Administrative and Maintenance Tools - vB Database Backup (Lite)

As of 24 Nov 2017 this modification has been withdrawn.

Note: I did not write the original version, but rather have modified & adapted it.

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, 3.7 and now for vb3.8.

The original version was by Trigunflame and the rights to the code were bought by Zoints (David Chapman) in January 2007. Later 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.

As of version 3.8.002, most of the options have moved to the ACP in vBulletin Options >> vBulletin Automatic Backup

Notes:
* I will not be adding anything new to this modification.
* This is a Lite version to allow people to use the basic backup functionality on 3.8.


History:

v3.8.001 : First version for vB 3.8.
v3.8.002 : Moved most of options to ACP.
v3.8.003 : Moved more options to ACP.
v3.8.004 : Gzip option backported from vb4 version.
v3.8.005 : Split option backported from vb4 version, close option removed.
v3.8.006 : Fix php 5.3 deprecated warning.

[armthehomeless1]

Please support vB 4.0

[McCarroll21]

Originally Posted by armthehomeless1

Please support vB 4.0

This works in vB 4. You have to go into the product XML file and remove the minversion and maxversion fields.

Change lines 10-12 in the XML file from this:

	<dependencies>
		<dependency dependencytype="vbulletin" minversion="3.8.0" maxversion="3.8.99" />
	</dependencies>

to this:

	<dependencies>
		<dependency dependencytype="vbulletin" />
	</dependencies>

After doing that, you should be able to import it just fine.

[cheat-master30]

Great work, so installed. Seems to work fine, the only long part is actually downloading the backup from the server my site is actually on.

[ayman1204]

thanks man
Installed

[itznfb]

So, if my forum is hosed and I can't access the forum main page or admin portal how can I restore the database directly?

[bleros]

bro look i create folder backups but why when i run manual from Scheduled Tasks one folder is created with backups2009 and date and the backups continues but is stoped with error in my admicp internal server error

see pic
http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/1308/80315426.png

[bleros]

Paul this thread is Supported i think . maybe u can edit thread and make it Unsupported thanks

[Paul M]

Nope, Im not editing it.

However, I do not support server level errors (for example permissions).

In this case I dont understand what your actual problem is.

[Mecho]

in last few days , it wont finish the backup . so forum would be closed until i came online and run it via Cpanel !

Any idea what should i check and fix ?

Thanks

p.s. i have my own dedi

[Paul M]

Run it manually and see what happens.

As for the closed option - turn that off - its not always reliable, and has been removed in the 4.0 version.