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Automated backups are killing my server
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Andrej Vitez
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Ken Task
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Course Restore failing with "Potential coding error - existing temptables found when disposing ...
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Chris Walsh
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Ken Task
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Moodle clean update
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Carlos Sanchez
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Ken Task
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Serverside .MBZ Restoration
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Steve Szawlowski
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Ken Task
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Backup of large course in Moodle 4.0 fails
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Alain Raap
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Alain Raap
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Storage Issue with backup
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Dhanushka De Silva
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Dhanushka De Silva
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Backup via moosh failed
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Francis Lorenzo Guingao Doydora
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Séverin Terrier
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When I try to restore courses in moodle 3.11 error/setting_invalid_ui_label is returned
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Steve Glover
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Séverin Terrier
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Auto backup causing disk space issues - help please?
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Susan Carmichael
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Dhanushka De Silva
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How to overwrite an existing course in a script?
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Perry Way
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Perry Way
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Backup Pending for this Resource
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Ebeiyamba Okon
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Ebeiyamba Okon
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Automated course backup - not working - No logs have been found
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Amer Imam
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Séverin Terrier
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What are the possible reasons backups of LTI tools won't export the data?
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Diane Soini
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Randy Thornton
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Automated course backup fails but still has "OK" status
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Olivier Wenger
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Olivier Wenger
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Strange problem with backup und delete
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Andreas R.
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Andreas R.
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Error writing to database
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Ahsan Tejani
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Ahsan Tejani
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Found more than one record in fetch() ! /lib/setuplib.php
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Ahsan Tejani
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Ahsan Tejani
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Abort a restore in process pending
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Bernat Martinez
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Ken Task
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Restore Process Drops Back to Zero Percent
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Blair F.
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Blair F.
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Backing up directly on S3 and Azure storage?
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Ben Girard
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Ken Task
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How to CANCEL asynchronous backup?
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Beto Boton
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Beto Boton
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moodledata\temp\backup keeps consuming available space
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george williams
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Ken Task
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restore error (delete contents of this course then restore)
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george williams
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george williams
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Backups with H5P activities fail, without - they succeed
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seaghan moriarty
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Beto Boton
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Course import prevent specific plugin (Questionnaire)
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Seba Robles
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Seba Robles
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Ok to delete mdl_task_adhoc
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Angela Rosin
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Randy Thornton
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How can I kill a task of backup by programation? task->destroy()?
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Jose Lorenzo Espeso
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Jose Lorenzo Espeso
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Error Reading From Database when Backing Up Course
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Kiel Howell
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Kiel Howell
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Problem restoring modified backup
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Clemente López
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Ken Task
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FastCGI errors when using Backup on Azure
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seaghan moriarty
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seaghan moriarty
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Allowing teachers to download automated backup
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Ivica Matotek
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Emma Richardson
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IMS Common Cartridge v1.1 Activity Compatibility Confusion
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Josh Manders
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Josh Manders
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Remove all manuals backups
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Enric Mujal Colilles
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Dan Marsden
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Backup restore - single activity
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Ana Iudica
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Jack Martin
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Error on CLI Course Backup
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Shamiso Jaravaza
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Shamiso Jaravaza
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Migrating multiple courses from one server to another moodle server
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Sumesh KS
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Sumesh KS
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Get course files from file explorer and restore it
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Henry Mendez
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Ken Task
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Issues while restoring course backup file from moodle 3.5 to 3.10
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Janvi MDL
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Jennifer Cline
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Links to resources in restored courses point back to original courses resource
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Magyar-Hunor Tamas
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Magyar-Hunor Tamas
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Can't run backups immediately by CLI
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Susana L.
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Susana L.
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Where are users' course records kept?
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Halim Asa
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Luis de Vasconcelos
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Automated backups: minimum and maximum amout of backups
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Anton Tremetzberger
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Anton Tremetzberger
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Course import drops LMB enrolment method
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Tom Esson
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Tom Esson
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Restoring Default Activity Completion Settings
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Craig Ferguson
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Helen Foster
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"Include custom fields" option not functioning?
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Blair F.
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Blair F.
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PHP Fatal error
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Janvi MDL
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Janvi MDL
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Backup and restore of users profile (data, files and profile image)
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Federico Fiore
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Federico Fiore
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Course restoration stops at 99.83%
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Janvi MDL
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Janvi MDL
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Can not backup, import or duplicate - dll execute error
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Senén García Ruiz
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Senén García Ruiz
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Course Search only returns one item?
