Automatic database copy

Hi,

Automatic DB BACKUP does not work. You can create a backup manually but it does not create a backup automatically.

The backup time is set at the time you save the automatic scheduled backup settings. In order for the backup to trigger around the time you expect it to, you will need some kind of site activity (such as someone visiting) just after that time.

For example:

If I’ve just configured my scheduled backup settings to do a once daily backup and saved the config now and it is currently 7:11pm at my location, then the wp-cron will be scheduled to perform a backup at around 7:11pm everyday. Which means that the next backup will be scheduled for tomorrow at approximately 7:11pm – BUT – as mentioned in my last response, if nobody visits my site till 10:30pm tomorrow, then no backup will occur at 7:11pm because there was no activity on the site just after 7:11pm to trigger the wp-cron event. What will happen is that the system will immediately trigger a backup as soon as someone visits my site anytime after the scheduled time. (In other words in this example the backup will occur at 10:30pm)

On the next day the same thing applies…..the aiowps backup is still scheduled for around 7:11pm and if I get my next visitor at 7:12pm then the backup will be performed at 7:12pm.

Let me know if the above makes sense to you.

Thank you

Does not make sense. I didn’t need the backups of the database and I thought DB BACKUP was doing them. However, when I checked the copies of the database, I found that the last copy is from June 2019 !!! And I’m on the site everyday.

Hi, can you carry out a test. Create a schedule for a particular time. Then visit your site “Do not log into your site”. Make sure it is just before the time you set up the database backup. Then log into your site and check to see if a backup was created.

Let me know how you go.

Thank you