im having trouble finding the backups.

I have the forum under a subdomain and have tried different paths for this to put the backups but nothing seems to be appearing....

Ive put the folder 'backups' under the main root and in the forum folder. Both folders are chmod 777 and yet when i run the cron nothing appears in either

I have set the options to both 'backups/' and the full url http://www.myforum.co.uk/backups/ and still nothing :(

Anyone help me here?

The url will fail, it dosnt work like that.

You need the folder path, either absolute or relative.

What message do you get when you run the cron ?

it says:

Automatic Database Backup for vBulletin

Done

thats why im presuming its gone somewhere.

Strange

I just changed it to "forum/backups/" and chmod 777 and still nada

No list of tables ?

Just wanted to say thinks Paul,
I have been using this for years now on an hourly basis: on top of my other backup methods (very high traffic board). Then I capture transactions between the relative hours. I have not needed it very often, but when I do --- well its a lifesaver! Thanks so much for your time and for sharing :)

Glad to hear its been of use to you. :D

Hourly? How big is your board? How long does it take your job to run?
And how do I find out how long it takes to run on mine? The log in vb just gives time of start and "success".

My vb control panel says:
Data Usage 1.51 GB
Index Usage 896.57 MB

No list of tables... me thinking something isnt working right here

Maybe I should uninstall and start again?

Indeed, something is not right, it will list each table as it backs it up.