Administrative and Maintenance Tools - vBulletin Cron Based Database Backup

As of 23 Nov 2017 this modification has been withdrawn.

This is a cut down version based on a backup system written by Trigunflame for vb 3.0. It is a simple vBulletin cron trigged php system that does a dump of your database - either as one complete file, or as one file per table. Especially useful now that IB removed the old ACP backup option in vBulletin 4. Files can be (G)Zipped to save space.

All the options are located in the ACP in vBulletin Options >> vBulletin Automatic Backup

To install, download and unzip the files, and follow the instructions in the text file.


History:

v4.0.1 : 28-Dec-2009 : Initial release for vb 4.0.0 Gold.
v4.0.2 : 29-Dec-2009 : Added ability to block process larger tables.
v4.0.3 : 27-Jun-2010 : Added Gzip option.

v4.1.0 : 04-Dec-2010 : Updated for vBulletin 4.1.0.

v4.1.7.0 : 16-Oct-2011 : Updated for vBulletin 4.1.7.

v4.2.0.0 : 24-May-2012 : Updated for vBulletin 4.2.0.
v4.2.0.1 : 17-Mar-2013 : Removed vboptions from backup call..
v4.2.0.2 : 25-Nov-2013 : Fix php 5.3 deprecated warnings, added mysqldump backup.

[Dragonsys]

Originally Posted by Paul M

Gzip installed.

well, gzip is installed on my server, but this mod does not gzip the backups.

[Paul M]

Unfortunately, I cannot help you with server issues. The mod will issue the command to gzip them, if the server fails to do this then you need to speak to your host to investigate why. An easy test would be to connect via SSH, navigate to the folder and type gzip <filename>.

[SublimeBoa]

Never installed it. The more I got into reading about it, and members comments, I just decided it's not what I was looking for, even though I downloaded it first.

Some things are just too advanced for us simple minded folks.

[BlackJacket]

Originally Posted by SublimeBoa

Never installed it. The more I got into reading about it, and members comments, I just decided it's not what I was looking for, even though I downloaded it first.

Some things are just too advanced for us simple minded folks.

This mod is TOO easy to setup. It really is not difficult at all.

[SublimeBoa]

Originally Posted by BlackJacket

This mod is TOO easy to setup. It really is not difficult at all.

This is probably true for most. But, I ain't really into this stuff. I "unhijacked" my friends forum for him, and got it to a new server so the control freak that was holding it hostage wouldn't have access or control anymore. Then it was dumped in my lap making me the new web master. I really didn't want it, or the weeks I've spent online crash coursing myself in how VBulletin, FTP and MySQL work. I have no schooling or training in this field at all, and that makes all the difference.

So, my brain hurts too much to think anymore at the moment. HA HA HA Maybe after a while, I'll try it out. For now, I just don't have the interest to mess with it.

[Gero50]

Thanks a lot Mr. M for this hack. Now it can help a lot.

[Dragonsys]

Originally Posted by SublimeBoa

This is probably true for most. But, I ain't really into this stuff. I "unhijacked" my friends forum for him, and got it to a new server so the control freak that was holding it hostage wouldn't have access or control anymore. Then it was dumped in my lap making me the new web master. I really didn't want it, or the weeks I've spent online crash coursing myself in how VBulletin, FTP and MySQL work. I have no schooling or training in this field at all, and that makes all the difference.

So, my brain hurts too much to think anymore at the moment. HA HA HA Maybe after a while, I'll try it out. For now, I just don't have the interest to mess with it.

TBH you should find a reliable webmaster then, one which will not hold the site hostage for whatever reason
Make it easier on yourself, since you don't want to deal with it. If you want help finding one, let me know.

[SublimeBoa]

Originally Posted by Dragonsys

TBH you should find a reliable webmaster then, one which will not hold the site hostage for whatever reason
Make it easier on yourself, since you don't want to deal with it. If you want help finding one, let me know.

Thanks for the offer. Not totally my decision though since I don't hold the license, but I'll definitely keep it in mind if it gets too rough for me. The guys had a series of questionable people with the key to the door. One after another. That's why he came to me, because we're friends. I ain't a complete "computard", but I could tell right away, this stuff ain't for beginners. LOL

Thanks again for the offer. I'll keep it in mind. :up:

[Blue91]

Paul. I had the 3.8 version of this working on my two sites. I upgraded only one of my sites over to VB4 a few months back and updated this mod with it. I noticed today that the backups created for my 3.8 forum save into their own "day of the week" sub-folder (Monday, Tuesday, etc.) within the /backups directory. However, the backups on the 4.0 forum save directly into the /backups folder instead of into a sub-folder.

Can you help explain the possible reason for this and how I can fix it? It's not a huge issue but I'm just curious why it's different between the two versions.

Thanks in advance.

[Paul M]

Do you combine all the table files into one ?

If so then they wont go into a sub folder - as its not necessary for just one file. I really cant remember when that changed, but I can vaguely remember doing it.