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designext
05-29-2006, 07:01 AM
Just a warning about Bluehost's "backup service." There was some type of problem with a mysql database on my server which wouldn't let it load. Support suggested reverting to a daily backup. Well it ended up that corrupted or would not load correctly so they suggested converting to a "weekly" backup. It turns out the "weekly" backup is over 2 months old. Just a fair warning to everyone out there not to trust their backups.
free2001
06-03-2006, 12:40 AM
Backups with most if not all hosting company's is really the responsibility of the customer. You have the ability to make backups in your control panel. Some hosts even charge money for you to gain access to the backups.

I wouldnt even expect them to have day to day back ups just once a week. Two months is pretty bad though.
designext
06-12-2006, 07:10 PM
Does anyone know how to do an automatic backup to a remote FTP server from the bluehost cpanel? I need to get this setup to prevent lossing all of my data again.

I would like to backup all MySQL databases and all FTP files.

Thanks!
rgdev
06-16-2006, 11:47 AM
I avoid the backup issue by having my website first on my notebook. When I make changes, I do them locally, and test them there. Once all is Ok, I FTP upload them to the server.
Early Out
06-16-2006, 11:52 AM
I avoid the backup issue by having my website first on my notebook. When I make changes, I do them locally, and test them there. Once all is Ok, I FTP upload them to the server.
That's fine for static web pages, but it isn't really practical when you've got databases on the server that are changing constantly.
sanityclause
06-30-2006, 01:20 PM
Does anyone know how to do an automatic backup to a remote FTP server from the bluehost cpanel? I need to get this setup to prevent lossing all of my data again.

I would like to backup all MySQL databases and all FTP files.

Thanks!

I'd really like to know this too. My last host did have a scheduled full-site backup/FTP upload option, through Ensim. Does cPanel have an equivalent?
dkinzer
07-05-2006, 01:55 PM
Does anyone know how to do an automatic backup ...
You should be able to make a backup of a MySQL database using a shell script invoked from your crontab. If you search the Internet using the keywords "mysql backup crontab" you should find something that you can adapt for your use. One example is given at http://www.cgi-interactive-uk.com/mysql_dump.html.