by Ken Russell.
Ken, thank you for the very helpful instructions, which I followed. A good exercise for me, my UNIX commands have gotten a bit rusty! I was able to deduce which courses were failing, this is very helpful, but not why they are failing. It looks like Moodle could use some improvement in this area, but perhaps the current version is better (I'm two versions back, plan to upgrade during spring break). Strangely, the backup report only show me the skipped courses, it does not show failed or successful backups.
In any case, thanks agian and Hoppy Holly Daze!
Ken