Forum back up question

[singa]

Excuse my ignorance.
How do you do a forum back up?
Easy or complicated?
Time consuming?
If there is a thread in here about the topic, please post a link.
Thank you very much.

[mike2902]

admin cp< Maintance< back up

[snakes1100]

Backing up thru the admincp or thru a php script is not guaranteed to work or give a complete backup of the db due to php's time limits when executing scripts, when the script run over the max_execution_time limit in php.ini.

ssh & mysqldump is the only method suggested to work correctly.

[Lynne]

From the manual:
Backing Up The Database via SSH/Telnet (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/../docs/html/maintenance_ssh_backup) or
Backing Up The Database via phpMyAdmin (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/../docs/html/maintenance_phpmyadmin_backup)

Restoring The Database via SSH/Telnet (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/../docs/html/maintenance_ssh_restore) or
Restoring The Database via phpMyAdmin (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/../docs/html/maintenance_phpmyadmin_restore)

If you don't have shell access, some people have also reported success with these scripts:
MySQLDumper (http://www.mysqldumper.de/en/index.php)
MySQLHotxcopy (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=134821&highlight=mysqlhotcopy)
Bigdump (http://www.ozerov.de/bigdump.php)


There are also a few scripts in the modifications area to help you out if you want to go that route.