Best way is to restore it to a 'test' site. Its important to test your backup strategy - and not rely on thinking you've done all you need to - finding you've forgotten something when you need to recover from a real problem is not the way ! I make a copy of the entire wiki folder structure (which includes images, extensions, localsettings.php et al) and an automated MySQL database backup ( this is built in to the MySQL administrator app.) Jon. "Steve VanSlyck" <s.vanslyck(a)spamcop.net> Sent by: mediawiki-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org 20-Jul-2009 21:30 Please respond to "MediaWiki announcements and site admin list" <mediawiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> To "MediaWiki announcements and site admin list" <mediawiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> cc Subject [Mediawiki-l] Backing up What is a good way to confirm that my backup backed up the entire site? Apart from the site, I also need the images directory, the extensions directory, and the php configuration file (I forget the name). Anything else? _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l ----------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail was sent by GlaxoSmithKline Services Unlimited (registered in England and Wales No. 1047315), which is a member of the GlaxoSmithKline group of companies. The registered address of GlaxoSmithKline Services Unlimited is 980 Great West Road, Brentford, Middlesex TW8 9GS. -----------------------------------------------------------