What is the best vB backup software or hack?

[fpattberg]

Hello VB members,

I have started to run vBulletin and wondered what backup software/program/hack you use for your forum?

Thanks.

Fabian

[Eikinskjaldi]

A linux cron script which uses mysqlhotcopy to generate a 14 day rollover database back up (sans indices), and another cron script that uses rsync to make a daily copy of the codebase, which also lives in a cvs repository, mostly because we run a heavily modded board with lots of extra php scripts.

Finally another script which rsyncs the whole lot to an off site backup every 2 days.

[fpattberg]

Hi.

Thanks for the answer but that does not really tell me anything! :o

What doe other do in terms of back up? Use FTP to copy all the files, directories, etc to your harddrive?

Sorry if this is too basic but am I quite new at vB.

Fabian