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Backup FAQ

Confluence 2.8 Documentation

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For answers on Site Backup and Restore, click a query below.

Backup will not import
Can XML backups be deleted automatically?
Does running a daily XML backup slow performance?
How can I reduce the space taken up by automatic backups
Can Confluence be restored from a backup minus attachments?
Are there any scripts for backup creation and restore?

Backup will not import

See Troubleshooting failed XML site backups

Can XML backups be deleted automatically?

Windows users must manually delete any backup files. Linux users can insert a nightly or weekly automation script or cron similar to the following:
ls -t <path to your backup dir>/* | tail +6 | xargs -i rm {}

Does running a daily XML backup slow performance?

There is a minor slowdown every time the backup is performed, usually nightly between 2am and about 2.10am. If the performance hit is significant, you can switch to an external backup process for large instances.

How can I reduce the space taken up by automatic backups

Switch to a manual backup process according to the 'Backups For Large Instances' section of Site Backup and Restore, which will give you more control over disk usage.

Can Confluence be restored from a backup minus attachments?

Yes, as long as the attachments have been backed up are the same time. Refer to Site Backup and Restore.

Are there any scripts for backup creation and restore?

Check out User Submitted Backup & Restore Scripts

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  1. Oct 10, 2007

    Volodymyr Kornylyuk says:

    I need to backup selected confluence space daily to some readable format. I can ...

    I need to backup selected confluence space daily to some readable format. I can use exporting for this. But how to make automatic daily export of selected space?

    1. Oct 10, 2007

      Choy Li Tham says:

      Hi Volodymyr, Did you mean that you would like to have a daily space export fun...

      Hi Volodymyr,

      Did you mean that you would like to have a daily space export function that is similar to the daily backup available in the Administration console? If this is the case, unfortunately, Confluence does not provide such feature except using the daily backup. Perhaps you may be interested to look at the following Auto-Export plugin that is available in our Confluence Extension space:

      If the above is not an option, you may want to give a try to search for other plugins in our Confluence Extension space which might meet your requirement.
      Hope the information does help.

      Regards,
      Choy Li

      1. Oct 11, 2007

        Volodymyr Kornylyuk says:

        I have implemented automatic downloading of the space using wget.

        I have implemented automatic downloading of the space using wget.

  2. May 02

    Anonymous says:

    I think the other comment above related to 'backing up of spaces separately'. Be...

    I think the other comment above related to 'backing up of spaces separately'. Because we create a space for each of our clients. I want to back the data up for each of them separately. Is there a way I can do that using the inbuilt daily back up job?

    1. May 05

      Mei Yan Chan says:

      Hi, This feature is currently not supported in Confluence. I have created a fea...

      Hi,

      This feature is currently not supported in Confluence. I have created a feature improvement on your behalf and it can be tracked via:

      Feel free to add your comment and vote to it. Thanks.

      Regards,
      Mei

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