Title: Database backup
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Database backup

 *  Resolved [fitmywoodfloor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fitmywoodfloor/)
 * (@fitmywoodfloor)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-backup-7/)
 * Hi all,
 * I need to backup my files and database before a manual upgrade but am unsure 
   how to configure updraft to backup the database?
 * I’ve checked a recent scheduled backup and part of the email reads ‘Backup contains:
   Files only (database was not part of this particular schedule)’.
 * Obviously a bit of a noob, but can anyone advise me how to include my wordpress
   database within an updraft backup?
 * Any help much appreciated!
 * Michael
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/updraftplus/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/updraftplus/)

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 *  Plugin Author [David Anderson / Team Updraft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidanderson/)
 * (@davidanderson)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-backup-7/#post-4137224)
 * Hi Michael,
 * Choose something other than “Manual” for the option “Database backup intervals”,
   and then your database will be backed up on the corresponding schedule.
 * David
 *  Thread Starter [fitmywoodfloor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fitmywoodfloor/)
 * (@fitmywoodfloor)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-backup-7/#post-4137377)
 * Thanks David..
 * That looks like it’ll do the trick. I didn’t even notice the ‘database backup’
   option their doh!!
 * Appreciated 🙂
 *  [gcoleman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gcoleman/)
 * (@gcoleman)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-backup-7/#post-4137532)
 * Hi David,
    I had the same issue. Tried your suggestion on the backup intervals
   but no luck. The following message is displayed and no database backup occurs…
 * Table wp_redirection_logs has very many rows (359077) – we hope your web hosting
   company gives you enough resources to dump out that table in the backup (Sep 
   23 15:25:16)
 *  Plugin Author [David Anderson / Team Updraft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidanderson/)
 * (@davidanderson)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-backup-7/#post-4137555)
 * Hi gcoleman,
 * You’ve got a different issue there – but regardless, it’s always best to post
   a new issue, as issues that are already marked as resolved don’t always result
   in the plugin author getting an email. I’ve only just seen your post here by 
   looking at the forum manually.
 * Solution: update to the development version – [http://updraftplus.com/faqs/devversion](http://updraftplus.com/faqs/devversion)–
   that has new code that deals with enormously big tables using a much quicker 
   method.
 * David

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 * Last activity: [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-backup-7/#post-4137555)
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