That is the way mine is setup.  So I hope it is right for what I want to do.

But this is a very limited backup of your wp-content directory.  It is not a full backup of your site.

There are several threads going on right now about backup and what is the right thing to do.  Lots of good advise and some spirited discussions.

No, it's not enough.
You should check "Any other directories ..." and then include the symbiostock_rf, symbiostock_ipn and symbiostock_network folders.

Thanks

Quote from: picture5469 on September 05, 2013, 07:25

Quote from: Redneck on September 05, 2013, 07:13

No, it's not enough.
You should check "Any other directories ..." and then include the symbiostock_rf, symbiostock_ipn and symbiostock_network folders.

Thanks

You're welcome. Give it a try and let us know if it works because I'm a little sceptical that Updraft will be able to handle a 10 to 12GB backup (like in your specific case).

Actually, today i completed my SEO, and also contact a web design company to show me how to back it up properly. I just have a very uncomfortable feeling usibg these back up programs.

Quote from: picture5469 on September 05, 2013, 07:25

Quote from: Redneck on September 05, 2013, 07:13

No, it's not enough.
You should check "Any other directories ..." and then include the symbiostock_rf, symbiostock_ipn and symbiostock_network folders.

Thanks

You're welcome. Give it a try and let us know if it works because I'm a little sceptical that Updraft will be able to handle a 10 to 12GB backup (like in your specific case).

You can also use the option to backup WP core and exclude the symbiostock cache (possibly also some WP directories you don't need).

Why the query about a large backup - it lets you specify the chunk size of each zip file. The default is 800 MB chunks and I found for me it worked much more smoothly with 400MB chunks

I'm running my 10GB site now - it is taking a long time as you would expect! I didn't see the chunk size setting so I will see what happens!

Once this has run, I'm going to change my approach and backup the images semi manually to Google Drive as they don't change often (especially the old ones) and then use Updraft on the rest of the site. I think that will make it much faster and easier.

I'll write out some fuller guidelines on how to work this with Google Drive once I have worked it out!

Steve

You have to open the expert settings at the bottom to specify chunk size.

For the image backup, you might use the files generated by updraft - do a backup where you specify symbiostock_rf as an "other" directory - so you can chunk the zip files into manageable sizes. But don't leave it set that way for every day backups

Still running - started 9 hours ago and it is still creating the zip file in the background...

I don't think this is a daily task!

Steve

Yes, that is certainly my understanding. I bought the all in one package that removes ads, gives you tools to easily migrate your site, set the times of the backup etc.

However, I think I made an error in the way I'm doing this (and can't stop it). I should have excluded all my actual image files and made a copy of all of those to my Google Drive manually (my plan  is to use Backup Box). Then I would backup the rest of the folders and plugins daily, and just add incremental copies of my image files when I add some more.

I still think you need this extra add-in to pick up the rest of the Symbio folders though.

Steve

Yes, that is certainly my understanding. I bought the all in one package that removes ads, gives you tools to easily migrate your site, set the times of the backup etc.

However, I think I made an error in the way I'm doing this (and can't stop it). I should have excluded all my actual image files and made a copy of all of those to my Google Drive manually (my plan  is to use Backup Box). Then I would backup the rest of the folders and plugins daily, and just add incremental copies of my image files when I add some more.

I still think you need this extra add-in to pick up the rest of the Symbio folders though.

Steve

I will have to backup my rf folder (17 GB at the moment) separately and let the updraftplus do the rest I guess. I have to run a few test backup scenarios myself to see if it's worth it or if I can work with the tools provided by my web hosting company...

Well, mine completed just before midnight after 15 hours for the 10GB website.

Now I have my website back, I will investigate the other approaches of copying the image files separately to Google Drive

Steve

Well, mine completed just before midnight after 15 hours for the 10GB website.

Now I have my website back, I will investigate the other approaches of copying the image files separately to Google Drive

Steve

Once you have successfully achieved that task, please write a tutorial or review in a separate thread for everyone to see. I'd greatly appreciate that!

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I investigated updraft, but last night i downloaded the symbiostock_rf_content folder and it took less than an hour. 601 images, about 2 gb. My total site is about 3 gb. I think i will stay with this for awhile.

The download part the least of my worries (20GB Symbiostock site). The upload will be brutal.

But it will be a lot less brutal than starting from scratch! 

Once you have successfully achieved that task, please write a tutorial or review in a separate thread for everyone to see. I'd greatly appreciate that!

I've completed my initial tests and have now written my tutorial on my overall approach. I put it on my own site as it gets lost here.

http://www.backyardsilver.com/2013/09/backing-symbiostock-website/

Please comment where you think I have made a mistake! I'm still looking for a cost effective way of doing the final piece of ongoing maintenance - backing up the new images you have added to the site.

Steve