Re: How to I bulk delete Automated backups
by Ken Task. @ Curt ... how did you discover that you were running out of space? Are you sure it's space to which you have access? or is it space on the DB server ... which is probably not on your...
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by curt bixel. Ken,I discovered I was running out of space on my server when my backups started failing. I looked into it, and it appear that they were failing because there is no more space on the...
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by curt bixel. If I understand correctly, the standard procedure for storing backup files would be for moodle to place the backup file in the temp/backup directory for a while, and then give them a...
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by curt bixel. Emma,I never did actually change the location of my backups under automated backup settings. I left them at their defaults when I first installed moodle, and have never changed them....
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by curt bixel. Ken,With the lack of matching meta data, are you saying that if I accidentally attempt to restore one of these files I might crash, or would it just not be able to do the restore. I...
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by Ken Task. If I re-call correctly, Moodle doesn't immediately delete anything. When one removes a file from the new file system and it's not linked anywhere else in any course, Moodle moves it to...
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by curt bixel. By the way, another thing I am trying to track down has to do with cron. The printout cron sends to my email talks about me having 3 courses. I only have two. Is it possible that I...
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by Ken Task. @CurtCould be you have a role conflict of some sort. Site Admins should be able to see all courses ... hidden or not.If you have access to/ability to edit the config.php file and can see...
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by koen roggemans. Does this bug describe your problem? https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-41254#comment-241871
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by curt bixel. I think I am already able to log in and see the course list. Here is an image:Here is what is in the Miscellaneous category: This should mean that I have only two courses, but cron is...
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by Emma Richardson. The front page also backs up as a course - however it shouldn't be hidden but would explain your third course.
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by Emma Richardson. Do you by chance have a large question bank attached - sometimes that will take an extremely long for the initial restore. Also, are you restarting your webserver after you change...
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by Ken Task. Front Page is considered a course, but I've only seen front page backups when autobackup is setup and functioning or manually backing up the front page. Site is called 'Moodle 25' short...
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by Ken Task. @CurtUsing whatever tool you have to query MySQL DB: Finds name,filesize,contenthash backup file metadata in DBselect filename,filesize,contenthash from `mdl_files` where (`mimetype` like...
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by Séverin Terrier. Just one thing :files in trashdir are deleted 24h after being in trashdir (if cron running).4 days is for files in "draft" (that should NOT be deleted)Information from Petr Škoda...
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by J. Michael Wills. Thanks for getting back to me Emma. I have not done that. Do I need to look in the mbz file or do I just go to the course page and look at the file names there? I am a neophyte on...
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by Emma Richardson. I would start on the course page and see if there is anything strange looking there..
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by J. Michael Wills. Nothing weird on course page. I tried to open the zipped backup and search there but the file names seemed to be a code to associate real files with file names. Here is a screen...
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by Ken Task. Open the files.xml file and then one can find the 'humanly recognizable' file name along with the associated contenthash file name and thus be able to locate in the files directories that...
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by curt bixel. Well, that explains the third course. Mystery solved.
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