Multiple files for backup

Hi Helen,

This question looks to be the same as one submitted on updraftplus.com that was replied to yesterday – was that you, and if so, did you receive the reply? If not, please can you check your spam folders?

David

It could be. I could not find my original post and thought it did not go through.

There was nothing in my spam box. Can it be sent again?

thanks,

Hi,

Here you go…

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Hi,

Thank you for your interest!

> My question is: Why is this dividing up the site?

UpdraftPlus takes this approach, because it makes it a lot easier/quicker to restore an individual component. On most WordPress sites, once they grow, 90%+ of the data is in the media library (i.e. uploads). If you have a dodgy plugin update, and just want to restore the previous plugin, then it is inefficient/annoying to need to download the entire media library back from the remote storage location (Dropbox, etc.) just to be able to do pull out a single plugin from it. So, UpdraftPlus splits the backup into plugins/themes/uploads/others/database, for more convenient restoration.

> 2nd question: If this
> is normal, do I just put into a backup file for that date and expect
> Migrate button to work using this divided scenario?

Yes; UpdraftPlus knows to send the complete backup set to a remote site, if that is the operation you are performing.

> 3rd question: Will
> Updraft Plus Premium backup all sub-domains as well?

Is this about a multisite install (i.e. WPMU)? Yes, in that case, UpdraftPlus backs up the entire install.

Best wishes,
David

• This reply was modified 8 years, 3 months ago by David Anderson / Team Updraft.

And how can the database upload if it is not zipped?

The database is compressed with .gz compression, which is the same compression algorithm as in zip files.

David

Thanks, that answers my questions! Im at work and signed on with business acct, but i am Giselle! ??

• This reply was modified 8 years, 3 months ago by HelenNovice.

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