Running a Back-up

[mackers8923]

I have been playing about with my back-up's but as yet have been unable to find an easy way to run a full back-up.

I have tried opening the text file via a browser and cut & Paste (Takes Ages) as you all probably know.

Is there an easier way of doing this.

I ask because I run 2 vb boards, 1 Public, 1 Non Public(Of Course) the non public one I like to run the exact same as to run hacks etc. I'm sure you have all done it.

Any tips or hints, please

[qxh]

Explain further. Do you want to backup your forums or restore a backup? SSH maybe of use to you, see the vBulletin guide of moving hosts.

[mackers8923]

Explain further. Do you want to backup your forums or restore a backup? SSH maybe of use to you, see the vBulletin guide of moving hosts.

I am looking to run a full restore, problem is the server times out while trying to read the text back-up file...

[Steve Machol]

The only reliable method of backing up and restoring a database is with shell access via telnet or ssh. Please see the instructions here:

http://www.vbulletin.com/manual/movingservers.html