How to back up the database

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Please could someone either tell me or direct me to a simple 123 explanation of how to back up the database - I really have looked around and am baffled.

 

I get this in my Database Backup Manager

 

Error: Backup directory does not exist. Please set this in configure.php.

 

thank you

[Guest]

Please could someone either tell me or direct me to a simple 123 explanation of how to back up the database - I really have looked around and am baffled.

 

I get this in my Database Backup Manager

 

Error: Backup directory does not exist. Please set this in configure.php.

 

thank you

set this in admin/includes/configure.php

something like

define('DIR_FS_BACKUP', DIR_FS_ADMIN . 'backups/');

which means there should be a directory there

something like

admin/backups

[Guest]

you may also need to create the directory in your admin and set the properties