
5 stars for moving developer systems to prod
5 stars for making sure your data is safe
10 stars for support. These guys are awsome!
posted on 5/9/2012

Excellent product with good support.
posted on 3/8/2012

Excellent product and customer support!
A must have for all
posted on 3/3/2012

Thanks for your immediate response. Your product is incredible. I know very little about sql and I did figure out how to restore my site which the server was stolen. I am amazed I was able to do this so easily with your product.
You have a lifetime customer in me.
Have a great weekend! I know I will now!!
posted on 3/2/2012

This module works as advertised. We are pleased with this purchase. Adding the ability to use SFTP was a great add-on too.
posted on 3/1/2012

THE BEST DON'T EVEN BOTHER WITH THE REST! PURE SWEET AND SIMPLE. As long as I use DNN I will use this product.
posted on 8/15/2011

SIMPLY THE BEST FOR BACKUP, INSTALLATION OF FRESH PORTAL IN THE ROOT :) RESTORE AND SO ON. AS LONG AS I USE DNN I WILL USE THIS MODULE. COMPLETELY BLOWN AWAY!!!!
posted on 8/15/2011

One of the best modules on the market. Support is good and the guys are very responsive to suggestions and fix bugs quickly. Use it all the time.
posted on 8/18/2011

Great product! Works as advertised. Support has been top notch as well.
posted on 8/11/2011

Saved my bacon!
Even with me screwing up and acting newbie-ish this product got my site back. After DNN upgrade bleched and even after I trashed it so I could not log in. Wow!
Courteous, quick response to license/support queries.
Worth every cent I paid!
posted on 11/15/2010

Until recently I hadn't really needed to use DNNBackup, but it had always seemed to work quite nicely. Last week we moved our site from one hosting provider to another. The previous hosting provider required a helpdesk ticket opened to request a SQL backup and the timeliness of their responses left something to be desired (one of the reasons we switched hosts). I used DNNBackup to create full backups of our site, tested restoring them on my local machine as well as on the staging site of our new hosting provider. I was able to do this many times until I was certain everything was going well. We were able to move our site in under an hour and have an exact copy of the site from the previous hosting provider at the moment in time that we created the backup.
This is a fantastic product, not only as an insurance policy against something bad happening, but also for moving sites around and making it easy to create local copies of a production site for testing new modules, skins, settings,
posted on 1/24/2011

My hosting is very restrictive and initially the module was unable to run, I was offered either a full refund or the new version in a few weeks time, it was worth the wait and the latest module runs beautifully and Evotiva are extremely professional and highly recommended.
posted on 11/1/2009

Fantastic support & help, great product which makes backup real easy.
To rebuild (in case of a servercrash) or move a siteo another ISP isn't to my opinion straightforward in DNN but this script will make it lot easier. No SQL-queries needed, just some initial settings and then press the 'backup-button'. Scheduled backup and automatic FTP to external-bakupsite is possible.
This is really well spent money, especially if You have invested lots of time building Your site.
Mark K
posted on 7/12/2009

We encountered a problem and requested support. The reply came quickly and it turned out we had problems that were new to the developer. He went above and beyond, looking at our files, making suggestions and finally solving the problem. Because we were the first to have this type of problem he has included solutions to it in his next release. It's an excellent product with superb support. We highly recommend it.
posted on 9/21/2009

Excellent customer support! Great product.
posted on 7/30/2009

This module is very helpful. I really like it!
posted on 2/24/2009

This is an awesome product. I have no experience with Programming, and I was able to figure it out with minimal reading on how Primary Keys, and Stored Procedures work and are related. I highly recommend this product, and it is well worth the money if you buy the version to use on GoDaddy, and other external domains.
posted on 10/31/2008

The documentation needs to be better organized. The module works great for normal daily backups. It falls short when it comes to restoring stored procedures in the database. For a small personal site this is fine. I have ran into a few occasions where the application was unable to properly restore my site after an error. The module is by no means a enterprise grade application.
posted on 9/27/2008

Si estás pensando en comprarlo, no lo dudes, cumple 100% con las tareas de copia.
posted on 9/24/2008

Clean install, works exactly as stated. The module documentation is not very organized, and needs some work.
posted on 9/4/2008

