Thanks Paul. So as for the forum data, there is no data loss? I just get paranoid with this stuff so thats why im asking! =) I nominated this as MOTM since this can save all of us major headaches down the road. I never remember to backup!

How would I create a htaccess file to prevent people from accessing the backups from the web?

You should really save the backups outside of the web directory.

Yes, you should.

I have mine at:

/home/user/backups

Regards Jason :)

Thanks Paul, will be installing this in the next few days.

This Is A Better Version

Thank Paul

I would love too but I couldn't get it working if it wasn't in the public_html directory. I'm not sure what the path name should be.

erm, nevermind. I figured it out. Working great now.

Can you get this run every two nights at 4am? If so, what settings do you use?

Regards Jason :)

It uses the VB cron system so you can [only] do anything that is capable of.