Backup 2.0: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 15:45, 23 November 2010

Template:Moodle 2.0Backup and restore has been completely rewritten for Moodle 2.0.

Backup of a course section

The backup process has been made a lot more efficient, making it possible to backup very large courses
Teachers can choose whether to include activities, blocks or filters in the backup
Users with appropriate permissions, such as administrators, can choose whether to include users, user role assignments, user files, comments, user completion details, course logs and grade history in the backup
Users with appropriate permissions, such as administrators, can create a backup with anonymized user information
Teachers can easily select the whole course or specific sections or activities to backup

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+{{Moodle 2.0}}Backup and restore has been completely rewritten for Moodle 2.0.
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-==Basic Features==
+* The backup process has been made a lot more efficient, making it possible to backup very large courses
+* Teachers can choose whether to include activities, blocks or filters in the backup
-===Completely rewritten Backup/Restore framework===
+* Users with appropriate permissions, such as administrators, can choose whether to include users, user role assignments, user files, comments, user completion details, course logs and grade history in the backup
-*No longer bound by memory (can work with any size course)
+* Users with appropriate permissions, such as administrators, can create a backup with anonymized user information
-*Pre-detect wrong situations
+* Teachers can easily select the whole course or specific sections or activities to backup
-*Rollback (if possible) to previous states
-*Apply any possible benefit both for speed (some interim in-memory caches) and memory (better parsing techniques).
-Initial Notes from [[Development:Backup_2.0]]
-===Completely new backup format===
-===Improved interface===
-===Backup can be made of whole courses, but also specific sections or activities===
 ==See also==
 * [[Development:Backup 2.0]]
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 [[Category:Backup]]