database backup help

[Guest]

getting first merchant site up and need some help.

I've search for this but can't find the answer I need.

 

All I can find is the knowledge base page on the database backup manager here

 

my problem is this, when I open the database backup manager link in the back end all I get is the following

Backup Directory: /home/web02/b/sitename/user/htdocs/osc/admin/backups/

 

and an error at the top of the page in red:

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

 

I see no place to actually configure/create the backup.

 

so how do I configure this in configure.php?

is the code already there and I just need to change a parameter etc... to enable? if so what line and what needs to be changed?

or do I need to add code, if so where can I get the code and what line is it entered in?

 

or is it that my partner has not yet set up a backup directory as instructed in here I do not know if he has or not yet just wondering if this might be why we are getting the error message.

 

also is there a place to set file permissions in the OSC backend or is that done only through my FTP (we use WiseFTP)

 

thanks for any help

Brandon

[rescuestat]

Hi Brandon

 

Check your /catalog/admin/includes/configure.php file, you should see an entry similar to this...

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

 

Also make sure this directory actually exist in the admin directory. That should take care of it.

 

Frank

[Guest]

Hi Brandon

 

Check your /catalog/admin/includes/configure.php file, you should see an entry similar to this...

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

 

Also make sure this directory actually exist in the admin directory. That should take care of it.

 

Frank

thanx Frank

 

I'll take a look

[Guest]

thanx so much Frank

 

that did it. the code was in configure.php but I had to create a backups directory in the backend. soon as I did the error left and offered to backup.

strange, makes me wonder why the backup directory was not part of default install.

 

tried to edit above post but it didn't want to post the edit???????