[Typo3] Backup problems

[Nate Russell]

Peter Russ wrote:
> Nate Russell wrote:
> 
>> Hello List,
>>
>> My company has has the Ready-To Run Server at Schlund. There are lots 
>> of options available to us but we unfortunately don't have root 
>> access. This means of course that I don't have access to the php.ini 
>> file. This is a bummer because I have a rather large site and I am 
>> having trouble backing it up. I have tried the w4x_backup extension 
>> but I can not open the resulting .gz file when the script is done. I 
>> think this is because the php script execution time is too low and our 
>> database is too big (around 400mb). This is causing, I think, 
>> underlying processes to time out. Like I said, we don't have root 
>> access and therefore can not change this value in the php.ini file.
>>
>> Other than getting a different host or hosting package and moving all 
>> of our data to a new server, Are there any options I can try to solve 
>> my problem?
>>
>> I have already tried deleting the caches before running the backup 
>> extension but I got the same results. I would still like use the 
>> w4x_backup extension because it offers such an easy solution.
>>
>> Any tips?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Nate Russell
> 
> 
> Nate,
> 
> 1) you should check if the mysql dumps is created. If the MYSQL Server 
> is located on a different host then localhost w4x_backup needs to be 
> patched. Then also Dimitries solution will not work. So check first if 
> Mysql runs on the same host as your internet site with TYPO3.
> 
> 2) 400mb on linux is no problem to backup with mysqldump. Check IF 
> mysqldump is available for user access!
> 
> 3) As ALL BACKUP is done on OS level PHP execution time should not be 
> the problem.
> 
> Regs. Peter.
> 


I have checked and there are mysql dumps created but they are incomplete 
and when I try to expand the .gz archives I get errors. I have tried it 
many times but I get the same errors. When I try to view the db in 
BBedit, z.B, I can tell that the entire database has not been dumped.

I'll see how it goes with the shell scripts