DB Backup out of date? 5.0.3

[RVice]

I was reviewing these instructions to backup the database, but it looks like this option no longer exists in the menu (at least via the screenshots) and I was unable to navigate to where I thought it might be.

https://www.admidio.org/dokuwiki/doku.p ... herstellen

How do we make a backup now? Is it to download it and then put it into a folder to restore?

[pboosten]

It's still there in my installations:

UPDATE: I stand corrected. I have one installation with that option, the other one doesn't. The difference between the two is that one uses mysql as database (the one with the backup option), the one without the option uses postgresql.

Configuration -> Information, underneath the 'check for update' link.

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[RVice]

Peter, that "download database" is not the same as the "backup database" from before. The backup database before would place the tarball in the adm_my_files folder, but that features seems to have been removed.

[pboosten]

Hi RVice,

You probably don't speak Dutch, but the line underneath the 'Download Database backup' reads: 'you can create a backup or download it'.

Actually just tried it: it creates a gzipped sql file in /adm_my_files/temp en immediately gives me the option to download the file. It doesn't place the file in /adm_my_files/backup.

Remains the mystery why the other instance hasn't this option. There are differences though:
- the mysql instance was an upgrade
- the postgresql instance was a fresh install

I've tried to browse through the adm_my_files/*, however there are no differences, except the backup directory was non-existing in the new install.

[pboosten]

mystery solved: in /modules/preferences.php it's clearly stated that you only can make backups when using mysql.

Code: Alles auswählen

        case 'backup':
            // function not available for other databases except MySQL
            if (DB_ENGINE !== Database::PDO_ENGINE_MYSQL) {
                throw new Exception('SYS_MODULE_DISABLED');
            }