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Discussion	Started by	Last post	Replies
1.7dev backup errors Locked	Dennis Daniels 28 May 2006	Dennis Daniels 28 May 2006	0
Course export and import best practices Locked	Tim Wilson 24 May 2006	Chad Evans 30 May 2006	1
Error in Backup Error Email? Locked	Tim Allen 8 Oct 2004	Juan Marín 1 Jun 2006	15
backup error Locked	Anil Kumar 1 Jun 2006	Anil Kumar 2 Jun 2006	2
All backups fail at "Checking Parameters" Locked	Simon Bryan 5 Jun 2006	Simon Bryan 5 Jun 2006	0
Site Backup always fails Locked	Rick Phillips 17 May 2006	Wen Hao Chuang 8 Jun 2006	5
converting some characters Locked	Herbert Keijers 30 Dec 2003	Felipe Pablos 9 Jun 2006	5
Significant improvement of Backup codes in 1.5.4 and 1.6 beta? Locked	Judy Hsu 7 Jun 2006	Eloy Lafuente (stronk7) 9 Jun 2006	1
Changing Platforms on Server from Windows to Linux or Unix Locked	Angela Crouch 9 Jun 2006	Angela Crouch 9 Jun 2006	0
Restore error: Creating metacourse info XML error Locked	Ben Goodwin 2 Jun 2006	Dennis Daniels 13 Jun 2006	1
UTF8 cleaner for borked XML Locked	Dennis Daniels 13 Jun 2006	Eloy Lafuente (stronk7) 14 Jun 2006	1
Restored courses lost formatting in labels Locked	Alex Walker 14 Jun 2006	Alex Walker 14 Jun 2006	2
Location of Backup files Locked	Phil Thacker 16 Jun 2006	Ray Lawrence 16 Jun 2006	1
Urgent Help! How to restore file in moo 1.5.2 Locked	K.James Mathai 16 Jun 2006	elearning edu 17 Jun 2006	1
Backing up user data... Locked	Peter Kupfer 1 Apr 2006	Miki Lewinger 19 Jun 2006	5
new to moodle, need help restoring old data Locked	Mike Lee 20 Jun 2006	Mike Lee 20 Jun 2006	0
Problem with restore and image/attachment file location. Locked	William Stites 20 Jun 2006	William Stites 20 Jun 2006	0
Error on backup of main portion of site. Locked	William Stites 21 Jun 2006	Scott Elliott 22 Jun 2006	2
Restoring quiz without user attempts ???? Locked	Josep M. Fontana 17 May 2006	Paulo Matos 22 Jun 2006	1
Strange behaviour restoring DiDA courses Locked	Simon Douglas 22 Jun 2006	Ray Lawrence 23 Jun 2006	3
'Error' message when running scheduled backups Locked	Chris Lamb 2 Jun 2006	Kathy Mohr 27 Jun 2006	3
Course backup does not finish Locked	Rod Spears 29 Jun 2006	Rod Spears 29 Jun 2006	0
Taking a closer look at "Import course data" Locked	Scott Krajewski 5 Jan 2006	James Dugal 30 Jun 2006	16
Restoring of user attempts will be implemented in Moodle 1.5.1 ??? Locked	Josep M. Fontana 4 Jul 2006	Josep M. Fontana 4 Jul 2006	0
converting a V1.3 course into V1.5 Locked	Karthik eyan 5 Jul 2006	Karthik eyan 5 Jul 2006	0
Another DiDa file restore problem Locked	Barry Thomas 7 Jul 2006	Ray Lawrence 7 Jul 2006	3
Failure on Restore - 'Creating Scales'? Locked	Mike Churchward 1 Dec 2004	Joe Rowe 9 Jul 2006	7
Backup Successful for one course but stops on Second Course Locked	Rod Spears 8 Jul 2006	Rod Spears 10 Jul 2006	2
Scheduled Backup Errors Locked	Linda B 3 Jul 2006	Pierrick Parigot 11 Jul 2006	5
Course Backup Hangs Up Locked	Debby Kilburn 13 Jul 2006	Josep M. Fontana 13 Jul 2006	1
Restore is failing Locked	A G 13 Jul 2006	A G 15 Jul 2006	1
Warning: php_uname() has been disabled for security reasons Locked	Hendrik ten Hoor 17 Jul 2006	Hendrik ten Hoor 17 Jul 2006	0
Why can't teachers restore backups on to courses they own? Locked	Paolo Oprandi 14 Jul 2006	Paolo Oprandi 17 Jul 2006	10
