Administrative and Maintenance Tools - vB Database Backup

This modification is no longer available or supported.

Note: Because I did not write the original version, but rather have modified & adapted it, support of this modification may be limited

When vb 3.5 first came out I was using this backup system on my vb 3.0 - and having nothing better to use - I converted it to work on vb 3.5 (here) and since then I have cut it down and adapted it, first for vb 3.6 and now for vb3.7.

The original version was by Trigunflame and the rights to the code were bought by Zoints (D.Chapman) in January. In 2007 David gave me permission to release my adaptation.

I have stripped out much of the extra stuff that I do not use (or indeed, could not get to work). This is a simple (lite) version that does a php based dump of your database either as one file, or one file per table.

Notes:
* I will not add anything new to this, or spend vast amounts of time supporting it.
* This is a Lite version to allow people to use the basic backup functionality on 3.7.


History:

v3.7.001 : First version for vB 3.7.

[GeNeRaL NT]

thanks

[shlomot]

Dear Paul,

I set a second database on the forum for PhotoPost.

What would be the best technique to include this database in the auto-backup as well?

[Paul M]

You could not do that without editing the code.

[aciurczak]

Is the "combine" function working for folks? I've tried it like this:

// Combine all tables into one file
$backup['COMBINE'] = 1; // 0 = No, 1 = Yes

and I've tried it like this:

// Combine all tables into one file
$backup['COMBINE'] = 0; // 0 = No, 1 = Yes

and either way it creates 1 file per table in the backups directory. Haven't figured out which way I want to go yet, but it seems like I don't have a choice if the combine isn't working for me anyway.

[aciurczak]

Sorry, my bad. Seems like it was working to combine. I just hadn't refreshed the directory on the FTP program I was using.

[AryanMetha]

hi mate... good mod.. but it didn't worked for me, when the tables were unlock..
i set the tables = 1[lock]. then it worked like a charm... i think the same thing is happening with others..
for your info i've installed the mod on vBulletin 3.7.3. thanx

[MCAlexandre]

An error occured during the Backup : Could not open Destination SQL file for writing.

Great mod, but I have the quoted error. What do do? I CHMODed do 777 and nothing.

[Vinyljunky]

Originally Posted by MCAlexandre

Great mod, but I have the quoted error. What do do? I CHMODed do 777 and nothing.

Are you sure that your path is correct?

[MCAlexandre]

Originally Posted by Vinyljunky

Are you sure that your path is correct?

Yes, sure. Want me to try without the "./" or just the "." in the beggining of the path?

[Paul M]

It might help to post what path you have actually set.