Results of restore to another server ... at bottom ... possible solution ...
Server upon which it restored which might be a factor in this case (course was only 80M - which, in my book, isn't all that large!):
el5 x86_64
16 Gig memory
Apache as mod (not fastcgi)
max_input_vars 1500
memory_limit 256M
Might have to increase values for execution time, etc.. in php.
Does finish (takes a very long time) with this error reported:
Aliases restore failuresHelp with Aliases restore failures
Some aliases included in the backup file could not be restored. The following list contains their expected location and the source file they were referring to at the original site.
/2331/mod_resource/content/0/Academic Integrity.pdf
/2337/mod_resource/content/0/MLA Reference Sheet.pdf
/2343/mod_resource/content/0/Adding Buttons Tutorial.pdf
more to listing ... probably every link to a file in the course.
and lower down in the technical information and warnings:
processing file aliases queue
looking for repository instance by type filesystem
A BUNCH of lines like these:
unable to restore alias (unable to find a matching repository instance) /2331/mod_resource/content/0/Academic Integrity.pdf
unable to restore alias (unable to find a matching repository instance) /2337/mod_resource/content/0/MLA Reference Sheet.pdf
Work around to restore this might be:
Replicate the file system repo you had on the production server where this backup
was made on the dev server or the server to which you are migrating and then
the aliases should/might work.
Thanks ... you've taught me not to use aliases to file system repo's IF one wants the course to be 'transportable' to other systems that might not have/want file system repos.
Have sent to Joshua the link to restored course .. he can inspect what's missing. PM me when you desire the course/account there to be gone! ;)
'spirit of sharing', Ken