when was the last time you repair or optmizes the tables in maintenance?

this is the most important mod in here i would think, i wish it would gzip it so i didnt have to :>

I get this error when trying to run the cron job manually.

Backup Error : Could not write to destination file ( ../../backups/2010-06-16/Forum-2010-06-16-Access.sql )

I will admit that I'm new to vbulletin and don't yet fully understand all the intricacies regarding plugins and how they are ran. With that said I did try manually creating a backups directory and chmod 777 to make sure it was writable. I tried placing it in the following directories and each time I got the error.

\
\community - subdomain that vbulletin is installed in
\community\includes

I also wish there were additional options such as emailing the backup file (under a given size of course) or the ability to specify a save location.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

patrick

E-mailing will never be an option.

You can already specify the save location in the options. The default which the error shows you are using) is ../../backups/

This is a folder called backups, two levels above your forum folder.

e.g.

/var/www/sitename/httpdocs/community = your forum location
/var/www/sitename/backups/ = default backups location

Thanks Paul. This was literally the first mod I've played with so I just realized I had been going to the Scheduled Task Manager to edit the options, but now I've found the 'real' options under Settings. I updated the save location and it works like a charm. Thanks again!

Oh.. and may I ask why emailing will 'never' be an option?

Thanks
patrick

E-mailing copies of your database is a huge security risk. Most databases will also be far larger than any e-mail system can handle.

I had an error when trying to do a backup..

Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in /var/www/vhosts/spmi.com/httpdocs/includes/mysqlbackup.php on line 402

You need to speak to your host about that, they are limiting the run time in php.

A corresponding entry is on the moderator options vorhanden.Ist it possible to extend this hack to a TAR compression?

In places the backups are still very large.

many thanks

Gziping the files will be an option in the next release, im testing it atm.