Backup @WIN and restore @LINUX 2.6
by Carlos Vazquez. Hello... As my topic said I want to restore a backup I made with Windows 7 using moodle 2.6 and XAMPP and restore it at a new server that use Linux Suse, it could be posible? or I...
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Re: Backup @WIN and restore @LINUX 2.6
by Visvanath Ratnaweera. For https://docs.moodle.org/en/Course_backup and https://docs.moodle.org/en/Course_restore the platform doesn't matter. Of course the Moodle versions should not be far apart,...
View ArticleToo slow course backup
by vineeth pv. i am using moodle 2.7+ubuntu systemRam : 4 GB..HDD:500GBi have one course backup file .mbz of 25 mb.I take almost 1 hour to take the course backup.I take 1.5 hours for restore.Do you...
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Re: How to delete automatic backups of deleted courses
by Séverin Terrier. Hi Maxime,In my opinion :the rotation is part of the backup tasksif you make backups in course files, they are dropped with the course(one of) the advantage of external folder is...
View ArticleRe: Too slow course backup
by Ken Task. Much depends upon what's in the course. 25 MB .mbz is really a zip so it's actually/probably a little larger than that depending upon the resources/files contained in the course. Then...
View ArticleRe: How to delete automatic backups of deleted courses
by Peter Bowen. I would second the comment - if backups are removed if the course is removed, what happens if the course is deleted accidentally?This comes back to a general comment - why do we...
View ArticleRe: How to delete automatic backups of deleted courses
by Colin Fraser. Why is this an issue? This is basic Moodle management, which is an extension, or refinement, of basic HDD management. What I have implemented is an annual cull of my Moodles. What...
View ArticleRe: How to delete automatic backups of deleted courses
by Maxime Pelletier. Hi all,Thanks for your feedback.I now understand that external directory is meant to be some kind of offline backup. So it should not be deleted when the course is deleted.A...
View Articlebackup error message
by Cheryl Massengale. Whenever I try to backup my Moodle site, I get this error message:Error writing to databaseMore information about this errorClicking for more information doesn't tell me anything...
View ArticleRe: backup error message
by Ken Task. Understand your concern, however, a little more clarification or info might be needed. Are we talking a course on a school server (site) or an entire moodle implementation ... a site?...
View ArticleMissing users after restore.
by Ahmad Faridi. Hi All,I have two moodle 2.6.4 systems installed on two different servers. I want to keep a back up copy of one of the courses from one server and restore it in the other. For most of...
View ArticleCourse Backup - What counts as modified?
by Jon Fila. I have automated course backups running on my site and I'm wondering if user data counts as course modification. I want to make sure that backups are being made with user data but I don't...
View ArticleRe: Course Backup errors--where to find them?
by Ken Russell. Ken, thank you for the very helpful instructions, which I followed. A good exercise for me, my UNIX commands have gotten a bit rusty! I was able to deduce which courses were failing,...
View ArticleRe: Course Backup errors--where to find them?
by Ken Task. Wish I could tell you why ... specifically. Truth is, there are too many factors (potential causes for failure) to list and even then, none may be correct in every case. So you found...
View ArticleRe: Backup omits the contents of long labels
by Richard Jones. This problem is now resolved.It survived the update to 2.7, but disappeared when two old plug-ins were abandonned (Comity and Presentation). I don't know which caused the problem,...
View ArticleRe: Is there the quota setting for the 'User private backup area'?
by Chris Schembri Baldacchino. Was there any update on this? As we share the same concern... thanks
View ArticleBackup stopped for no reason
by James Brown. When I was trying to do a course backup, the 'Perform backup' was just stopped at around 70% without any warning or error message (pl see attached) and this problem persists. Strangely...
View ArticleRe: Backup stopped for a reason I cannot see
by Tim Hunt. First, to fix your title:Backup stopped for no reasonBackup stopped for a reason I cannot seeThe answer is to turn on Debugging so you do see the error message.
View ArticleBackup stopped for a reason I cannot see
by James Brown. Thx Tim for fixing the title.Turned on 'debugging' at admin per your suggestion but sadly there was still no error message appeared on the browser when doing the backup again....
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Re: Backup stopped for a reason I cannot see
by Tim Hunt. that sort of error is always harder to diagnose.It is most likely a time-out caused by one part of the process taking an unexpectedly long time. (Most web browsers give up after 5...
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