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As of 24 Nov 2017 this modification has been withdrawn.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.

[anaksimandros]

How do you recommend for the settings in the vBulletin options in 3.8.002?

[Paul M]

The defaults are fine for most people.

[Mike54]

Thanks Paul. It works a treat, just as always.

[Markos]

thanks Paul installed and works a treat

[anaksimandros]

Originally Posted by Paul M

The defaults are fine for most people.

In vBulletin Options All "no" sign. I hope they are correct. Because by default they came.

[atmaca]

Thanks for update Paul M. The new version is more beautiful and useful. Turkish translation can bedownloaded from the attachment.

P.S Language pack updated.
Dil paketi g?ncellenmiştir.

[joe1989]

I had this for a while, and it's always worked fine. However, I just updated, and now when I try to run it manually, I just get a screen that says "an error occurred during the backup."

EDIT: I found the problem. If anyone else is experiencing this, I solved it by going here: vBulletin Options --> vBulletin Auto Backup and scrolling down to the file path. For some reason it made the file path ../../backups/ instead of ././backups/

I simply changed it by removing the extra . and it worked fine!

[dandanch]

I'm still getting that same error"an error occurred during the backup"i'm not to clear on
how my Backups Path should be written?do i leave it like: ../../backups/ or do i need to
put a certain path and if so can you show example on how it should look.thanks

[Markos]

i put the path i had in the version before this so all you really need in there is ././backups/

[Paul M]

You put whatever path you were using before.