Database Backup Saving to Server

Hi, do you know if you have any cron jobs running on the background that you are not aware?

Uh, no idea because on this job the client is not hosting with me. I have not set up any chron jobs. Is that something they need to ask their host? How would this run the AIOWPS backup and store it in the folder?

I don’t think this is the issue because if I run a manual DB backup that sends it to me by email it also pops a copy in the backup folder on the server.

Any ideas?

That is very strange! If you have not set up the automated backup features then this plugin would not create backups. There must be a different plugin or setting somewhere that is causing automated backups. That is why I suggested checking to see if there are any cron jobs running in the background that you are not aware. There are plugins here in the repository that can check all cron jobs running in a website.

Still don’t see it being a chron job if when I tell the plugin to manually run the update it still generates a server backup copy.

I think I might of have read your original question incorrectly.

Your questions was

Number of Backup Files To Keep: 0 yet it saves a copy to the server each time. Shouldn’t this not save to the server?

That only applies to the automatic backup settings. If you manually create a backup that is different. Is this what you are doing?

Number of Backup Files To Keep: 0 Thie field allows you to choose the number of backup files you would like to keep in the backup directory

I interpret that to mean, send me the backup to the email address I specified only, but save zero backups to the server.

In this case that is how my client wants it. They aren’t advanced enough to keep going in via FTP and deleting old database backups they don’t need off the server.

Doesn’t specifying 0 backups to keep mean don’t keep any?

Confusing to me at at least.

If I manually run the backup it still saves an unwanted copy to the server when I run the manual backup.

Thanks.

I see your point. I have submitted an e-mail to the plugin developers to investigate further.

Regards

Sweet. Thanks for keeping us posted. We use the plugin on a lot of sites. It’s phenomenal.

Hi, are you still having issues with the number of database backups to keep?

I am marking this thread as resolved. No replies in 5 months.

Thank you