Title: Complete backup does not contain SQL database file
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Complete backup does not contain SQL database file

 *  Resolved [pixelsrzen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pixelsrzen/)
 * (@pixelsrzen)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/complete-backup-does-not-contain-sql-database-file/)
 * One of my sites was displaying gibberish, so after mucking about trying to figure
   out what was wrong, I went to grab a backup and restore.
 * I run two backup routines, one that backs up the database every day and holds
   7 days worth of backups, and another that does a complete backup (database and
   files) once a week that keeps four weeks of backups.
 * I discovered that only two of my supposed ‘full’ backups had been successful –
   three weeks ago and four weeks ago. Neither backup contained the database file
   as I had anticipated. I do not have a database backup old enough to match completely
   with the most recent full backup.
 * Is it possible to recover from this situation? Why didn’t my ‘full’ backup include
   the databases file as I anticipated?
 * Thank you,
 * Jim.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/backupwordpress/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/backupwordpress/)

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Paul de Wouters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pauldewouters/)
 * (@pauldewouters)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/complete-backup-does-not-contain-sql-database-file/#post-5807141)
 * Jim
 * How large is your backup? I have detected an issue with large backups where the
   database is not added.
    This is fixed in the next version due for release.
 * Thanks
    Paul
 *  Thread Starter [pixelsrzen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pixelsrzen/)
 * (@pixelsrzen)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/complete-backup-does-not-contain-sql-database-file/#post-5807142)
 * Paul,
 * The backup in question was 416MB. I should add that the original problem was 
   my site being hacked, despite having BruteProtect and BadBehavior running.
 * Both my daily and monthly backup routines were affected.
 * I’ve been in contact with Owain Cuvelier at Human Made support. He’s tried very
   hard to be helpful, but I think I’m beyond help at this point.
 * Thank you for posting.
 * Jim.
 *  Plugin Contributor [Paul de Wouters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pauldewouters/)
 * (@pauldewouters)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/complete-backup-does-not-contain-sql-database-file/#post-5807144)
 * I’m so sorry this happened. We will definitely do all we can to avoid this in
   the future

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