Backup/Restore Zoneminder config

[gmar_87]

I was wondering if there is a way to backup a zoneminder config so that it can be restored after fresh install or on another machine?

[darkpaw]

(bumping this thread)

[PacoLM]

Maybe is a good feature to implement in a newer version. Meanwhile, if you backup your database using phpmyadmin, you could restore the database whenever you want.

Regards,

PacoLM

[gmar_87]

Maybe is a good feature to implement in a newer version. Meanwhile, if you backup your database using phpmyadmin, you could restore the database whenever you want.

Regards,

PacoLM

Thanks PacoLM.

Will this database backup contain config, events or both?

[PacoLM]

I think that inside is everything, but I believe that the real jpeg files should be in a valid path, if not, the database could be corrupted. Maybe a 'senior' ZM user could confirm this.

PacoLM

[darkpaw]

PacoLM, I've been asking for this "feature" since 1.22, maybe even 1.21. There used to be a script called "backup_zm" that would do something similar, but this was dropped very early on. It wasn't an official script, and I can't remember who wrote it.

After spending the better part of a night trying to get phpmyadmin working, I decided to just wipe it and install Core 15 and start over (again). Core 16 will be beta soon, and hopefully it has the newest version in it.