Backup and restore

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Discussion	Started by	Last post
Backup stopped working after PHP upgrade Locked	Victor Balakine 25 Mar 2013	Victor Balakine 25 Mar 2013
limiting destinations on restore Locked	john saylor 2 Apr 2013	john saylor 2 Apr 2013
Backup will not run with exams selected Locked	Annette Powell 3 Apr 2013	Annette Powell 3 Apr 2013
Delete a backup file with no permission in moodle/restore:uploadfile Locked	erika alarcon 16 Apr 2013	erika alarcon 16 Apr 2013
Import courses from MNet peers - Developing Addon Locked	Asaf Ohaion 25 Apr 2013	Asaf Ohaion 25 Apr 2013
Partial Course Restoration leaves "blank topics" in new course Locked	Penny Pearson 8 May 2013	Penny Pearson 8 May 2013
Remove Overwrite Course Configuration Ability? Locked	Bethany Emory 11 May 2013	Bethany Emory 11 May 2013
Backing up a course freezes site Locked	Matt Knott 13 May 2013	Matt Knott 13 May 2013
coding error detected Locked	Chrissy Trenholme 15 May 2013	Chrissy Trenholme 15 May 2013
Restore 1.9.19+ to 2.4.3+ legacy files returned Locked	andrew middlemass 16 May 2013	andrew middlemass 16 May 2013
Backup failed on courses with google drive files attached Locked	Jeremie Coste 21 May 2013	Jeremie Coste 21 May 2013
Is course reset action logged? Locked	Cathal O'Riordan 22 May 2013	Cathal O'Riordan 22 May 2013
I want to restore course backup with user data from my localhost moodle to my online moodle give... Locked	nourhan khaled 27 May 2013	nourhan khaled 27 May 2013
How to restore only newly added activities from a backup file Locked	Sudhanshu Verma 29 May 2013	Sudhanshu Verma 29 May 2013
Restore content to several courses at the same time Locked	Isabella Felizitas Tilch 11 Jun 2013	Isabella Felizitas Tilch 11 Jun 2013
Courses > 2GB not backing up Locked	Mark Hayes 11 Jun 2013	Mark Hayes 11 Jun 2013
Manage Backup Files gives "Can not read file" error Locked	Dan Bennett 11 Jun 2013	Dan Bennett 11 Jun 2013
Course Backup Error 404 Locked	Robert Gonzales 12 Jun 2013	Robert Gonzales 12 Jun 2013
Database Connection Failed Locked	Tearh James 14 Jun 2013	Tearh James 14 Jun 2013
Restore 2.1 course to 2.4 Locked	Karen Marshall 20 Jun 2013	Karen Marshall 20 Jun 2013
Error Reading from Database Locked	Chuck Marshall 25 Jun 2013	Chuck Marshall 25 Jun 2013
2.4.4 Course reset not removing students or grades Locked	Benjamin St.Germain 26 Jun 2013	Benjamin St.Germain 26 Jun 2013
Upgrade 1.9.8 - 2.5 Backup not listed Under Administration Locked	Ken Peakman 6 Jul 2013	Ken Peakman 6 Jul 2013
Automated Backups and user data Locked	Christos Savva 17 Jul 2013	Christos Savva 17 Jul 2013
Instructors Cannot Import Their Own Course Locked	Bethany Emory 20 Aug 2013	Bethany Emory 20 Aug 2013
How to find the automated backup of an accidentally deleted course Locked	Rebecca O'Connell 26 Aug 2013	Rebecca O'Connell 26 Aug 2013
Force automated backup Locked	Ivica Matotek 28 Aug 2013	Ivica Matotek 28 Aug 2013
Can not obtain session lock backup Locked	CoreDev Develop 30 Aug 2013	CoreDev Develop 30 Aug 2013
Me Locked	Brian Yare 4 Sep 2013	Brian Yare 4 Sep 2013
Imported Activities NOT on Upcoming Events Locked	Kelly Becker 4 Sep 2013	Kelly Becker 4 Sep 2013
Moodle 2.5 coursebackup error Locked	barbara nance 6 Sep 2013	barbara nance 6 Sep 2013
cannot backup do to error with log file it seems? Locked	marc helfano 7 Sep 2013	marc helfano 7 Sep 2013
restore point in local disk D: Locked	unknown unknown 22 Sep 2013	unknown unknown 22 Sep 2013
