Suddenly it started working again.

Excellent. I didn't think it was the Mod's fault (especially considering even Crons run from my server itself still wouldn't work) but I hoped I could figure out what was wrong. I never did, but Cron Backups are working again, just as scheduled, without data loss.

Great Mod Paul, I love it......

Downloaded, followed the instructions and it worked first time..............BRILLIANT:up:

yeah now i know that and my problem is fixed.
the problem that i have with this mod is, in the instructions it is written:
I dont have any clue how to do that. so i am asking for some help that either tell users like me who dont possess much of technical knowledge on how to do it, or give a link to some tutorials. but tutorials can take long to comprehend, the best thing would be to please mention the optimum example of the mysqlbackupconfig file.

also, i have no idea how to create and place a folder where the backup data gets stored. so i am asking for help in this regards.

thanx

You should have uploaded the files via FTP or something for vBulletin, use the same program to create the folder you want to put the files in.

Can someone address my questions (post #29)??

1. Because the code that turns it back on fails sometimes, leaving your forum closed.

2. If php is set-up correctly then timeouts should not happen.

Aren't timeouts possible when using vbulletin's built-in backup feature? They warn that timeouts are possible with large forums... wouldn't this also be the case here?? Sorry, I don't have much PHP knowledge, so I don't know details and specifics...

yes sir i am aware of that, what i dont know is, how to setup my php configuration files so that this mod can automatically backup my database and if it doesnt do it automatically, then at least inthe instructions there should be some procedure mentioned to do so.

plus i dont know how to import the saved backup database in case of an emergency and it would have been nice and kind if the developer or even anyone else had helped cause not everyone that comes here is a software expert.

if not much support is offered here for people like me, well then i guess i will have to uninstall it.

Paul, is it possible for me to add tar/gz to the file to save hard disk space while we are away from an internet connection ?

Not using this mod it isnt.