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  1. Moodle
  2. MDL-49298

Make tgz backups standard

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    • Improvement
    • Status: Closed
    • Minor
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • 2.8.3
    • 2.9
    • Backup
    • MOODLE_28_STABLE
    • MOODLE_29_STABLE
    • MDL-49298-master
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      1. Before integrating this issue, turn on enabletgzbackups
      2. Integrate this, run the upgrade, confirm that enabletgzbackups is removed from the config table
      3. Create a backup
      4. Download the file and open it with a hex tool like http://ridiculousfish.com/hexfiend/
      5. Confirm the file starts with #1F8B (gzip file marker)
      6. Restore the backup file and make sure it works
      7. Add $CFG->usezipbackups = true; to your config.php
      8. Create a backup
      9. Download the file and open it with a hex tool
      10. Confirm the file starts with #504B0304 (zip file marker)
      11. Restore the backup file and make sure it works
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      Before integrating this issue, turn on enabletgzbackups Integrate this, run the upgrade, confirm that enabletgzbackups is removed from the config table Create a backup Download the file and open it with a hex tool like http://ridiculousfish.com/hexfiend/ Confirm the file starts with #1F8B (gzip file marker) Restore the backup file and make sure it works Add $CFG->usezipbackups = true; to your config.php Create a backup Download the file and open it with a hex tool Confirm the file starts with #504B0304 (zip file marker) Restore the backup file and make sure it works

    Description

      I feel that tgz backups should be moved out of experimental and become standard. IMO the code is sound and in our testing fixes many many backup/restore problems.

      At our school we use backup/restore a lot, the zip system was always causing problems for us - timeouts, backups that wouldn't finish, corrupt files. Since we moved to tgz over a year ago, all of the problems went away.

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          Discovered while testing

          Improvement - An enhancement to an existing Moodle feature. MDLSITE-5140 Moodle backup is actually a tar.gz since 2.9

          • Low - Cosmetic problems, nice-to-have features
          • Open
          has a QA test

          Functional Test - A test of a single Moodle feature MDLQA-7651 Backup format is default tgz

          • Minor - Minor loss of function where workaround is possible
          • Open

          Functional Test - A test of a single Moodle feature MDLQA-15227 CLONE - Backup format is default tgz

          • Minor - Minor loss of function where workaround is possible
          • Passed

          Functional Test - A test of a single Moodle feature MDLQA-15817 CLONE - Backup format is default tgz

          • Minor - Minor loss of function where workaround is possible
          • Passed

          Functional Test - A test of a single Moodle feature MDLQA-16464 CLONE - Backup format is default tgz

          • Minor - Minor loss of function where workaround is possible
          • Passed

          Functional Test - A test of a single Moodle feature MDLQA-17082 CLONE - Backup format is default tgz

          • Minor - Minor loss of function where workaround is possible
          • Passed

          Functional Test - A test of a single Moodle feature MDLQA-17675 CLONE - Backup format is default tgz

          • Minor - Minor loss of function where workaround is possible
          • Passed

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              emerrill Eric Merrill
              emerrill Eric Merrill
              Sam Marshall Sam Marshall
              David Monllaó David Monllaó
              Damyon Wiese Damyon Wiese
              Adrian Greeve, David Woloszyn, Huong Nguyen, Jake Dallimore, Meirza, Michael Hawkins, Raquel Ortega, Safat Shahin, Stevani Andolo
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                Created:
                Updated:
                Resolved:
                11/May/15