DataVaultRA Backup & Migration

DataVaultRA Backup & Migration helps WordPress administrators create portable backups, restore websites, migrate between domains or servers, create staging clones, schedule automatic backups, and optionally store backup archives in Google Drive.

The plugin is designed around administrator-controlled backup and recovery. Local backups stay under your WordPress installation unless you explicitly configure an external destination or transfer a package to another site.

Backup and recovery features

• Create full WordPress backups containing files and database tables.
• Create files-only or database-only backups.
• Download portable DataVaultRA backup archives.
• Upload DataVaultRA backup packages in resumable chunks.
• Validate uploaded packages before restoration.
• Restore files and database content from a DataVaultRA backup.
• View server-reported restore progress during validation, files, database and finalization.
• Recover the admin experience after restoration without leaving WordPress maintenance mode active.
• Protect important recovery points from automatic cleanup.

Automatic backups

• Schedule automatic WordPress backups.
• Configure local-backup retention.
• Choose hourly, 12-hour, daily, weekly, fortnightly or monthly schedules.
• Prevent overlapping backup jobs with operation locking.
• Choose local storage or Google Drive where configured.

Google Drive backup

Google Drive integration is optional.

After an administrator supplies their own Google OAuth credentials and connects an account, DataVaultRA can upload administrator-selected backup packages to Google Drive.

Features include:

• Administrator-controlled OAuth connection.
• Encrypted storage of Google OAuth tokens in WordPress.
• Resumable Google Drive uploads.
• Manual Google Drive backups.
• Scheduled Google Drive backups when configured.
• Account reconnect and credential-management controls.

Migration and direct transfer

Move a WordPress site to another domain, hosting account or WordPress installation.

• Create portable migration packages.
• Upload a backup package on the destination site and restore it.
• Rewrite site URLs, paths and supported serialized WordPress values for the destination.
• Use direct site-to-site package transfer with an administrator-generated destination migration key.
• Transfer packages directly between the selected WordPress installations without routing backup archives through a DataVaultRA vendor server.

Staging and cloning

Create an isolated staging copy of a WordPress site for testing or development.

DataVaultRA can clone WordPress files and database tables, adjust site URLs and serialized values, and prepare a separate staging environment using administrator-supplied settings.

Large-site workflow

DataVaultRA includes controls intended to make backup and migration operations more practical on typical WordPress hosting:

• 256 KB chunked browser uploads for migration packages.
• Database batching.
• Maximum-file-size controls.
• CPU-priority options.
• Operation progress and diagnostic logging.
• Protected local backup storage.

Local-first design

DataVaultRA does not require a DataVaultRA cloud account for local backup, restore, migration or staging features.

All included features in this WordPress.org package are enabled. There is no artificial feature lock.

Privacy & Security

DataVaultRA stores local backup packages in a protected directory under wp-content/datavaultra-backups.

Backup packages can contain a complete copy of a WordPress site, including database content and uploaded files. Administrators should protect backup archives with the same care as the live website and remove copies that are no longer required.

DataVaultRA does not automatically send local backup archives to a DataVaultRA-operated service.

External communication occurs only when an administrator explicitly uses an external feature described below.

External services

Google Drive

Google Drive integration is optional and is used only after an administrator enters their own Google OAuth credentials and explicitly connects an account.

When connected, DataVaultRA sends OAuth authorization requests to Google and uploads administrator-selected backup archives to Google Drive.

Depending on the operation, Google may receive information required to authenticate the administrator and store the selected file, such as the site IP address, OAuth account information, archive filename, file size and backup archive bytes.

Google APIs Terms of Service:
https://developers.google.com/terms

Google Privacy Policy:
https://policies.google.com/privacy

Direct site-to-site transfer

Direct Transfer is optional and starts only after an administrator enters a destination WordPress URL and its DataVaultRA migration key.

The source WordPress site sends the selected backup archive directly to the administrator-selected destination over WordPress HTTP.

The destination may receive the source IP address, archive filename, file size, migration-key header and archive bytes required for the transfer.

DataVaultRA does not route direct-transfer backup data through a DataVaultRA vendor service.

License

DataVaultRA Backup & Migration is free software licensed under the GNU General Public License, version 2 or any later version.

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