Administrative and Maintenance Tools - vB Database Backup Pro (Lite) for vb 3.6

This modification is no longer available or supported.

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 for vb 3.6.

The original version was by Trigunflame and the rights to the code were bought by Zoints (D.Chapman) in January. A while ago David gave me permission to release my adaption, but until now I haven't got round to it. Trigunflame did mention a few months ago he was working on a new version, but nothing ever appeared.

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. It's been in use on our forum since the day 3.6 was installed.

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 3.0 backup functionality on 3.6.


History:

v2.10 : First internal version.
v2.11 : Bug fixes, some code changes.
v2.12 : Initial Public Release.

[Paul M]

The only solution is not to use the option to close the board during backups.

[dfe]

Ok I will change that, will this be changed soon?

Just had a thought, is it not an option to schedule another task say 30mins later to reopen the forum? How would I do that though?

[majorxp]

For those who have cron access, you might want to look at AutoMySQLBackup. It backs up all mysql databases and does daily, weekly, and annual cycling on a cron.

(this is still a great tool for those without cron access)

(also...any tool to help automate backups is a great thing....life can become very miserable when you don't have a recent backup)

[santimariani]

Originally Posted by Paul M

Look at what it says ;


Now look at the path you have entered and correct it.

Paul,

Thanks for the help. I am sure you must be beating your head against the wall after having the same question asked time after time. I would do the same! Since I want to be compassionate, let me give you a pillow to put between your head and the wall, because here comes another question!

I changed the path to:

$backup['DUMP_PATH'] = '/home/sub/scxxxx/backups/'; // Path to backups folder, with trailing slash

Yet I am still getting the same error. From reading the posts my understanding of adding the trailing slash is the slash I added at the end. I will reread some posts in the meantime to make sure I am correct in this regard, but if you have some time, I would appreciate your help oncemore.

Thanks again for the help and for your patience. Truly to be admired.

[djbaxter]

That looks like an incomplete path to me. On most servers, it would be more like:

$backup['DUMP_PATH']	= '/home/{domain}/public_html/{subdirectory}/backup/

Also, make sure that the backup folder is write-enabled.

[Paul M]

You may be better off using a relative path (e.g. ../../backups/).

Also make sure no open_basedir restrictions are in place, preventing writes to the folder.

[odie3]

this is what I use:

$backup['DUMP_PATH'] = DIR.'/backups/';

[giovannicosta]

Works well and forums even open themselves again

[coffee]

Thank you Paul,

This is working great on all my boards ..

Could you please update the $Backup[message] to tell my visitors that "we finished backingup such and such tables out of total of such and such?

[Paul M]

Sorry, that is not possible.