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5:35 pm
May 26, 2012
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I'm hoping to transfer the web site that I manage to another host so I need a backup system other than that of the current host.
I've tried Akeeba but it always fails and now I'm having trouble with Xcloner. It runs to end and generates a 30Mb backup, but what exactly is in it? It's always 30Mb whether I exclude or not the "images" folder.
In order to test its restore facility, I downloaded a created backup file to my PC and saved it under htdocs under C:\xampp along with the contents of the "restore" folder (xcloner.php and tar). I got several errors starting with a checksum error, but got the restore through to termination. The resulting test web site was "rubbish"! No template formatting, etc.
So! What is being backed up and can I rely trying to restore using this extension?
One item I have noticed regarding my current host and that is that phpMyadmin is version 2.0.something when the latest is 3.5.1.
Regards.
David
12:00 pm
September 26, 2010
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You should probably check that the downloaded backup archive size matches the original one, if not, better use a ftp client and download the backup archive that way, the checksum error usually indicates an incompleted backup.
For the rest, the restore process is the same, get the backup archive, XCloner.php and TAR.php files, and run it.
Ovidiu
7:40 pm
May 26, 2012
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I do use an ftp client - cuteFTP Pro.
But what is in the backup? There were no images (jpg files) displayed by the restored site and, in the backend, the article (for example) listings had the usual "missing" icon symbol (e.g. sort direction) in the column headings.
Regards.
6:00 pm
September 26, 2010
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If you manually extract the backup archive on your computer, can you verify that all your missing files are inside it? We need to determine if they were included in the backup archive or is it a restore issue...
Ovidiu
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