Restore database from time machine backup

  • Resolved Josh555

    (@josh555)


    9 years, 9 months ago

    I need to restore a website running on a local install.

    I deleted MAMP from my applications folder, and copy/pasted files from my time machine backup to try and restore the website from a day earlier. (website files were also replaced).

    This resulted in a “mutated” version of my website.

    I then proceeded to restore the entire OSX system, using migration assistant to restore the hard drive to my latest backup.

    This has not fixed anything.

    Can anyone help with restoring a previously working version of MAMP?

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  • Restoring a website has two aspects, the first is restoring the files, you have probably managed this. The second is to restore the database, yes the database does use files to save the tables, but their location and management is more troublesome, this is likely to be where your restoration failed. Taking database snapshots is the surest prevention.
    In what particular way is your website mutated ?

    Thread Starter Josh555

    (@josh555)

    Thanks Ross, you are definitely right. I learned the hard way and had to delete everything, re-install MAMP and start from scratch.

    The “mutation” was more or less the appearance of different incarnations of the website displaying, instead of the most current.

    Can you clarify what a “database snapshot” is?

    The only backup I perform is an ‘export’ in PHPmyAdmin

    A database snapshot is a copy of the whole database, at a time when it is not in use, not being updated, you take a copy. The structure, indexes, and content.
    Yes, the export from phpmyadmin is a snapshot.
    Also remember that images are uploaded to your website files, they need to be backed up too.

    Thread Starter Josh555

    (@josh555)

    Thanks Ross!

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