I installed it, I did not modify the config files.

I created a backups directory under the /public_html
I set the permissions to 777

When I click "Run Now" I get the following error:

I set the permissions to 777

Automatic Database Backup for vBulletin

An error occured during the Backup :

I changed the path to ././backups/ as defined in a previous post and still get the same error.

I do have the backups directory right under public_html Do I need to specify the entire path?

I know I am screwing something up, not sure what though.

The path would depend on what path your forum is - but on a typical setup, from the info you have given, I would suggest you try ../backups/

Thanks, the forum is located under /public_html/forums

So should I create the directory under forums or public_html?

Thanks man, I got it working.

the backups directory needs to be under the forums directory when you use the ../backups/

Thanks again!

Great mod ! Btw, how can i set it up so it doesn't keep anything but last 3 backups or so ? The database is really big and if i forget about backups, it takes too much space :) Thx in advance !

Using the vB default "database backup" causes error frequently. Does this hack also ends up in error or this is safe to use?

We really need a way to change how many backups to be kept on server. I just got my drive full... and when i checked, it was filled with sql files made by vB Database Backup... Please, can you find a way for this ?

This has already been posted before - but you can change the backup date options to limit the number of files - for instance I use a lowercase L, which means they are called Monday, Tuesday etc, so you only ever have 7 files - after that they overwrite each other. You can use other options (such as the day of the month).

I don't understand what you mean. If i go in my Scheduled Task Manager and look for Automatic Database Backup for vBulletin i can only set what day of the week, day of the month and hour i want to backup. I don't understand how can i limit the number of files (what lowercase L means ? where do i find that ?)...

Paul, i'm also interested in doing this, i have my cron job set to every sunday, how do i get it to overwrite the previous weeks entry?