Would an IPB snapshot/backup restore work?

[snugRugBug]

Hey peeps

I just need bounce this idea off the forum, just in case someone has tried it before:

If I made a backup of all the IPB files on the server, and made a complete database backup, could I restore these to get the fully functional site back? I'm thinking of implementing this so that I can easily revert between different snapshots of IPB.

Thanks

[Misi]

 

If I made a backup of all the IPB files on the server, and made a complete database backup, could I restore these to get the fully functional site back?

​Yes.

[TheSonic]

Hey peeps

I just need bounce this idea off the forum, just in case someone has tried it before:

If I made a backup of all the IPB files on the server, and made a complete database backup, could I restore these to get the fully functional site back? I'm thinking of implementing this so that I can easily revert between different snapshots of IPB.

Thanks

​Yes, i have done that several times on several installaions during the beta. I still do it before installing a new RC on every Installation
(If you are using a controlpanel like Plesk (im pretty sure, you can do this in cPanel, too), you are able to create a domainbackup, so you just have to restore your backup and don't have to handle files and databases seperately.

[snugRugBug]

OK cool thanks guys!

[Misi]

and made a complete database backup,

​Just do not do it with phpmyadmin.

You might think that you have a backup but in reality you have only a part of your database.

[snugRugBug]

Ok thanks. Will probably do it like this

[TheSonic]

If you have Shell-acess and don't you use a complete backupsolution, i would use mysqldump:

http://webcheatsheet.com/sql/mysql_backup_restore.php