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Backing Up your Database
This section helps you with the back up of your existing database. We strongly recommend you back up your existing database incase of any failures during the upgrade. The right way to back up your database depends on which database system you are using. The instructions below are one way to back up a MySQL database. Another option would be to use a tool like phpMyAdmin to manually make a backup. The documentation for your database will give more options.
There are many ways to do such backups. Here is an outline of a little script you can run on Unix to backup the database (it works well to have such a script run daily via a cron task):
You can back up your MySQL database in the following manner:
From Hosting Control Panel (cPanel)To backup the databases from cPanel please do the following:
Other control panel softwares such as plesk, helm, dotpanel, H-sphere etc has their own respective database backup tools that offer easy web interface that allows downloading backup of database.
From MySQL CLI :
In order to back up your database from MySQL CLI you will require 2 things:
• SSH or Telnet access to your site. You will need to check with your hosting company to see if this is available.
• An SSH/Telnet Client, such as PuTTy.
Open your SSH/Telnet client and log into your website. The command line prompt you will see will vary by OS. For most hosting companies, this will bring you into the FTP root folder.
cd /my/backup/directory
mv moodle-database.sql.gz moodle-database-old.sql.gz
mysqldump -h example.com -u myusername --password=mypassword -C -Q -e --create-options mydatabasename > moodle-database.sql
gzip moodle-database.sql
Character encodingMake sure that a database backup uses the correct character encoding. In most databases, use UTF-8. When dumping the entire Moodle database, check for possible character encoding issues. In some instances, backups created with mysqldump or phpMyAdmin may not properly encode all of the data. This will result in non-readable characters when the database is restored.
From Tools for database backups :
You can also generate a back up of your database using a third party software like phpMyAdmin. We are assuming phpMyAdmin is already installed on your server. Go to phpMyAdmin in your web browser and select the database you wish to back up by clicking on the name. If you have multiple databases, you will need to select the name from the drop menu.
In the right-hand frame, you will see a row of links. Click on Export.
Now in the right-hand frame you will see three sections. In the first section called Export you select the table(s) you wish to back up by selecting them from the list. To select multiple tables, hold the Ctrl key and lick the table names. To select all table, click the Select All link.
In the second section called SQL Options, make sure you have the following boxes checked:
Structure
Add ‘drop table’
Add AUTO_INCREMENT value
Enclose table and field names with backquotes
Data
In the third section check Save as file and type a name for the backup in the text box adjacent to File name template. If your system supports it, you may also choose a compression type. None is selected by default.
Click on Go and you will be prompted to save the backup on your local computer. Save the back up file on your computer.
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