Administrative and Maintenance Tools - Automatic Database Back-up

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Automatic Database Back-up

www.vBHackers.com

Keywords
Automatic, Database, Backup, Cron

What this does
This is a port of Brad's hack that can be found here. This will backup your database using the vBCron system in vBulletin and send the file to a directory that you specified in the vBulletin Options area.


IMPORTANT NOTE TO ALL THAT USE THIS SCRIPT
This script invokes an outside process that runs in the backround on your server to backup and compress your database. It is important to remember that this is not an instant process, do not enter you ftp as soon as the script says it is done and try to download your backup. It will likely be incomplete and your server will probbly still be writting the file to disk.

I ussally give the process an hour or two before I mess with the file, larger databases will take more time of course.

To do list...

• Time to install: 5 minutes
• Queries to run: 0
• File Mods: 0
• Templates to edit: 0
• Templates to add: 0
• New Phrases: 5
• New Plugins: 0

Credits
Thanks to Brad for allowing me to port this.

Install This Product
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Testing Information
I've been using this for vBHackers.com since I first upgrade. I have all my backups being sent to a directory, outside of the public_html. I've yet to experiance any problems. I have had to use one of the backups before, and all worked well.

Product History
Wednesday, April 26, 2006 - Public Released

Help & Support
Before asking for support, please make sure you have done all the necessary changes! If you still need support, please post a reply here and double check that you have clicked the Install Button. I will try to support this hack the best I can. Support is not guaranteed!

Please post any bugs and errors here. Hope you like it, feedback is always welcomed!

[BeaLzeBuB]

thats is thank you man.
installed

now waiting

[theArchitect]

Originally Posted by theArchitect

Forgive the nOObie question, but does this work using the same system as a SSH autobackup?

I have set-up a script, with a friends help on my server which takes care of my back-ups, but this hack could be useful for other site I work on where I don't have SSH access and can't set-up something similar to my system.

But I am very nervous of the AdminCP back-up system.

Just bumping my own question.

[Logikos]

Yes this is the same concept, instead php is running the command and pointing to which directory to save to. Sorry, must have missed your comment theArchitect.

[topsoftware]

Originally Posted by LiveWire

Your host has that feature disabled. You have to contact them to enable it.

i dont anderstand can you help me or unistal hack

[Logikos]

Your hosting provider has disable that feature on there sever. You have to ask them to enable it, or you won't beable to use this hack.

[briansol]

I would LOVE to see this made into a full/bitwise backup system.

Sunday night, Full back up.
Monday-sat, just each day's back up.

repeats, overwriting sunday's and so on...

On big boards, it can sometimes take 4 hours to back up a database, and doing this on a daily basis is simply not feasable.

[Mattikana]

Typo: Database Backup Settings

[Boofo]

Originally Posted by Mattikana

Typo: Database Backup Settings

You don't have any Settigs? You must be using one of them high-falootin' message boards.

[Feckie (Roger)]

LiveWire

Anychance of adding the FTP back-up to this also

[Logikos]

@briansol I could look into this over the weekend.
@Feckie (Roger) Example? Whats an FTP Backup?