Problem My server doesn't have any backup solutions,
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If your server is on a linux distro, I highly suggest taking a look here. http://forum.feed-the-beast.com/thr...backups-using-crontab-and-screen.45575/unread
With Windows I have not found a reliable way of shutting down the server before taking a copy of the world folder so I have taken to copying it while the server is running. I'm not sure if that can cause a problem with locked files but on the few occasions I've had to do a world restore those backups have worked fine.
I've got six scheduled tasks set up to run at three hour intervals throughout the day to xcopy it to another drive. The tasks run a bat file with the following xcopy command
xcopy "C:\Monster\World" "D:\Monster Backup\Auto\1200" /e/v/i/q/k/y
Each of the six bat files uses a different folder in D:\Monster Backup\Auto\ (\0000... \0300... ect) so they don't overwrite each other until the same time the following day; giving me six rollback points in each day.
For added safety I do take manual backups from time to time when I can shut down the server and keep those on a google docs folder for some cloud backup.
I've got six scheduled tasks set up to run at three hour intervals throughout the day to xcopy it to another drive. The tasks run a bat file with the following xcopy command
xcopy "C:\Monster\World" "D:\Monster Backup\Auto\1200" /e/v/i/q/k/y
Each of the six bat files uses a different folder in D:\Monster Backup\Auto\ (\0000... \0300... ect) so they don't overwrite each other until the same time the following day; giving me six rollback points in each day.
For added safety I do take manual backups from time to time when I can shut down the server and keep those on a google docs folder for some cloud backup.
As far as i'm aware there should be no issues running backups whilst the server is running, provided that you also have it disable automated saving whilst it backs up, in my case the map file for the server I run is close to 38gb, and as such backups can take a while!
also THANK YOU WAGON, that is exactly what i have been looking for!
also THANK YOU WAGON, that is exactly what i have been looking for!
What do you mean you don't have a way to shut down your server? /stop will save everything and shut it down or as long as the server doesn't save during a backup you can do it while it's running just fine.
I mean I've not found a way of piping the /stop command to the server automatically when running backups. Obviously I know you can type that in manually