Backup a course with a customized theme where the restore destination does not have that theme Locked	Judy Hsu 21 Nov 2013	Judy Hsu 21 Nov 2013
Backup reports OK but no files? Locked	Alan Bristow 2 Dec 2013	Alan Bristow 2 Dec 2013
Backup skipping - can I restore old skipped courses? Locked	Alan Bristow 2 Dec 2013	Alan Bristow 2 Dec 2013
Blackboard 9.1 Common Cartridge restore into Moodle Locked	Jon Shaw 5 Dec 2013	Jon Shaw 5 Dec 2013
Session lock on course restore Moodle 2.6 Locked	Bob Ross 17 Dec 2013	Bob Ross 17 Dec 2013
1.9 / PHP 5.3 Upgrade Locked	David Wylie 19 Dec 2013	David Wylie 19 Dec 2013
Backups in a moodle 2.3 with matriculation external database Locked	Sol Garcia 3 Jan 2014	Sol Garcia 3 Jan 2014
UTF-8 Backup name Locked	AM Sanat 4 Jan 2014	AM Sanat 4 Jan 2014
Grade categories not importing for some classes Locked	Debbie Unterseher 10 Jan 2014	Debbie Unterseher 10 Jan 2014
moodle_database::update_record_raw() no fields found. Locked	Eduardo Alves Cezar 11 Jan 2014	Eduardo Alves Cezar 11 Jan 2014
Custom mod's restore broken after 2.5.3 upgrade Locked	Matt Burica 18 Jan 2014	Matt Burica 18 Jan 2014
Merging courses Locked	Richard van Iwaarden 24 Jan 2014	Richard van Iwaarden 24 Jan 2014
Backing up Turnitin assessments with Moodle Direct Locked	Davin Scampton 5 Feb 2014	Davin Scampton 5 Feb 2014
Restore Process Puts Sys Admin's Name in Forum Prompts Locked	Janet DiVincenzo 6 Feb 2014	Janet DiVincenzo 6 Feb 2014
automated course backups different behavior 2.2.4 -vs- 2.3.1 Locked	james mergenthaler 6 Feb 2014	james mergenthaler 6 Feb 2014
Backing up Turnitin Locked	Davin Scampton 20 Feb 2014	Davin Scampton 20 Feb 2014
Problems Restoring IMS CC Course Locked	Nate White 26 Feb 2014	Nate White 26 Feb 2014
Error haciendo backup en moodle 1.9 Locked	Virtual UNEXPO 27 Feb 2014	Virtual UNEXPO 27 Feb 2014
1.9 course backups hang while zipping Locked	Irith Herman 6 Mar 2014	Irith Herman 6 Mar 2014
Backup/restore specific roles Locked	William Mair 24 Mar 2014	William Mair 24 Mar 2014
Custom backup code has trouble with File Cache Locked	Ray Hernandez 8 Apr 2014	Ray Hernandez 8 Apr 2014
Course Backups Not Deleting Locked	Janet Smith 10 Apr 2014	Janet Smith 10 Apr 2014
500 Internal Server Error while restoring a large course. Finally solved for me. Locked	Peter Halverson 17 Apr 2014	Peter Halverson 17 Apr 2014
Certificate Plugin: backup image files Locked	feida kila 5 May 2014	feida kila 5 May 2014
Moodleroom data automatic download Locked	Sush Test 15 May 2014	Sush Test 15 May 2014
Auto backups not skipping courses unavailable Locked	Chris Swaffield 21 May 2014	Chris Swaffield 21 May 2014
Error with autobackup Moodle 2.4.9 Locked	Molin Men 4 Jun 2014	Molin Men 4 Jun 2014
db cleanup when deleting user backups Locked	john saylor 13 Jun 2014	john saylor 13 Jun 2014
How to get back deleted backup folder? Locked	murugan muthu 13 Jun 2014	murugan muthu 13 Jun 2014
Automated backups fail in multiple courses (dmlreadexcetion) Locked	Jeremy Volkmann 13 Jun 2014	Jeremy Volkmann 13 Jun 2014
Backup users but skip user files Locked	Angel Simón 28 Jun 2014	Angel Simón 28 Jun 2014
Restore question bank option Locked	Emma Richardson 2 Jul 2014	Emma Richardson 2 Jul 2014
Function that restores a course Locked	Philip Templeton 18 Jul 2014	Philip Templeton 18 Jul 2014
2.6 restore works, but fails on 2.7 Locked	Ken Tuley 24 Jul 2014	Ken Tuley 24 Jul 2014
