battles Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 (edited) The email backups are not being sent as they used to be. Last one I received was in June. I can (sometimes) generate a backup zip manually - the size is ~20MB Is this a size issue for email? Would FTP be the best solution for a backup zip this size? Edited July 12, 2017 by battles added subscription 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian! Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 The email backups are not being sent as they used to be. Last one I received was in June.I can (sometimes) generate a backup zip manually - the size is ~20MB Is this a size issue for email? it may be an issue with your php.ini settings - I would imagine it's either going to be an attachment limit, or the script is timing out when creating the attachment and/or sending the email. Would FTP be the best solution for a backup zip this size? it would be safer for you to have at least one regular and reliable backup method - the last thing you will want to do is try to restore a backup that is weeks old. so give backing up via FTP a try... failing that, there are cloud backup solutions available in Marketplace - at least one of which is free. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bear Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 (edited) https://docs.whmcs.com/Backups#Limitations Explains the 20MB limit (basically resources). Personally, emailing or even FTP to send your client data to another server or your mail account is what I'd consider a bad idea. Assuming it's not encrypting anything in the process, that has your database (in the case of email) out in the open while it traverses mail systems, or sitting in your inbox somewhere. FTP is marginally better, though it will pass login credentials in the open. Scary if you think about it. We use a simple mysql dump script to make a backup (frequently) into a folder above root, then using rsync and SSH keys push it off to a secure server as an off site backup. I feel that's about as safe as I can make it. Edited July 12, 2017 by bear 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battles Posted July 14, 2017 Author Share Posted July 14, 2017 Thanks for the link! Yep, after I pruned some things, I started getting backups at 19mb zips again. I will look into your method above, sounds like a good idea. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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