migrate to a new server using restore doesn't bring users
by Will H. I'm migrating from Moodle 2.2 to 3.2. I'm using the backup and restore for >75 courses. Most don't require their users and groups. 6 courses do.I backed up everything from the 6 courses...
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by Ken Task. Guess ... in the new server, you might have to re-create the same groups/grouping even if there are no users in there. OR/AND ... wonder if this has to do with cohorts?Version 2.2.x:...
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by Will H. Thanks Ken. That's interesting. Is it possible that the groups & groupings are trying to restore to specific unique ids in each respective database table? I'm seeing specific ids in...
View ArticleRe: migrate to a new server using restore doesn't bring users
by Ken Task. Uhhh ... like I said ... 'guess'. ;) Servers I support don't use groups/groupings nor cohorts ... neither fits their needs. Fact that you are seeing something related in backup file...
View ArticleRe: recovery of accidentally deleted courses (v.2.2.6)
by Eric Terkpertey. Thank you very much. I will try it
View ArticleHow to enable 'keeptempdirectoriesonbackup'?
by Blair F.. Not sure if I'm posting this in the correct forum, but I hope so! I'm learning how to create bulk courses from a template and the instructions on this page, include a tip to enable the...
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by Emma Richardson. I think that is in the upload settings once you upload the csv file.
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by Blair F.. Thanks, Emma.I was expecting to see it there, but it's not there. The attached screen capture shows the fields available, under the Course Process area.BTW, I'm using Moodle 3.0.
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by Emma Richardson. That is strange - I can't find it either but I could swear I have seen that before. There is a article that mentions that you can enable through your config.php file but I really...
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by Séverin Terrier. Hi,You find information about that in config-dist.php :// Keep the temporary directories used by backup and restore without being// deleted at the end of the process. Use it if you...
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Re: How to enable 'keeptempdirectoriesonbackup'?
by Blair F.. Thanks to both of you for your input. Unfortunately, I don't have direct access to the config-dist.php file. I can only make changes that are part of the UI and the rest has to be...
View ArticleRe: migrate to a new server using restore doesn't bring users
by Will H. This still isn't working, but I've found some more information. I'd be grateful for any suggestionsThe problem: course restore does not complete. It times out in the browser but continues...
View ArticleRe: migrate to a new server using restore doesn't bring users
by Ken Task. I hope you are making the db tweaks with some information from something like MySQLTuner ... sometimes one can get a point where config changes for DB upwards actually begets diminishing...
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by Ken Task. Pardon the follow up ... sometimes one has to read things more than once ... 'this course will restore to a fresh database on my vagrant Virtual Machine.'What are specs of this 'vagrant...
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by Will H. Hi Ken,The vagrant specs are default php7 and mysql 5.7. You can see the build script here:https://github.com/whanrott/moodle-vagrant/blob/master/provision.shAs it happens, there are two...
View Articlehow to restore same activity to many courses at once
by moodle question. Hi,how to restore same activity to many courses at once.I know how to restore it to one course, but it will take a lot of time to open each course and perform restorewe have more...
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Re: how to restore same activity to many courses at once
by Séverin Terrier. Hi,You can use upload courses feature for that, using a backup containing the activity you want to put in the different courses HTH,Séverin
View ArticleRe: migrate to a new server using restore doesn't bring users
by Will H. solved.I looked in vain for a server side problem. I then did the restore using Google Chromium browser (Chrome) and it worked. Mozilla Firefox continues to time out. I'm not sure why...
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by Ken Task. Glad to hear you've resolved the issue ... about your PM concerning submitting to Tracker. May as well. And thanks for providing exactly what you did ... there's a shared query for...
View ArticleRe: How to enable 'keeptempdirectoriesonbackup'?
by Salim Al Waili. Thank you Blair for opening this discussion. I also want to know how to enable this in 3.1?
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