Support multiple backup destination for a backup

It would be really useful to be able to assign multiple backup destinations to a single scheduled backup. For example, a nightly backup that saves the file to a local drive and an ftp location.

Currently you have to define multiple scheduled backups, one for each destination required, which causes the backup routine to execute multiple times. This puts unnecessary load on the server and means that the backups to each location can not be guaranteed to be identical (e.g db changes)

There is a work around which is to backup to a local location, then use the post-backup command to copy files to your required destinations, but this requires a knowledge of shell scripting which should not be necessary.

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Closed (fixed)

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That's not a bad idea .. I have added this to my TODO list.

Yeah, this would be great new feature - just about to post the same request. In particular if you could choose a combination such as S3 and FTP.

As Chris states, the current best option is the post backup command.

Jamie,

Any ETA or update on this feature?

Sorry, but I haven't done any work on it yet ..

No need to apologize. With all the development you guys are doing, I am sure your to do list is fairly long. What would be nice to know is if you have any guestimate about when this could be rolled out? 3.81, 3.82, etc,...

I'd say version 3.82

Implementation of this feature has just been completed, and will be in Virtualmin 3.82.

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.