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#20185 backups incremental

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Latest post by nicholas on Tuesday, 10 June 2014 03:55 CDT

Thursday, 05 June 2014 07:25 CDT

user84610
 Hello, I would need to make incremental backups of the site but I do not understand how to do?
I also need to download these backups locally, how can I do?

sorry for my english,

thanks
Piero

Thursday, 05 June 2014 07:57 CDT

nicholas
You can do a files only incremental backup. You can do that by creating a new backup profile, then go into the Configuration page and change its Backup Type to "Files only, incremental".

WARNING! There are major pitfalls which can lead to a broken, impossible to restore site!

In order to restore your site you will have to restore ALL BACKUPS taken, from the very first to the very last one.

If files were removed from your site they will NOT be removed when restoring the incremental backups. This WILL cause serious problems to your site when you upgrade from one version of Joomla! to the next or when you update your extensions.

Incremental backups DO NOT store the database content of your site. You still need a database only of full site backup to restore the all important database content of your site.

If you do not fully understand and accept the risks involved by taking incremental backups we strongly advise you against doing so. You can easily end up with a broken site that is impossible to restore. In such a case we won't be able to help you.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

Thursday, 05 June 2014 09:11 CDT

user84610
you can program a daily backups and delete old not to space problems?

Thursday, 05 June 2014 09:21 CDT

nicholas
Yes, that's exactly what the Quotas section in the Configuration page are for. Exactly as the documentation tells you.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

Thursday, 05 June 2014 09:32 CDT

user84610
there are no instructions in Italian?

Thursday, 05 June 2014 15:38 CDT

nicholas
No. If we were to translate our documentation and our videos to the top 20 languages of our clients (Italian is in number 19 spot) our subscriptions would cost 10 times as much. I seriously doubt anyone would buy a one year subscription to backup software for 400 Euros. So it was up to me to write the documentation in a language I am proficient in. This means English or Greek. Well, at least English is spoken by much more people than Greek :)

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

Friday, 06 June 2014 03:14 CDT

user84610
Good morning, then saw that the incremental backups are not recommended I have configured those full (400 mb) then I have also configured to upload to dropbox but do not charge them!

Friday, 06 June 2014 04:10 CDT

nicholas
I do not understand what "charge" refers to? You mean that you have a problem uploading the backups to Dropbox? If so, please file a support ticket in the Akeeba Backup support category and remember to attach your backup log file as we instruct you. This will help my associates to help you with this issue.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

Monday, 09 June 2014 05:35 CDT

user84610

Hello, I am trying to load the backups on dropbox but it always fails.
I do not know what to do?

link dropbox log

https://www.dropbox.com/s/1cj7355xo3ixijg/Akeeba%20Backup%20Debug%20Log-2.txt

Monday, 09 June 2014 07:00 CDT

nicholas
Please follow the instructions in https://www.akeebabackup.com/documentation/akeeba-backup-documentation/step-by-step-guides.html#how-to-cloud-backup-basic-config for splitting the backup archive in smaller chunks.

Your backup is too big (275.61Mb) to transfer in a single go. This is not a limitation of Akeeba Backup. It is a limitation of your web server and Dropbox. Please read the page I linked you to, I have written it myself and I explain why large files cannot be transferred in one go.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

Tuesday, 10 June 2014 03:05 CDT

user84610
hello, I have broken the backup file to 2 MB, but I create 20 files on Dropbox, there is the possibility to combine them into a single file.
If I had to do a restore, how can I do with a backup split into 20 pieces?

Tuesday, 10 June 2014 03:55 CDT

nicholas
Please read our documentation or watch our video tutorials. You do not need to combine the files. Just upload all of them with Kickstart and let Kickstart figure it out for you. This is readily explained in our documentation and video tutorials.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

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