This module works better than the backup on my server. This is a lifesaver for commercial sites. I have also used it to clone sites on shared servers where I didn't have access to the database directory where the backups where stored. The user interface is hard on the eyes, and needs to be dressed up a little. The documentation for this module is a little vague, and may not be suitable for beginning users. The functionality of the module is perfect. It installs with no errors and there were no conflicts with any of 30 premium modules I have installed on one of my sites. If the user intereface was better designed graphically, and the documentation was better written and organized, this would be a 5 star module.
posted on 8/28/2008

Support has been Very helpful!
posted on 6/27/2008

Tried some other backup software, but they didn't quite work on godaddy eventhough they promised to work.
Anyway, this one works great and saved me alot of time recently.
It's just that you can't write a good review for a backup application, until you are forced to do a full restore and nobody wants to do that, well atleast I wouldn't want to do a restore on a working server.
posted on 3/25/2008

Simply superb module. Do not rely on your hosting provider for backups. When you do upgrades, backup your website using this module and it comes with fine SP and table validation tools as well.
posted on 3/20/2008

Fast and professional responses. Best backup solution i have found for DNN.
posted on 2/25/2008

So far I only have good things to say about BackupScript. It have save my day more than once. Documentation could be better, especially in the how to restore part.
posted on 2/12/2008

this is a must for everyone. Remember to store the backup files in another physical location!
posted on 1/13/2008

Does exactly what it is supposed to do, and that is work! Godaddy is TOO restrictive on everything, but with this tool you can get it up there, running, and get it done NOW! It took my site about 1/2 hour, with all the adjustments I had to make, but the software is quick, and the instructions are clear. Worth the money, get it if you are on godaddy and you plan to move your site from a non-godaddy machine to them (for the first time or not). Remeber you cannot RESTORE a DB that is backuped on a NON-GODADDY server, but with this, no problem...
posted on 1/10/2008

This module was an error free install on DNN 4.7. The documentation for this module isn't very good. It doesn't do a good job explaining all the features, and just assumes you are an expert at SQL servers. Once you figure it all out on your own, you can appreciate the way this module works. It does a great job for version backups for my e-commerce site. I still not been able to clone a DNN site with it though, all i get is a dreaded web.config error.
posted on 1/4/2008

This has been the best module that I have purchased yet
posted on 12/11/2007

This is the easiest and best backup I have used
posted on 12/9/2007

Excellent program and has been deployed on a few dozen of my websites without issues. Even GoDaddy sites.
posted on 12/2/2007

Great product - solved all my backup needs :-)
posted on 11/29/2007

This utility is easy to use and has saved me many times after I've messed up my site. It's a must have for me.
posted on 11/28/2007

Realy makes things easier... thx
posted on 11/28/2007

posted on 11/27/2007

wonderful backup to for a hosted environment with a remote SQL Server
posted on 11/27/2007

I've been using BackupScript 2 for close to a year now and it has performed as advertised and the support has been great. I had to restore from a GoDaddy hosting account to a new virtual dedicated server and it worked.
posted on 11/27/2007

Product works as advertised, and great support from the module developer.
posted on 11/27/2007

This program has saved my DotNetNuke site on two different occasions. It's the only method I've found that works with GoDaddy hosting.
posted on 11/27/2007

I was using DNN on Godaddy, and as many of you know, Godaddy and DNN sometimes have some conflicts. If it had not been for BackupScript, I would have lost 3 different DNN websites. The support I received while I was trying to recover my website was the absolute best. If it had not been for BackupScript, I would of lost hundreds of hours of work, and a lot of money.
I own three licenses, and it was the best decision I have made in a long time.
posted on 11/27/2007

Very nice Tool.
Too bad, that we can't use the function "Script Database Objects" at our server/provider.
posted on 11/27/2007

Great product! Works with goDaddy hosting!
posted on 11/27/2007

This module works as advertised. Provides a thorough and fast backup. Horacio provides fast and professional help.
posted on 9/29/2007

Outstanding support and great tool for DNN!
posted on 9/11/2007

Great product, really works well!
posted on 8/31/2007

Answered all my questions very fast and gave fine answers and solutions.
posted on 8/30/2007

Greate product and excellent support/response time.
posted on 6/26/2007

Support was excellent!
Works well on our shared hosting - but not all features available because of hosts security
posted on 6/17/2007

this is my second module from evotiva.
upgraded from backup native to backupscript as changed hosting and now using remote database.
as always evotiva have fast responce to questions about any problems
i have 100% working with local and remote restore
Thanks :o)
posted on 2/28/2007

