Incremental backup

[KeithParticipant]

Is the backup incremental? So in case I upload one big folder, the next time it will only update the changes.

let me know. Thanks.

[udadminKeymaster]

Hi Keith,

All backups are full backups (incremental backups are planned, but no timescale yet). One way to reduce the size of the backup is to take a one-time backup of folders in wp-content/uploads, and then exclude past years + months (remember to keep your one-time backup safe, of course).

David

[ArnoParticipant]

I’ve been trying this, but without succes.
Could you please explain what I’m doing wrong?

These are the steps I follow:
1. site A: backup complete uploads folder
2. site B: restore backup
3. site A: set excluded folders
4. site A: backup uploads
5. site A: set excluded folders (not setting these, doesn’t make a difference)
6. site B: restore latest uploads

Result:
Site B ends up with ONLY the files of the latest backup in the uploads folder.
All the previous restored files are gone.

[Dee NutbourneModerator]

Hi Arno,

When restoring sections of the site, UpdraftPlus will remove the existing files in that section (the old file are temporarily stored in directories labelled with ‘-old’).

To migrate the Uploads in the way you describe, you would need to manually restore the latest uploads via FTP (The UpdraftPlus backup archives are standard ZIP files).

Best Wishes,
David N

[udadminKeymaster]

Incremental backups (which just back up the changed files) are now released as a new feature – in UpdraftPlus Premium 2.16.0.

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