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Gerald Crumbley
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Séverin Terrier
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After resetting course, assignfeedback_editpdf is full
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Zigor Astarbe
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Pedro Arreitunandia Ituarte
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BACKUP AND RESTORE BY CATEGORY - IS POSSIBLE? HOW TO?
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SUNRISER SETH
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SUNRISER SETH
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Course copy and teacher access
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pitou col
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pitou col
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How to stop a backup with process pending status
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Beowulf Blockchain
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Dominique Palumbo
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Course Backup Error
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Satya Mishra
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Dominique Palumbo
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Backup and Restore done in //
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Dominique Palumbo
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Dominique Palumbo
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Extraction of Moodle data
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Aditya Nigam
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Aditya Nigam
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Backing up messages
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Ricardo Caiado
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Ricardo Caiado
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Prevent unenroll student when restore courses
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Thắng Trần
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Thắng Trần
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Backup Concepts Clarifications
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S A
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Ken Task
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CLI backups - temp/trashdir disk space requirements
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Greg Robson
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Greg Robson
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Delete course backup
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Priya Joy
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Junior Hinman
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course restoration stops at 25%
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Janvi MDL
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Janvi MDL
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Error writing to database
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Abdelrahman Elwakeel
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Abdelrahman Elwakeel
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[3.9.1]Automated backup Emails
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Richard van Iwaarden
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Richard van Iwaarden
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temp/backup origin
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Iban Cardona Subiela
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Ken Task
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Duplicate (copy) multiple courses at once?
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Adam Malesevic
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Emma Richardson
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Question about automated backups, restore and deletion
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SmythSys IT Consulting
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Ken Task
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Problem with automated backup
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Unai s
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Unai s
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Importing olderbackups -i searched and searched the forum before posting.
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Paul Hawse
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Emma Richardson
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Restoring Course with existing users.
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Chetan Madaan
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Ken Task
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Some Grades Missing from Restored Course
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Stephen Teichgraeber
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Stephen Teichgraeber
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Backup with users, restoration in another server, and course participation report
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Antonio García Fuentes
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Antonio García Fuentes
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Migrate Courses, Users, enrollments and records from LMS A to LMS B
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Dan Bell
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Dan Bell
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Course creation from course template not rolling dates of modules
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Fabian Glagovsky
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Fabian Glagovsky
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Difference between a Front Page Backup and a Course Backup
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Dan O'Reilly
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Dan O'Reilly
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Unable to delete course
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Victor Lamote de Grignon i Alifonso
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Brad Pasley
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Automated backup report - difference between Unfinished and Pending?
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Ray Hinton
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Ray Hinton
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Manual Course Backup not working
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Ricardo Caiado
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Ricardo Caiado
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Moodle 3.6- Deleting from /data/moodledata/filedir without Moosh
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Aarthi Ramesh
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Ken Task
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Backup for specific item id is created each time cron is executed
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Soporte Itze
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Soporte Itze
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Course Restore Does Not Add Go1 Activities
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Joe Keilholz
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Joe Keilholz
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restore topics
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Chika ほ
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Emma Richardson
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Probs with course restore
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Steve Pelham
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Steve Pelham
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Moodle Data Relocation Disaster
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Tim F
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Tim F
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import success but cant find imported activity
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Mike Kaspers
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Mike Kaspers
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automated backup performance Moodle 3.9
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Alain Raap
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Alain Raap
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ERROR WITH RESTORING COURSE - error/decode_rule_incorrect_name
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tyrone deza
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tyrone deza
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backup/restore using plugin brcli
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Mario Gharib
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Emma Richardson
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Suggestions/advice on manually running automated course backups
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Bobby Siegfried
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Emma Richardson
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Course Backup
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Hobson Arro
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Emma Richardson
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Make course importable by all users
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Chiara Di Terlizzi
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Randy Thornton
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[3.7] Maximum file size for restoring course
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Richard van Iwaarden
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Marina Dibrova
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Problem with deleting a course in Cron; possible related issue of ad hoc tasks not running and ...
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Robert Malpas
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Robert Malpas
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Moodle 3.10 - Failed to find an answer matching "" in the question_answers database table
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Peter Svec
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Ken Task
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Files.xml in backup miss filename info
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Peter Svec
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Peter Svec
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Restoring backup into course should not delete previous backups
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Francis Joseph Serina
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Stan Klapauszak
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deleting the files backups from moodledata
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Aymen Mansouri
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Aymen Mansouri
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The backup process stops at 95.42%
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Ahmad Amer
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Beto Boton
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Restoring a course from an older automated backup
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Edward Bethel
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Ken Task
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