It shouldn't make a difference. Do you have the backup directory chmoded to 777? And are you sure you have the correct path to the backup directory?

Thanks alot to both of you. Just had to include the path to mysqldump, which I misstyped a couple of times (and forgot to include the '...

Very nice feature, which i'll see if works tomorrow morning after my scheduled backup at 6am :) (already tested the run now thing)

What settings would I set to make the script run every 2 days in the admincp task area?

Small problem...

While the task ran as scheduled and made the file in the correct area, the time was half an hour late... and there is no record of the script being run in the log. (view all). I selected log entries: yes.

Any tips?

I was wondering about this as well... I looked at the other cron scripts and noticed a call to the log_cron_action function. I tried adding:

to the end of the file, and the script stalled altogether. Anyone know why this function wouldn't work right? :ermm:

There has to be someone on your site at the time it's set to run or it won't run until the next time someone visits.. Also, only one script's run each time, even if more than one are waiting to be ran.

When? :)

What format for the path should we be using?

/home/space/public_html/backupdir or ./backupdir ?

thanks, this worked for me! :p

btw, Martyjp , i used the 1st path you mentioned.
/home/space/public_html/backupdir

nobody could help me ? :(

I hope the "extended version" will be released soon, which switches the board offline for the backup-process - and of course turns it on again after finishing ;)

ThePartyBorg,

I am also backing up to another server. Why not just write a system cron that will take the datadump from this vBcron and ftp it to the other box?

Brad.loo,

Nice job! One question -- would it be possible to exclude tables from this (search/word/etc) so as to pare down the size of the datadump?

/home/space/public_html/backupdir

anychance of being able to actually reload the backup back though this proggie as i dont have a clue of how to telnet in and do it that way.

On vb2 someone made a hack that did just this it saved to a folder on the server and you could also re-install it if needed.If this was added this would be a cool hack esp for someone like me as this is one of the major reasons i wont update to vb3 cause my host wont allow outside connections so i cant use a program like MYSQLfront to do it all for me.

Plz consider it :)

I'm getting this error:

Parse error: parse error in /home/******/public_html/forum/includes/cron/****.php on line 31

I'm actually experiencing the same problem as Morpheus, and I'm trying to diagnose it a little bit further. I'm thinking that the script is being found just fine, but it is exiting out of itself because of the first line of the script:


Now then, I am already fairly certain this is a stupid question... BUT.... I sure don't see any variables called $DB_site anywhere in this file. Does it make sense that that would be the cause of the problem? I don't really think so, because everybody else can seem to get this working fine... That said, would this problem result from typing an improper path name in teh actual script. I'm confused because vb says it is 'All Done', but nothing is actually happening, nor is anythgin being registered in my Scheduled Tasks log....

Nah, it hasn't got anything to do with vB. It's using MySQLdump, a command to backup databases to files, and you specify the database name in the php script.

Anyway, Brad.loo, s'up? When can we expect an update with the new features? I think this is one of the best "hacks"/additions to vB3 so far. So keep up the good work! https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2011/01/19.gif

bump?

That is what that section should be like.

I vote for the ability to move the backup to a different server too!
I would like to have the backups ftp'd to my home ftp-server, but i doubt i can set any system cron's on my hosting site.

Does not work for me:-( Get:

MySQL backup

All Done

vBulletin v3.0.0 Release Candidate 3, Copyright ?2000-2004, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.


Fatal error: Call to undefined function: query() in /home/mywebiste/www/forum/includes/functions.php on line 501


But no backup is made:-(

That is the best hack in 2004.

Thank you

Hello
Yesterday I installed this hack like that :

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/

Today I login to Ftp and I see that :

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/

Tell me please what the problem?

Thank you

I had this problem too at first, I had a space in my folder name, I removed the space and it worked fine. Not sure that will help you or not, but thought I'd try.

No problem - except it seems you have the hack setup to run every minute ...

Thank you Natch
But did you notice ( in my images ) that hack does not deleted last backup files?
untill now I deleted laste backup files manualy every day.
Tell me please what's the problem ?

Best regards :)
alkahf

This Hack only makes a backup of the database !
There ist no code for deleting old backups.

If you want to do that you have to add a line like
exec('rm ' .DUMP_PATH. '/yourolddatabasename.tar.gz');

in your cron_dbbackup.php file before backing up the actual db

Or you can cause the hack to overwrite with the latest backup (weekly) by using the day of the week modification, instaed of the unix timestamp filename...

arggh !
I configured in the options to log the activity of this backup script, but I no activities are logged !
Script is running fine every day and backing up the db.

anybody an answer or solution ?

Don'r work for me. no backups recorded.

:
Database Backup

Done

vBulletin v3.0.0, Copyright ©2000-2004, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.

My defs:
// Set these vars up to to suit your server
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost'); // database host
define('DB_USER', 'dbusername'); // database username
define('DB_PASSWORD', 'dbpass'); // database password
define('DB_NAME', 'dbname'); // vbulletins database name
define('DUMP_PATH', '/public_html/foruns/dbBackup'); // path to where db backup will be stored
define('DUMP_MAKE_TAR', 1); // set this to 1 for the backup to be compressed in a .tar.gz file
// end changes

What I made wrong?

Is this your correct absolute path to your folder ?
also there is a typo in forums ;)

Did you change your /forums/dbBackup folder to 777 with chmod ?

Thanks, the problem was the absolute path.

Now work great:)

Well this seems to be creating 3 new files in my backup folder but i'm still getting this error


Backup

Done

vBulletin v3.0.0, Copyright ©2000-2004, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: query() in /home/anabol/public_html/forum/includes/functions.php on line 500


Can someone help?

oh and the files are

error.txt
*.sql - 0.13GB
*.tar.gz - 15mbs

Interesting hack and I could use this for a customers site, one quick question though, any plans on implementing a feature to email the backup? If not I will add it for myself as I could really use this feature...

I'd be intersted in that, also, buddy, if you don't mind sharing. ;)

NP...just waiting on the author to see if he wants to do it first since it is his hack otherwise I would like his permission. ;)

You could always PM it if you come up with something before you hear from the author. ;)

True...I'm almost done with it and have added zip as well....I will PM him with it once completed and fully tested.

Thank you, sir. Will be looking forward to it. ;) I have the attchmnets in PMs hack on my site if that will make it easier for you. ;)