Logging backup/restore activity [#209659]

I just started playing with this module and so far it has been great!
My intent is to allow administrators to use this so I don't have to get involved. It would be nice if there were some record kept of the backup/restore activity. I realize that if it were kept in the database it would be lost in the event of a restore, so I'm not sure what type of implementation would work.
Is this something you considered/has anyone else asked for this?

Great job!

Comments

Comment #1

ronan CreditAttribution: ronan commented 14 January 2008 at 19:47

That is a good idea, and I've been tossing around some ideas on the best way to do it. I think for a simple notification log, I'll probably just log to the watchdog table. This will suffer from the db issues you mention, but it should still provide a useful record, and I'll leave fancy file-based logging interfaces to watchdog plugin modules (something that will be possible in drupal 6 I understand).

Comment #2

wkolatac CreditAttribution: wkolatac commented 15 January 2008 at 13:12

That would probably be enough (logging to the watchdog table). In the event of a restore, all the backup entries would be lost but that would probably be ok. Having a record for the restore would help in the event of any issues caused by the restore. Thanks for your help.