Very easy to deal with, automate, backup, restore. Help desk is quick to reply.
posted on 2/18/2007

Horacio and Evotiva Support were absolutely amazing. Not once did I feel my endless questions were too much trouble. Each time Horacio responded swiftly and professionally. Horacio worked through all my issues diligently and went to get lengths (and way beyond my expectations) to get my quite complex requests solved. There might be other backup and restore solutions out there but I do not think they could match the level of support of this team. Evotiva support, You have done your job brilliantly. Thank you.
posted on 2/4/2007

BackupScript is a must have solution with Godaddy. Godaddy
is cheap for DotNetNuke Hosting and they provide huge webspace and bandwith, but they dont provide auto backup/restore function. Once i contacted them they requested 150 usd for a restore. And that fee was one time fee. Instead of changing Godaddy, i decided to go with a Backup solution. And contacted with Evotiva. First i would like to thank support team for providing test license before purchase. I also, worked with DNNCassini Project (i dunno it still exist). After seeing module working perfectly i decided to buy it. I'm using it since last year and Godaddy was painless with Evotiva. I also would like mention about
response time. Once i send my request to Support team, they contacted with me in same day (sometimes the response was even in a hour which is you may not see with other developers)
I believe you will have more comfortable DotNetNuke portals with Evotiva.
By the way, if Turkish users need help about usi
posted on 2/16/2007

This script is the only one I found that works with GoDaddy. It is easy to use and I am very pleased with it. I was very impressed with their E-mail technical support, they always responded promptly and went out of their way to provide good service.
posted on 1/13/2007

Does exactly what I needed! Thanks for this great module and for the extended support!
posted on 11/8/2011

Great module.. Works Great!
Worries of backing up your DNN installation disappear..
posted on 10/26/2011

Have been using this product for several years. It's saved my bacon several times. The ability to clone on a local machine is a great way to modify or upgrade your site before you go live - saving to an Cloud account is a life saver as well. Tech support?-- there when you need them. Highly recommended.
posted on 9/30/2011

Fantastic software. Did exactly what I wanted which was to clone a live site on a local host both as a backup and as a test ground. I am very pleased with the final results. The instructions provided were useful for setting up the module and making backups and restore. However I wish there were more detailed step by step instructions on setup of websites in IIS (as website rather than application) so that I didn't have to spend time with support to work it out (which took a week or so). Support was extremely helpful and technically knowledgeable. I wish all the instructions they gave me in my emails were given upfront in dedicated manuals and guidelines to facilitate the process and also make it easier to understand the steps to go through before purchase. A video guide is of course the most ideal. Nevertheless, an excellent 5 star software. Good job.
posted on 8/23/2011

I am very pleased with DNNBackup. Installation was easy and backupping was not difficult either. I often had problems when upgrading DNN. I did not have a proper backup system and therefore always had to ask my hosting provider to restore my database which always cost me money. Now I cloned my Website to my local Laptop PC tried to upgrade DNN 5.6.3 to 6.0.0, which did not work (as expected). So restored the site with DNNBackup/Restore, which worked perfectly.
Thanks for this wonderful Module
posted on 7/30/2011

If you’re contemplating a backup solution then DNNBackup should be your first and last stop. It’s for good reason that DNN backup has become the industry standard for DotNetNuke backups.
Not only is the product in a class of its own, the support is something many companies strive for but rarely achieve; prompt, accommodating - brilliantly outstanding!
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It’s not rocket science - DNNBackup is a valuable investment and the clear choice for safeguarding my DotNetNuke website creations. You’d be a fool not to properly backup your DotNetNuke websites and nothing comes close to Evotiva’s exemplary piece of backup software.
posted on 7/27/2011

If you’re contemplating a backup solution then DNNBackup should be your first and last stop. It’s for good reason that DNN backup has become the industry standard for DotNetNuke backups.
Not only is the product in a class of its own, the support is something many companies strive for but rarely achieve; prompt, accommodating - brilliantly outstanding!
It’s not rocket science - DNNBackup is a valuable investment and the clear choice for safeguarding my DotNetNuke website creations. You’d be a fool not to properly backup your DotNetNuke websites and nothing comes close to Evotiva’s exemplary piece of backup software.
posted on 7/27/2011