Backup Scheduling Question Locked	Greg Wright 17 May 2006	Zachary Miller 18 Jul 2006	4
Restoring a course INTO the front page of another site Locked	John Isner 18 Jul 2006	John Isner 18 Jul 2006	0
Blackboard restore - xslt problem Locked	Michigan Moodler 18 Jul 2006	Michigan Moodler 18 Jul 2006	0
backup continues to run, hangs and then fails after mysql rebuild Locked	ztechguy Z 18 Jul 2006	ztechguy Z 18 Jul 2006	0
backup Error backup_fom.html Locked	Leonhard Küllinger 17 Nov 2004	Steve Bilton 18 Jul 2006	22
Changing ISPs and 1.5 to 1.6 Locked	Earl Austria 9 Jul 2006	Iñaki Arenaza 18 Jul 2006	5
Fatal Error while Importing Course Data Locked	John Blaser 19 Jul 2006	John Blaser 19 Jul 2006	0
beginner backup queries Locked	Jenny Toller 17 Jul 2006	Jenny Toller 19 Jul 2006	8
Restore from Moodle 1.1 -> 1.5? Locked	Ian Semey 20 Jul 2006	Ian Semey 20 Jul 2006	0
Backup/Restore of Questions and Categories Locked	Anthony Borrow 22 Jul 2006	Anthony Borrow 22 Jul 2006	0
Backup from 1.4.3+ Restore in 1.6: Eloy, Eloy HELP!! Locked	Ger Tielemans 18 Jul 2006	Ger Tielemans 23 Jul 2006	8
Fatal Error on one course Locked	Jesse Thorstad 26 Jul 2006	Jesse Thorstad 26 Jul 2006	1
simple backup procedure help Locked	cody ensanian 26 Jul 2006	Jason Hando 28 Jul 2006	2
corrupted xml file in backup Locked	tm tm 25 Jul 2006	Helen Foster 31 Jul 2006	1
Course backup do not exclude previous backup files Locked	Dennis Yau 31 Jul 2006	Dan Marsden 1 Aug 2006	1
After restore the documents are not correctly linked?!? Locked	estevan veenstra 1 Aug 2006	estevan veenstra 1 Aug 2006	1
Restore from backup Locked	Eric Kemsley 1 Jul 2006	Paolo Oprandi 2 Aug 2006	4
Fatal error trying to do a backup o restore a course in moodle 1.5.4 Locked	David Gil 6 Jun 2006	Paul Nijbakker 2 Aug 2006	1
Backup independent tables in new module Locked	Josh Bush 6 Aug 2006	Josh Bush 6 Aug 2006	0
Hard drive crash ... Locked	Bob Irving 29 Nov 2005	Adrian Mr. 8 Aug 2006	3
MOODLE Cron not working Locked	fouzia imran 7 Aug 2006	Pierrick Parigot 8 Aug 2006	1
importing data - summary of week missing Locked	Maria Tsiakmaki 28 Jun 2006	Bob Puffer 8 Aug 2006	2
Backup problems Locked	Lee Upson 5 Aug 2006	Lee Upson 9 Aug 2006	1
Restore breaking image references? Locked	John Isner 27 Jul 2006	John Isner 9 Aug 2006	7
Some scheduled backups fail every time Locked	Chris Lamb 10 Aug 2006	Chris Lamb 10 Aug 2006	0
Does file transfer size limit Import Course Data? Locked	Scott Kiefer 12 Aug 2006	Scott Kiefer 12 Aug 2006	0
1.6.1 Automatic backups files are uncompleted Locked	Juan Marín 27 Jul 2006	John Brine 12 Aug 2006	2
"Course Files" Errors Off, But Just One Course Locked	Derry Lyons 3 Aug 2006	Derry Lyons 12 Aug 2006	2
Restore problem on 1.5.4+ Locked	Michael Penney 16 Aug 2006	Michael Penney 16 Aug 2006	0
backup problem cuz of cron?... Locked	Miki Alliel 14 Aug 2006	Miki Alliel 16 Aug 2006	1
Restore prob ver 1.5.3 Locked	nick mleczko 16 Aug 2006	nick mleczko 17 Aug 2006	1
Launching scheduled backups manually Locked	Chris Lamb 18 Aug 2006	Chris Lamb 18 Aug 2006	0
Unable to run manual and scheduled backups / cron.php wont run Locked	Christian Lochner 14 Aug 2006	Christian Lochner 18 Aug 2006	2
Wiki backup error -Moodle Version 1.6.1 Locked	Fernando Vicente 19 Aug 2006	Fernando Vicente 19 Aug 2006	0
Restore Error msg Locked	Chad Outten 21 Feb 2006	Monika Sawicka 22 Aug 2006	1
