Hi Nykess,
in order to backup your whole website you’d want to include all database tables and all files into your backup job.
Alternatively, you could create 2 backup jobs: 1 to backup your database and another one to backup your files.
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Nykess
(@nykess)
Sorry, but are we talking about the same thing?
I am talking about the “Tables to dump,” which include wp_comments, wp_links, etc. By default, none of these are checked and it still created a 10mb backup file. Please clarify.
Erle
(@erlewilliams)
I think you are talking about the same thing. I have had to restore my site from a major crash and know that all database tables should be backed up or “dumped” in order to restore from a disaster. Under “Tables to dump” you should choose all if your intent is to have a complete backup of your database.
The term dump probably comes from the command mysqldump which is commonly used to create a backup of mysql databases.
Erle
@nykess As Erle says, “dump” in this case means to store those table in the backup file. I can see the term maybe should be banned from our UI since it can be misleading. 😉
@erle Thanks!
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Nykess
(@nykess)
Yeah, the term just confused me! Thank you both for clarifying. All is well.
