I'm getting the same error as a previous poster, it isn't giving me a reason for an error, but it isn't backing up. Fresh install, by the way.

I fixed the problem by using "././backups/" instead of "../../backups/"

Hi Paul!,, since i cannot wait for the next version of the mod, i tried to patch the mod with this option... :).... i thought of uploading my modifications so that other ppl can benefit.. hope you dont mind...

i have added two options :

IF you choose to "COMBINE FILES" Then:-

1. All the backups now goes into a single backup dir.
2. If on Linux... then you also have a option to produce a compressed .gz file.

Installation :

1. install the original mod.
2. replace mysqlbackup.php with the attached one.
3. Uninstall the product.
4. Re-import the product with the attached xml file.

Important info..
1. the relative path do not work for me... i used full path (/home/sdadsf/backup/)
2. Do not use this if you do not want to combine your files..
3. I am not a php programmer .. so use it at your own risk.!!

Actually, Ive already fixed it locally to put combined files in the root folder, just not released it atm. I might look at the compress feature as well, since a number of requests have been made for it.

So This will defo do my mysql backup??

Thats a somewhat vague question, can you be more specific please.

can you please tell me....how am i gonna find out that my data base has been backuped??

i dont have idea how to use this Mod...please help me...

I so often forget to back-up each day, this is a fantastic mod, thank you very much for this.

How long does this take, i clicked run now from the shedule menu and its been running for 10 min, can't access the forum either because of a database error which I don't know what it is. My database is only 330meg in size.

I put it to lock the forum, repair and close the forum. Surely I shouldn't be getting a database error?

To backup 330M shouldnt take more than a minute or two.

I cant comment on any database error unless you post the actual error.

the server was playing up, but i can't seem to get the file location correct. Think i'm being stupid.

Not much a can say to that :)

I'm also getting the error

An error occured during the Backup :

My backup path is ././backups/ and it does create folders with the current date when I manually start the process but nothing else.

Any ideas?

././backups/ should really be ./backups/

You need to check folder permissions.

I have folder permission set at 777 and as I mentioned it does create subfolders with the current date so I think the permission is set correctly.

I changed the path to ./backups/ still the same error.

Ok, I checked a little further into this problem. It does have something to do with permissions.
Folder /backups/ permission is 0777 owner me
Folder /backups/2009-09-17 permission 0777 owner www-data ... does this matter?

So I went on and edited mysqlbackup.php in order to remove the creation of folder as this is somehow creating the problem for me ....

// Cron Based Automated Backup
function cronBackup()
{
/*
Set Full Dump Path.
*/
//$this->FULL_PATH = $this->DUMP_PATH.$this->DATE.'/'.$this->PREFIX.$this->DATE;
$this->FULL_PATH = $this->DUMP_PATH.'/'.$this->PREFIX.$this->DATE;

/* Short Path */

//$this->SHORT_PATH = $this->DUMP_PATH.$this->DATE;
$this->SHORT_PATH = $this->DUMP_PATH;

/*
Close Forum.
*/
if ($this->SHUTDOWN) { $this->forumStatus(0); }

/*
Remove previous SQL Files.
*/
//$this->removeDir($this->SHORT_PATH);
//$this->createDir($this->SHORT_PATH);

/* Clear Cache */
clearstatcache();
..............
............

I no longer have dated folders, but it is working now.

Thank you, but don't work for me :(

Tried everything, read all posts, getting an error.

When I try it, it backs up everything but when it gets to my posts it just stops and says done?

Thats all I see and it says done... I don't think it is right tho because it didn't say the time processed.

Can someone help me with this I think it timed out. =(

How did you get it to work? Whats your path for it?

That certainly looks like it failed, and timeout is the most likely reason.

Well i can't get it to work, set path to ././backups it fails after.

Just changed servers and the file path has to be changed. Where do I make the adjustment for that?

Should be in your vBulletin options..

I must be looking in the wrong place. Where in the vBulletin options should I look?

Dear Paul M, do you know how I can fix the timeout error?

thank u

Speak to your host, I cant help with individual server set-ups im afraid.

Wow thank you Paul M! I talked to them and they assisted me to use cpanel cron jobs haha, now no more timeout errors! They said it timed out because of the 30second limit in PHP. Now with cron job though cpanel, no more timeouts!

Thank you for all the help and advice,
and the lovely product,

- Kyle

I now also have timeouts problem with only 203 tables. It's strange because it worked before but not anymore? It just started recently to give me problems without completing the backup fully, missing the last tables in the database. What exactly do I have to look into my php.ini values in order to find out about the timeout value? What is a good value for timeout? Is there a setting we can adjust in the hack files about timeouts?

The modification sets the timeout to 3600 (ie 1 hour). However, I believe this may be overridden by any "max_execution_time" setting in your php.ini file. The modification will most likely also timeout in safe mode.

I looked in the php.ini file and the max_execution_time value is set to 50000 in both local and master value. I guess this is not the problem then. Very weird.

Still no answer? Marked as installed and Nominated. Still dont work for me

You have not supplied any useful information - just simply said it doesnt work.

You must give details of what does or does not happen, error messages etc.

However, please note that I cannot answer questions on individual server set-ups. If you have a permissions error then you need to sort that out yourself, or speak to your host.

Hi,

I have a question, sorry if this is answered but I didn't see nothing about that in the first page.

This plugin make a backup, good, but if I did it a backup (without this plugin) and I want to upload this backup, I can use this for that? or this is only to make backups?

Thanks and sry if I writed something wrong, my english isn't perfect.

This is only to make backups, not restore them.

Great mod :) Backs up my forums perfectly.

I fixed it, had to fix some of the files and do the config.php file with my own stuff

great

thank u

Perfect!

Thank You!

Worked for me but if we backup everyday to be safe, and it does this for a long time, it will take up a lot of space. How can we delete old backups every month?