backup_scheduled.php, schedule_backup_course_configure(), set the backup preferences Locked	Thirot Jean-Luc 21 Aug 2006	Eloy Lafuente (stronk7) 22 Aug 2006	1
Restore wiki without users Locked	Mark Berthelemy 22 Aug 2006	Mark Berthelemy 22 Aug 2006	0
1.5 to 1.6 restore brings users even if restore users is checked "none" Locked	A. T. Wyatt 23 Aug 2006	A. T. Wyatt 23 Aug 2006	0
full Moodle restore Locked	Adrian Lara 10 Aug 2006	fouzia imran 25 Aug 2006	5
Can we automate database backups? Locked	fouzia imran 25 Aug 2006	Jason Hando 25 Aug 2006	2
Could not adjust instances in course_modules! Locked	Thomas Haynes 24 Aug 2006	Thomas Haynes 27 Aug 2006	1
Where the heck did my course backups go? Locked	Rob Bennett 29 Aug 2006	A. T. Wyatt 29 Aug 2006	1
backup for offline work Locked	Dr S Bhatia 29 Aug 2006	Dr S Bhatia 29 Aug 2006	0
Need help with backup XML shema. Locked	Juri Tretjakov 29 Aug 2006	Juri Tretjakov 29 Aug 2006	0
Help! Restore into course with delete hangs... Locked	Jacob Kier 10 Aug 2006	Mike Churchward 30 Aug 2006	4
1.6.1 Automatic backups files are not completed Locked	John Brine 28 Aug 2006	John Brine 31 Aug 2006	2
Help!!! How to fix the restore broken image/video links Locked	Andy An 30 Aug 2006	James . 31 Aug 2006	5
406 Not Acceptable msg when attempting backup/restore on v 1.6 Locked	Andy Stoycheff 30 Aug 2006	Andy Stoycheff 31 Aug 2006	1
Newbie needs backup help! Locked	Megan Kinsey 31 Aug 2006	Art Lader 1 Sep 2006	6
Back from Linux - restore to windows (apache) Locked	Wez B 1 Sep 2006	Dr S Bhatia 2 Sep 2006	1
Backup just doesn't occur Locked	Dr S Bhatia 2 Sep 2006	Dr S Bhatia 2 Sep 2006	2
Backup does not start on time and takes longer and longer every day Locked	Norbert Berger 29 Jun 2006	Helen Foster 6 Sep 2006	5
Skipped Courses Locked	Jason Bouwmeester 6 Sep 2006	Jason Bouwmeester 6 Sep 2006	2
Automated backup and backup link Locked	David O'Brien 6 Sep 2006	David O'Brien 7 Sep 2006	2
No backup - moodle 1.5 Locked	Björn Fisseler 5 Jul 2006	Jani Lemmetyinen 8 Sep 2006	1
If you try this, backup/restore is a mess!! Locked	Ger Tielemans 27 Aug 2006	Ger Tielemans 8 Sep 2006	9
Fatal error: Maximum execution time Locked	Chad Evans 11 Sep 2006	Chad Evans 11 Sep 2006	0
Automated backups fail at 'logs' but manual ones work fine Locked	Matt Gibson 12 Sep 2006	Matt Gibson 12 Sep 2006	0
Restore course from previous semester - with wrong year! Locked	Wen Hao Chuang 11 May 2006	Alan Thompson 13 Sep 2006	2
My back up not working as expected Locked	john zhang 18 Sep 2006	john zhang 18 Sep 2006	0
restore works for admin-account, not for student accounts, what to do??? Locked	estevan veenstra 20 Sep 2006	estevan veenstra 20 Sep 2006	0
Automated backups don't include forums (but manual backups do!) Locked	Brian Johnson 29 Jun 2006	Greg Francom 21 Sep 2006	12
Selecting location of course backups Locked	Eric Kemsley 22 Sep 2006	Eric Kemsley 22 Sep 2006	0
Backup files grow exponentially since beginning of September Locked	Miroslav Fikar 15 Sep 2006	Miroslav Fikar 22 Sep 2006	3
backup & restore to new server leaves url of previous server Locked	poll yakadi 21 Sep 2006	Ari Tahvanainen 25 Sep 2006	2
Restore to new server problems Locked	Eric Kemsley 26 Sep 2006	Eric Kemsley 26 Sep 2006	0
Restoring a course backup made on 1.6.1 to a 1.6+ site Locked	John Isner 5 Sep 2006	Guido van der Waals 3 Oct 2006	5

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