[Vincent Gentile]

Hello WPNYC – I am trying to backup a site I recently moved to hostgator. The back up file (below) says successful, however when I look at the archive page the status remains unknown…..how do I know if I have a good backup..?

Backing up with BackupBuddy v2.2.33…
17:8:04: Full backup mode.
17:8:04: Running in modern backup mode based on settings.
17:8:05: Starting database backup process.
17:8:05: Saving database content to file. (24 tables)
17:8:05: Only including WordPress tables in backup (unless more explicitly defined).
17:8:09: Excluding archives directory and additional directories defined in settings. 3 total.
17:8:11: Full speed mode completed & generated ZIP file.
17:8:11: Backup ZIP file successfully created.
17:10:28: Cleaning up after backup.
17:10:28: Finished cleaning up.
17:10:28: Backup completed successfully in 2 minutes. Done.

Backing up with BackupBuddy v2.2.33…
17:8:10: Ping. Waiting for server . . .
17:8:10: Temporary ZIP file size: 110.97 MB
17:8:04: Setting greedy script limits.
17:8:04: Attempted to increase maximum PHP runtime. Original: 30; New: 7200.
17:8:04: Set memory limit to 256M. Previous value < 256M.
17:8:04: Original PHP memory limit: 256; New: 256M.
17:8:04: Finished greedy script limits.
17:8:04: Full backup mode.
17:8:04: Performing pre-backup procedures.
17:8:04: Creating import data file.
17:8:04: Finished creating import data file.
17:8:04: Finished pre-backup procedures.
17:8:04: Running in modern backup mode based on settings.
17:8:04: Scheduling Cron
17:8:05: (Started new PHP page load process.)
17:8:05: Setting greedy script limits.
17:8:05: Attempted to increase maximum PHP runtime. Original: 30; New: 7200.
17:8:05: Set memory limit to 256M. Previous value < 256M.
17:8:05: Original PHP memory limit: 256; New: 256M.
17:8:05: Finished greedy script limits.
17:8:05: Peak memory usage: 17.619 MB
17:8:05: Starting database backup process.
17:8:05: Saving database content to file. (24 tables)
17:8:05: Only including WordPress tables in backup (unless more explicitly defined).
17:8:05: Beginning actual SQL dump.
17:8:06: Finished actual SQL dump.
17:8:06: database_end
17:8:06: Finished function `backup_create_database_dump`.
17:8:06: Peak memory usage: 18.1 MB
17:8:06: Scheduling Cron
17:8:09: (Started new PHP page load process.)
17:8:09: Setting greedy script limits.
17:8:09: Attempted to increase maximum PHP runtime. Original: 30; New: 7200.
17:8:09: Set memory limit to 256M. Previous value < 256M.
17:8:09: Original PHP memory limit: 256; New: 256M.
17:8:09: Finished greedy script limits.
17:8:09: Peak memory usage: 17.618 MB
17:8:09: Using all available zip methods in preferred order.
17:8:09: Creating ZIP file `/home/centralj/public_html/wp-content/uploads/backupbuddy_backups/backup-centraljerseypools_com-2012_02_24-101bzdxfk7.zip`. Adding directory `/home/centralj/public_html/`. Compression: ; Excludes: /staging_site/
,/wordpress/,wp-content/uploads/backupbuddy_backups/
17:8:09: Using exec() method for ZIP.
17:8:09: Exec compression disabled based on settings.
17:8:09: Calculating directories to exclude from backup.
17:8:09: Excluding: /staging_site/
17:8:09: Excluding: /wordpress/
17:8:09: Excluding: wp-content/uploads/backupbuddy_backups/
17:8:09: Excluding archives directory and additional directories defined in settings. 3 total.
17:8:09: Exec command (Linux): zip -q -r -0 -b ‘/home/centralj/public_html/wp-content/uploads/backupbuddy_backups/temp_zip_101bzdxfk7/’ ‘/home/centralj/public_html/wp-content/uploads/backupbuddy_backups/backup-centraljerseypools_com-2012_02_24-101bzdxfk7.zip’ . -i ‘*’ -x ‘/staging_site/*’ ‘/wordpress/*’ ‘wp-content/uploads/backupbuddy_backups/*’ “/importbuddy.php”
17:15:22: Ping. Waiting for server . . .
17:15:22: Final ZIP file size: 181.08 MB
17:8:11: Full speed mode completed & generated ZIP file.
17:8:11: Backup ZIP file successfully created.
17:8:11: Chmod to 0644 succeeded.
17:8:11: Database Server connection status verified.
17:8:11: Finished function `backup_zip_files`.
17:8:11: Peak memory usage: 17.641 MB
17:8:11: Scheduling Cron
17:10:28: (Started new PHP page load process.)
17:10:28: Setting greedy script limits.
17:10:28: Attempted to increase maximum PHP runtime. Original: 30; New: 7200.
17:10:28: Set memory limit to 256M. Previous value < 256M.
17:10:28: Original PHP memory limit: 256; New: 256M.
17:10:28: Finished greedy script limits.
17:10:28: Peak memory usage: 17.618 MB
17:10:28: Cleaning up after backup.
17:10:28: Removing temp data directory.
17:10:28: Removing temp zip directory.
17:10:28: Trimming old archives (if needed).
17:10:28: Sending manual backup email notification.
17:10:28: Finished cleaning up.
17:10:28: Backup completed successfully in 2 minutes. Done.
17:10:28: Finished function `post_backup`.
17:10:28: Peak memory usage: 17.618 MB

[D.K. Smith]

Import the back-up to a clean WP installation somewhere else and see what you have.

[dianeb]

and/or post on backup buddy’s support forum. I had good results when I had a question. response was direct from backup buddy team.

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