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Hi,

On this site, as on many others, the size of my managed backups started to balloon recently. I have cleaned all the junk off the server, excluded all sorts of backup and export plugin folders that had big files, and rerun the managed backups, and they are still huge compared to a few weeks ago and I have added nothing to the site.

What does managed backup function actually backup? Does it pay attention to the exclusions in the settings?

Thanks!

Thu, 14 Jun 2018 17:48:38
  • JMorris
    • I do geek stuff

    Hello Erik Haagensen

    Yes, Managed Backups should honor the global exclusions. Sounds like there may be something unusual going on or perhaps some hidden data that you may not know is there.

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  • Erik Haagensen
    • Design Lord, Child of Thor

    Hi James,

    I got through on chat after posting this. The representative there said that managed backups copies everything in the public_html folder and wouldn’t pay attention to the exclusions. He said only doing a Snapshot would pay attention to the conclusions.

    Before I have you look at the site, could you confirm which version is true? The file size of my backup makes sense if it is copying the entire public_html folder despite a bunch of exclusions.

    Thanks

    Erik

  • JMorris
    • I do geek stuff

    Hello Erik Haagensen

    This is something I’ve tested personally as well as discussed with the Lead Dev on the project. Global exclusions do indeed work on Manged Backups. :slight_smile: At one time, I believe, they did not. But this has since been added into that portion of the plugin, which would probably explain the confusion.

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    James Morris