Backup and restore

If Directory 1 is the front page files, be really careful to restore it to a NEW COURSE, or you'll overwrite your front page.

Been there, done that.

Hi there,

I'm using moodle 2.0.2 and I don't find 1 or whatever number directory inside moodledata.

I can only find backup dir into  moodledata>temp, but putting the large backup file there does not help.

BTW I did manage to upload the file via the Dropbox repository (works like charm), but then the restore failed with this message:

error/tmp_backup_directory_not_found

The backup file comes from another Moodle 2.0.2 site

Thanks in advance!

Hi Monico,

Did you succeed to restore?
If not, what kind of error message you get?

There could be at least three problems, restoring big files in moodle 2.x:

1) Uploadind a big file

2) Script timeout (the webserver kills a process e.g. after 30 seconds

3) Database limitations

Possible solutions:

for 1) uploading the file with ftp and choose it from the server directory

for 2) Change the php.ini file or put an .htaccess file in your directory (search google for that)

for 3) Edit the my.ini in the mysql/bin directory and change the
max_allowed_packet = 1M to e.g. max_allowed_packet = 100M. if there ist a blank screen while restoring, problem 3) is mostly the reason. To Test: Switch debuggin on (in moodle) and if the displaying error is like "can't read/write to database" thats the reason why.

Gunnar