[Paul M]

Originally Posted by jscieza

The first one is about the parameter to shutdown the forum during backups. Why I would need to setup it to '1'? It makes backups more reliable? Do you recommend to shutdown forums during backups?

The second is about the lock tables during bump. The same question... it makes the backups more reliable?

And the three one is related to split backups in independent files for each table. I manually download my backups everyday and it's easier for me to make the backup in one unique file... it's a bad practice to backup in one SQL file all the tables?

Finally, how I tell you lines above, I download my SQL backup file via FTP. It's secure to download my backup file using FTP? I heard about it's better to use SSH to download a backup file

1. There is no need to close the forum, I don't (and in rare cases it can cause issues - see below).

2. Again, there is no need to, and it will stop you forum being used while the backup runs.

3. Its purely personal preference.

4. I use FTP, technically its more insecure, but in the real world its not likely that anyone will intercept your download.

Originally Posted by |Jordan|

Paul, it worked! So far javascript hasn't disabled.

Any idea's why it was disabling it when "close forum" was enabled?

Yes, the way the current system works appears to occasionally screw up some vb options.