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Full backup won't run

Hi everyone!

 

I'm new in the magento world...

In the backup section of my 1.8.0 magento, i :

 

> succeed to make a db backup

> failed several times to have a full or a db&media backup.

 

I don't know why it's not possible...

In parallel of this, i downloaded all the FTP files. The point is to have a full backup before applying a update in order to have the latest magento version and make several modifications (modules, templates etc)

 

Thank you for your ideas and precious help!

 

Miran

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Re: Full backup won't run

Hi @lemiran,



You can do that by connecting to the server through SSH and opening the project directory root.


Once you are there, you can create a .tgz backup by following these instructions:

https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/how-do-i-compress-a-whole-linux-or-unix-directory/

 


Best regards.
Gabriel

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Re: Full backup won't run

Hi @lemiran,

 


I assume you are trying to create a backup from the admin panel.

 

I don't recommend proceeding with backups from the admin panel since it consumes a lot of resources for the server, leading to your website (and admin panel) to be down while the backup is executed.

 

I recommend creating a .tgz file containing the codebase from the server, and doing a mysqldump to back up the database.


Best regards.

Gabriel

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Re: Full backup won't run

Hi Gabriel

 

Thank you for your reply!

Yes i'm trying to backup from the admin panel.

 

How could i "create a .tgz file containing the codebase from the server"?

A complete mysql dump is enough?

 

Up to now i had:

 

- dump the mysql

- transfered the FTP files

 

I have to be sure at 200% before working on this site (update the magento version, add/remove modules, update the template, add products...)

 

Regards

Miran

Re: Full backup won't run

Hello @Gabriel Guarino

 

I didn't find the solution and your help would be precious.

 

Thank you very much Smiley Tongue

Regards

Miran

Re: Full backup won't run

Hi @lemiran,



You can do that by connecting to the server through SSH and opening the project directory root.


Once you are there, you can create a .tgz backup by following these instructions:

https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/how-do-i-compress-a-whole-linux-or-unix-directory/

 


Best regards.
Gabriel

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Re: Full backup won't run

Good morning @Gabriel Guarino

 

It's very nice to you to answer me so quickly!!

I will test it this morning and will come back here. But thanks to your detailed explanations i should success!!

 

Regards

Miran

Re: Full backup won't run

thank you very much @Gabriel Guarino

 

It worked like a charm! A little bit weird to do it in a ssh in place of my ftp software but it worked.

Why should we prefer the ssh solution to FTP?

 

Regards

MIran

Re: Full backup won't run

@lemiran, you're welcome!

 

SSH is faster and more reliable than FTP. If you compress a directory through SSH, you will know if the backup was successfully made through the command-line. A transfer through FTP could fail and you will lose files in the backup process, which is critical for your store.

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