I recently saw some people talking about how they delete the backup file for mybb and use their own solutions.
right now I'm using a mysql data dump, but it's not all that flexible.
what solutions/methods do you use?
Use an sql dump with rsync to upload them to a different server with a cron job.
just use my host's backup tools
(2012-07-06, 09:47 PM)brad-t Wrote: [ -> ]just use my host's backup tools
Same, though I'd prefer an automatic one.
It's also annoying because every time I download my db backup, the site goes down until it's done -.-.
That's really weird.
It's possible your host can do automatic backups. You should ask. Pretty sure mine does.
(2012-07-06, 09:46 PM)Alex Smith Wrote: [ -> ]Use an sql dump with rsync to upload them to a different server with a cron job.
This. Plus my host backs up my data daily to an offsite server.
(2012-07-06, 09:46 PM)Alex Smith Wrote: [ -> ]Use an sql dump with rsync to upload them to a different server with a cron job.
when you speak of rsync, is this what you're talking about?
http://www.rsync.net/
does anyone upload their backups to a service like amazon?
Umm, no that's not what I'm talking about. rsync is a linux command for coping files to another server.
Any, back-up service (for websites) will support it.
The only back-up server I've ever used is
http://servercomplete.com/backup but there are many othere.
I use a cron job that runs mysqldump.
(2012-07-07, 06:35 AM)Josh H. Wrote: [ -> ]I use a cron job that runs mysqldump.
I currently do that as well. is it possible to modify the mysqldump command so that it gives the file a unique name each time it downloads? right now it'll just overwrite the old file that's there, which is something I don't want it to do.