albinoAZN Posted April 9, 2006 at 09:55 PM Posted April 9, 2006 at 09:55 PM I've accidentally deleted the database that my forum was on . I am a lazy person who never does backups, so all the data is completely lost. I was wondering if there was a way to have the server automatically make backups for the database that my forum is on and then maybe email the backup file to me. I found the following tool at invisionize http://tools.invisionize.com/db/index.php/f/6204 bad thing is that it's only <= 2.0.X Was wondering if you guys could possibly help me out with a version for 2.1.X, maybe point me in the right direction also, a quote from someone in the topic of the afore mentioned tool ok, here are my conclusions : first of all, the password input routine is wrong... there is not even an ELSE there it justs ends vionently the script... PLUS, it is NOT working at all i deleted the part of the pass input to test the program as is it works. zips SQL to GZ... inflating etc etc BUT it has a limit of 8072 KBYTES ! This means it STOPS with a timeout after a while... this is useless for me ( my SQL is 40MB - zipped )
Perry Posted April 9, 2006 at 11:47 PM Posted April 9, 2006 at 11:47 PM As far as I know, your host does not take backups of your databases and or files. It is gone. You may email them to be sure, but 98% will not do backups for you. Sorry, i did that once myself Good luck.
albinoAZN Posted April 10, 2006 at 02:21 AM Author Posted April 10, 2006 at 02:21 AM sorry, it seems i wasn't very clear. I know that the info is gone. I've already started building it back up. I am wondering if there is a tool/script that can take a backup of the forum database, and email it to me every, say..., 3 days.
Ehren Posted April 10, 2006 at 05:54 AM Posted April 10, 2006 at 05:54 AM I'd prefer to make manual backups myself, that way I know nothing can really go wrong...and if something does go wrong, then it's my fault; not the hosts. I'm not sure that such a tool exsits
tomos Posted April 10, 2006 at 05:03 PM Posted April 10, 2006 at 05:03 PM You have cpanel? It only takes a ciuple of mins there to do a full backup
Ehren Posted April 10, 2006 at 09:37 PM Posted April 10, 2006 at 09:37 PM Yeah, I use cPanel for my backups
tomos Posted April 10, 2006 at 09:46 PM Posted April 10, 2006 at 09:46 PM yep, its easy to do, only takes a couple of seconds
Perry Posted April 10, 2006 at 11:21 PM Posted April 10, 2006 at 11:21 PM I am wondering if there is a tool/script that can take a backup of the forum database, and email it to me every, say..., 3 days. Yes. You can use cronjobs. These are used to complete a certain task every set amount of time. Im not very familiar with them at all, but you can try googleing it. Good luck
albinoAZN Posted April 11, 2006 at 12:37 AM Author Posted April 11, 2006 at 12:37 AM thanks perry, you answered my question. the other guys were just carrying on their own convo I have cpanel, and know it only takes a few minutes, but I can't remember to do it every day.
Flashgear Posted April 17, 2006 at 06:23 PM Posted April 17, 2006 at 06:23 PM albinoAZN if you dont rember to make backups everday switch to a host that does to backups eachday.. as mine does they do free hosting or you can do paid.. which i have.. go check it out www.x10hosting.com
Perry Posted April 17, 2006 at 07:43 PM Posted April 17, 2006 at 07:43 PM That is a very generous host I wish mine did, but i do mine beofre installing anything etc, so its all good
yoshiteru Posted April 17, 2006 at 10:00 PM Posted April 17, 2006 at 10:00 PM I use PHPMyAdmin and just backup the sql around once a week or when someone threatens to spam my boards with 1000 posts of tubgirl and goatse.
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