Can I Schedule Automatic Backups?

[ladyswan]

What is the best way or tool to use for automatic daily backups of zen cart? Thank you for your assistance.

[jc8125]

assuming you have access to your web hosting company's cPanel, you can create cron jobs to run automatically and create site backups. they are fairly simple to create, if you google "site backup cron job" you'll get lots of examples. (specifics for the job will depend on your server setup). You can then manually download/transfer those backups to wherever you wish. If you're unsure, your host should be able to assist you in creating the cron jobs.

Note: there are two "pieces" to a zen-cart site: the files, and the database. For a proper backup, both need to be included. You'll need one job to backup the files, then another to backup/compress the database

(we also use a program that logs into our ftp site and downloads the backups automatically for us each night, then transfers to our backup server(s). but that's getting a bit beyond your question)

http://www.zen-cart.com/content.php?...ith-phpmyadmin