by Doug Moody.
In moodledocs, at http://docs.moodle.org/24/en/admin/setting/automated, it says the following listed below. What has me stumped is the assertion that automated backups should not be the primary way of backing up. Instead, is suggests a site backup.
I do a site backup by backing up the database and the moodledata folder. But that isn't really a good answer as to WHY automated backups aren't a good idea. After all, a restored database isn't going to get me all the course, but course backups will.
While I am complaining, let me just add that I haven't been able to restore front pages properly. When I try to restore a front page backup, I get a message that says I can't restore front pages. What's up with that?
"Course versus site backups
- Automated course backups are more expensive in terms of time and CPU usage. The recovery time to have your site running again is longer.
- Course backups are useful for obtaining "fresh" copies of courses to be re-used or distributed individually, however they should never be used as a primary backup system (unless your hosting doesn't allow the preferred site backups)."