Incremental Backup

WPvivid Backup Pro provides the ability to create scheduled incremental backups of your site. You can customize the content, cycle(frequency), start time for the incremental backup schedule, as well as where to store the backup: localhost(web server) or remote storage.

How to Create An Incremental Backup using WPvivid Backup Pro?

1. Go to Schedule tab >> Incremental Backup Schedule sub-tab, click Disable Other Schedules and Run the Incremental Backup button.

2. On the page that opens, first set backup cycle of all files on your site. All files that are newly created or changed since the latest full backup will be backed up as increments to it. Next, set the start time and frequency for the incremental backup of files.

You also have the option to ‘run a full backup immediately after the new incremental backup schedule is created’. Check the option if you would like to run a full files backup immediately.

3. Choose which folders you want to run the incremental backup.

4. Set a backup schedule for database separately.

5. Choose where you want to store the incremental backups, localhost or remote storage.

6. Click the create the new incremental schedule button.

How to Restore An Incremental Backup using WPvivid Backup Pro?

Go to Backups & Restore tab, then Localhost or Remote Storage sub-tab, depending on where the incremental backups are stored.

1. Restore An Incremental Backup from Localhost

Select Incremental in combox to scan and display the incremental backups. Click Restore button of a incremental backup.

Restore incremental backups localhost WPvivid

Select the backup you want to restore and click Restore. On the modal that pops up, select the files and folders you want to restore then hit the Restore button.

2. Restore An Incremental Backup from Remote Storage

Select the storage name and Incremental in combox, then click Scan the folder button to display directories of dates that backups are taken.

Restore incremental backups remote storage WPvivid

Click on Scan button of a specific date to display the incremental backups created on that date. Then Click Restore button of a incremental backup.

On the module that pops up, select the files and folders you want to restore then hit the Restore button.