Course restore issue keeping old course name from backup
by Bobby Siegfried. Hi everyone. We are running Moodle 2.7.3 and have been running into a problem with restoring courses. We have a backup that we are restoring using the "merge into this course"...
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by Gilles-Philippe Leblanc. We have a similar problem but we found that the backups from deleted courses was not purged.I just created a plugin to remove this kind of...
View ArticleRe: How to I bulk delete Automated backups
by Gilles-Philippe Leblanc. We have a similar problem but we found that the backups from deleted courses was not purged.I just created a plugin to remove this kind of...
View ArticleRe: How to delete automatic backups of deleted courses
by Gilles-Philippe Leblanc. I just created a plugin to remove this kind of backups:https://github.com/leblangi/moodle-tool_purgeautobackupsAlso, you may vote on this...
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Re: How to delete automatic backups (stored in specified directory) of...
by Séverin Terrier. Hi,I haven't tried it, but it seems nice Thanks for making it, and sharing.Séverin
View ArticleRestore Failed - Error Writing to the Database
by Angel Vander Steeg. We have Moodle running Windows Server 2008 Standard and we are using the Uniform Server for our stack. It has worked great, we have about 100 some courses in it already that...
View ArticleRe: Unable to Download backup file from Moodle 2.1.1+
by Jason [Moodle Enthusiast]. I followed this. i could not for the life of em download any file from the backup. Each and every time I tried the system logged me out, One tidbit to add, if you are...
View ArticleRe: Restore Failed - Error Writing to the Database
by Tim Hunt. The 'More information about his error' link is just relating to the type of error 'dmlwriteexception' which must means that something went wrong when writing to the database - and there...
View ArticleCopying all grade items from one course to another (without grades, user data)
by Matthew Caro. I taught a few courses last semester at my University and was curious if there was an easy way to import all the grade items (quizzes, tests, etc) from the previous semester to the...
View ArticleRe: Restore Failed - Error Writing to the Database
by Angel Vander Steeg. We went from 1.9 to 2.7 for Moodle, we had about just over 100 courses to import back into the new version. Originally as a fresh copy, I was able to restore all of those...
View ArticleRe: Copying all grade items from one course to another (without grades, user...
by Peter Bowen. If you back the course up, and restore it as a new course without user information, it should keep those settings.CheersPeter
View ArticleRe: Copying all grade items from one course to another (without grades, user...
by Doug Baleshta. You can also use the import facility in the Administration Block. It allows you to select the items to bring across from another course without having to do a backup/restore. It...
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Course back up error.
by Stephen McDonald. Good evening:I am running 2.7.1+ (Build: 20140724) and having some trouble with automatic site backups.Have set up auto backup, received an email from my moodle after running...
View ArticleImport of question bank failed
by Andreia Madeira. Hi.Every time that I try to do an import of a backup of a question bank (format XML Moodle) with more than 10 Mb, it gives an error. This error mentions, always, the last line of...
View ArticleRe: Import of question bank failed
by Tim Hunt. There are no limits enforced by the Moodle code.The limits are practical, e.g.Amount of memory on the server that PHP is allowed to use for one request.File size upload limitetc.
View ArticleRe: Import of question bank failed
by Andreia Madeira. Dear Tim, thank you for your answer.The file that I am trying to import now has 40Mb. It's importing for two hours already with the message (Parsing questions from import file). I...
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Course restore error(Split from Only 1 item in the Activity Chooser)
by James Easton. Hi Mary,yep, it's me from your course. Loving it So many good Moodlers helping out with everyone's doubts. Perfect learning situationRegarding your suggestion - I must wait a little...
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by Mary Cooch. James- your links look very dodgy there - how did you make the back up? (Splitting this now) Did you follow the instructions in the Week 4 lesson?
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Re: Course restore error
by James Easton. Yes I did, thanks.I have created another back up file and hope that it's not 'dodgy' Here's the URL :...
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Re: Course restore error
by Mary Cooch. Your course backup should read like in this screenshot - I went to your course and backed it up (saw all the other ones) They have backed up correctly but the link you are posting...
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