don't have compression turned on, so I assumed the sizes would be pretty similar.
Any thoughts?
One slight worry is that our cPanel server is saying that our database is 767mb
But the backup is only 247mb
We don't have compression turned on, so I assumed the sizes would be pretty similar.
Any thoughts?
LOL I'm sitting here wondering what you are talking about, then noticed I put the wrong date. I'll fix it, thanks.
Thats a tough one. I haven't quite figured out a good way to have a scheduling system for this addon. So right now, it uses the XF2 cron-job system... You need to turn your forum into debug mode and edit the cron job directly in the tools menu.
Graham Smith
Active member
I'm assuming that you'd only want to back up the database twice a day?
Would you really want to back up the files twice too?
Yes, basically you need to frequently create a backup of the database, but if such opportunities are not available along with the files.
No we were never able to fix it. Its been uninstalled and we moved on to a different way to back up the website & database. With your comment, I can definitely say that support is lacking on this.