Introduction

Database Backup Manager allows the store owner to make backups of the store’s database, including all customer and order information. It is recommended that regular backups of the store are taken in case of problems with the store.

There is no tool in the administrative section to automatically make backups, and it should be known that many hosting sites also do not make regular backups of this information unless explicitly asked.

Note: The backup directory needs to be created by the store owner and given the permissions of 777 to give the webserver writing permission for that folder.

Database Backup Manager

Figure 1 shows the Database Backup Manager listing page under the admin>Tools> Database Backup Manager section.

Figure 1 Database Backup Manager listing page

You may:

• Backup a database
  To backup the stores database, click the backup button in the toolbar.
  A file is going to be created in the backup directory without any compression as default.
• Restore a backup
  The store's database can be restored to a saved backup file either already saved on the server or from a local file that was previously downloaded.

1. To restore a file that is on the server, click on the filename of the desired backup and then restore.
2. To restore from a backup stored on the local computer, press the restore button in the row.

Note: Do not interrupt the backup or restoration process which might take a couple of minutes. For security reasons this is best done through a HTTPS connection so that the information cannot be intercepted.

Besides, you may also:

• Download a backup
  If a backup file is selected, it will not be created on the server but downloaded to the store owner’s computer.
• Delete backups
• Update data in the present page by clicking "Refresh" in the tool bar.
• Hide/Display columns

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