Error trying to restor an archive course.
by R Ali. Good day everyoneI am using Moodle 3.0.4, PHP 5.5.34 and mysql 5.0.11I tried to restore an archive file from moodle 2 but I got "DDL sql execution error"I read the more information but not...
View ArticleStudent activity logs missing from backups, by design?
by Paul L. I've tried manual and automated course backups, both are missing student course activity logs when I restore them in another blank course shell. Is this by design? I would like to have the...
View ArticleRe: Automated Course Backups and Server Scheduled task clarification?
by Paul L. Ran some tests to further clarify Scheduled task ->automated backups AND Course->Backups->Automated backup: schedule At 9am I set:Scheduled Task->Automated course backups...
View ArticleRe: Automated Course Backups and Server Scheduled task clarification?
by Emma Richardson. I run mine once a day at 2 am. I think that it is more beneficial to make use of the additional options. For example, I do not backup a course if there have been no changes....
View ArticleRe: automated backups failing - sharing resolution
by Dale Siggerfjell. Sorry for not responding earlier - I just saw the post right now.What do you get with this query on the DB for Moodle: select contenthash,filename from `mdl_files` where...
View ArticleRe: Student activity logs missing from backups, by design?
by Emma Richardson. 1. Do you backup courses even if there have been no changes? I would think that if you did that, once the 365 days had passed, the logs would be deleted and then the course would...
View ArticleBackup plugin development question
by Cameron Smith. Hi,I'm new to Moodle and i'm developing a plugin for it. I have a question in relation to the docs that i'm hoping someone can help elaborate.At the page here:...
View ArticleRe: Student activity logs missing from backups, by design?
by Paul L. re: Do you backup courses even if there have been no changes?re: When you restore, I wonder how quickly Moodle sees the old logs and then deletes them - I am not sure of the process but...
View ArticleManually uploading backup to moodle
by James Ripps. I have a backup file, *.mbz, and I need to reupload it to my moodle course to restore it. However, for some reason using the browser interface seems to be timing out or running into an...
View ArticleRe: Manually uploading backup to moodle
by Ken Task. While there could be other issues involved ... remotely hosted on GoDaddy with a shared hosting plan, etc..you might try this...
View ArticleRe: Manually uploading backup to moodle
by James Ripps. Thanks for your assistance. I was just poking around and I realized that the file system is beyond my comprehension.
View ArticleRe: Manually uploading backup to moodle
by Emma Richardson. How large is the file? Probably exceeding either the max_upload_size and max_post_size in php or hitting a script timeout. You might look at your php file settings.
View ArticleStrange filenames cause backups to crash
by Roy Bentley. Using: Moodle 3.0.3+ (Build: 20160415)Version 2015111603.06Theme plugin is Shoehorn Rel 3.0.0.4, ver 2015112403Pydio backup failed last night because Moodle suddenly produced some...
View ArticleI hope you never need this
by Tim Hunt. The Moodle back-up system is fairly flexible, but there is some annoying hard-coded logic in there, based on the backup::MODE_XXX constants.For example, if you are trying to automate...
View ArticleAutomated backups stopping after an hour of running
by Paul L. Automated backups run for 1 hr and backup 30 courses, then the backups appear to stop even though there are a few hundred more visible courses to backup. The last course worked on indicated...
View ArticleDeleting old backups
by Sonja Sperber. Hello,currently one our Moodle (2.9.1) is using very much disk space,i.e. the filedir in the data directory of a particular Moodle instanceis extreme big. When i look up the 10...
View ArticleRe: Deleting old backups
by Emma Richardson. I discovered that this happened when Moodle could not find my backup folder. It decided to store the backup files somewhere else which was great but not even sure how I found out...
View ArticleRe: Automated backups stopping after an hour of running
by Paul L. Ran the backups again last night, still stopping after 1 hr of running, starts up 2hr later and repeats pattern afterwards.Settings for last nights autobackups:Server scheduled task for...
View ArticleRe: Deleting old backups
by Sonja Sperber. Hi Emma,... thx a lot!When I click on restore Moodle offers me a "old" backup from February. If I click on an "old" restore-file Moodle says that the file no longer can't be read....
View ArticleRe: Deleting old backups
by Emma Richardson. Ok, so I am one of those people that just try it and see! Backup first!
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