Restoring from 2.5.5 to 2.7.1: quiz conditions multiplied Locked	Gerald Grow 31 Jul 2014	Gerald Grow 31 Jul 2014
"Course Restoration in Progress" course Locked	Tiffany Morgan 7 Aug 2014	Tiffany Morgan 7 Aug 2014
Restore Destination (Target) Options Locked	Ben Furse 14 Aug 2014	Ben Furse 14 Aug 2014
Moodle 2.7 Common Cartridge backups not completing Locked	John Wells 15 Aug 2014	John Wells 15 Aug 2014
Restoring a backup of a course just keeping information for one participant Locked	Marta García 19 Aug 2014	Marta García 19 Aug 2014
What constitutes a modification? Locked	Dave Arnold 21 Aug 2014	Dave Arnold 21 Aug 2014
Moodle Restore Error Locked	Teddy Wiphatphumiprates 27 Aug 2014	Teddy Wiphatphumiprates 27 Aug 2014
cron.php autobackup errors Locked	Christopher Molnar 31 Aug 2014	Christopher Molnar 31 Aug 2014
Problems in the backup of a course Locked	Eduardo Hm 2 Sep 2014	Eduardo Hm 2 Sep 2014
Backups from CLI cron.php failing in 2.7.2 Locked	Christopher Molnar 13 Sep 2014	Christopher Molnar 13 Sep 2014
Missing contenthash in .mbz file - Moodle 2.6.5 Locked	Kamil Łuczak 24 Sep 2014	Kamil Łuczak 24 Sep 2014
Gateway timeout Locked	alex r 10 Oct 2014	alex r 10 Oct 2014
No backup/restore of logs in 2.7 Locked	Séverin Terrier 16 Oct 2014	Séverin Terrier 16 Oct 2014
Backups are failing in 2.7.2 Locked	Christopher Molnar 18 Oct 2014	Christopher Molnar 18 Oct 2014
Problems creating backup Locked	Diego Muñoz 21 Oct 2014	Diego Muñoz 21 Oct 2014
After upgrade and DN change docking tabs shift region zones forcing region-main away Locked	patrick caswell 29 Oct 2014	patrick caswell 29 Oct 2014
Cannot restore course Undefined property: stdClass::$shortname Locked	Christos Savva 10 Nov 2014	Christos Savva 10 Nov 2014
When I backup a course without the enrolled users, I still end up with a cohort sync and enrolled... Locked	Andrew Leer 13 Nov 2014	Andrew Leer 13 Nov 2014
Exporting using common cartridge - inconsistencies and problems with labels Locked	Nathan Cobb 14 Nov 2014	Nathan Cobb 14 Nov 2014
error/root_only_one_ocurrence Locked	Rosario Carcò 18 Nov 2014	Rosario Carcò 18 Nov 2014
backup file format and restore course attributes Locked	Mauro Mirti 19 Nov 2014	Mauro Mirti 19 Nov 2014
back up and restore on moodle Locked	moodle learner 11 Dec 2014	moodle learner 11 Dec 2014
Cohort Syncs Sync After Restoring Backup (Minor Annoyance in Moodle 2.5) Locked	Andrew Leer 16 Dec 2014	Andrew Leer 16 Dec 2014
Course Backup - What counts as modified? Locked	Jon Fila 23 Dec 2014	Jon Fila 23 Dec 2014
Restore fails with question bank error Locked	Richard Crawford 13 Jan 2015	Richard Crawford 13 Jan 2015
Message error: mod_fcgid: error reading data from FastCGI server Locked	Adriana Gallen 16 Jan 2015	Adriana Gallen 16 Jan 2015
Course backup settings affect the Site backup? Locked	Woogon Chung 24 Jan 2015	Woogon Chung 24 Jan 2015
backup email error versus logs Locked	Tiffany Morgan 2 Feb 2015	Tiffany Morgan 2 Feb 2015
Trying to restore user 'xxx' from backup file will cause conflict Locked	Rene Ouellette 19 Feb 2015	Rene Ouellette 19 Feb 2015
Moodle 2.7.2 Restore Error Locked	Susannah Brown 20 Feb 2015	Susannah Brown 20 Feb 2015
How can I skip certain courses when setting up Automated Course Backups? Locked	Herlich Aguiluz 26 Feb 2015	Herlich Aguiluz 26 Feb 2015
In the FILES table, what is the DRAFT filearea? Locked	Blair F. 19 Mar 2015	Blair F. 19 Mar 2015
Automated Course Backup Efficiency Locked	Mark Underwood 31 Mar 2015	Mark Underwood 31 Mar 2015