Friendly reminder: backup, backup, backup.

[Boofo]

Which a lot of us do not have.

Thank for the explanation, Dismounted.

[snakes1100]

The script is already on the server if its a cron, so you dont need ssh access.

If your host panel, ie... cpanel & numerous other host panels possess the ability to setup cron based bash scripts.

[Dismounted]

Also, I think it's time for this response :

The only reliable method of backing up and restoring a database is with shell access via telnet or ssh. This is because backing up with a PHP script like that in the Admin CP or phpMyAdmin can result in PHP timeouts errors and an incomplete backup file. Please see the instructions here:

Backup:
http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/m...nce_ssh_backup

Restore:
http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/m...ce_ssh_restore

P.S. If you don't have shell access, some people have also reported success with these scripts:

MySQLDumper:
http://www.mysqldumper.de/en/index.php

MySQLHotxcopy:
http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showt...t=mysqlhotcopy

Bigdump:
http://www.ozerov.de/bigdump.php

[SEOvB]

Good advice, i see all the time on forums i frequent how a host will crash, and people are irate because they didn't take 5 seconds out of their day to do a backup.

Its not the hosting providers responsibility to do reliable backups, its yours!

[NeuroLancer]

Thanks to all those who have helped in this thread, I just finished backing up now

Originally Posted by FRDS

Its not the hosting providers responsibility to do reliable backups, its yours!

IMO if there were 10 vBulletin commandments, that would be in the top 3 i'm sure