Great module and even better support. Performs reliably and constantly gets new features added such as cloud support. Well worth the piece of mind, don't wait for your big crash to happen, back yourself up!
posted on 7/21/2011

Great technical support and great product!
posted on 7/13/2011

simply the best hands down
posted on 7/11/2011

simply the best software out there for backup. hands down. Saved my butt more than once. Worth every penny. If you don't buy it your loss. It is as simple as that.
posted on 5/28/2011

Great product... I spent a couple of weeks trying to do a manual restore from a production server to a test Server. I bought this and I was up and running in less a day.
posted on 5/12/2011

A simple, but powerful module. Nice work!
posted on 5/6/2011

Solve my problems.
posted on 4/18/2011

Excellent software, it is doing its job. Still I'm amazed of the functionality, without any problems, it just works, no problems here at all.
posted on 4/29/2011

It's a truly great product and a solution for us.
With DNNBackup we saved a lot of money for a custom job, but with this excellent software it does everything for us.
The DNNBackup is a MUST for everyone using a DNN.
posted on 4/5/2011

This product will exceed your expectations! If you want peace of mind, flexibility to clone your site locally or move to another hosting service then you will find no better product. I have tried the competition and Evotiva DNNBackup is superior.
posted on 2/8/2011

This product has proven to me it will do as it says.
I used it to backup my development site, then, used those backups to create our new production site on another server.
Following their directions it work flawlessly and it saved me a lot of messing around time to do it.
Support responded very quickly when I emailed them.
An excellent product, especially at the price!
posted on 2/2/2011

This is the best backup module for DotNetNuke period. I wouldn't use any other backup solutions.
Great Job....... Great Module
posted on 1/14/2011

Now I was using DNNBackup for a while I must to say it is the best product in market but not only the best, it is just a MUST for every DNN administrator.
I gave it 4 stars in my previous review and I should give it 100 stars now for compensation!
posted on 1/9/2011

great product, worked as advertised and easy to install, configure and use!
posted on 12/11/2010

Great product - Very easy to setup, and incredibly fast!
Tech support to correct an error in setup (I set separate site and db backups to run too close together) was prompt and thorough - these folks take customer service seriously and they resolved my issue quickly and cheerfully - couldn't ask for more!
posted on 12/4/2010

Just finished moving our site to Godaddy from a different Hosting account. The site is up and running like a champion. Absolutely Amazingly Awesome!!! I give this product 5 Stars Plus Plus Plus. We had over 80 pages in our site and we were not even in Beta yet. This App Saved Me from having to rebuild our entire site. I can not say enough about it. Absolutely the best for backup, restoration and moving your site to different host. With Basic knowledge I am by no means a pro. Wow is all I can say and Thank you a million times over. :) completely blown away great product! The only down side is you only get 3 month of free upgrades. Any upgrades after that you pay for. 12 months is usually standard on most modules sold. All and All very happy Very impressed. We have survived numerous crashes thanks to this product.
posted on 11/22/2010

This is a great module. I have successfully moved dozens of DNN installs using this module. I have run into a couple of glitches on a couple moves (not due to the module) and the support from Evotiva has always been awesome. I highly recommend this module if you need to move your DNN installs to a new host.
posted on 11/22/2010

Best DNN Backup/Restore system I had seen until now, but Restore Pack does not work 100% (you must run SQL script before restore to a new database. The support is excellent.
posted on 11/11/2010

Easy to install and works great. Fast response on lisense issues. Nice documentation nice features.
posted on 11/8/2010

I dont normally write reviews but I have to say this product is outstanding. It does exactly what they say and worked first time. I needed to copy my live site to a VMware test server and it did it perfectly. I am now using it to make a backup of my DNN install to an FTP site which again just works. I really do recommend this product to everyone. Oh and the support is really good to.
posted on 11/3/2010

The best backup for DNN.
It is a must for a serius DNN manager.
posted on 10/17/2010

This was an easy install and works well within DNN... schedules are reliable, good job.
posted on 10/4/2010

So far this product hasn't been the easiest to set up, but Evotiva worked with me in depth and helped me find issues on my system which were causing problems. They basically held my hand and patiently helped me. I couldn't be more appreciative.
I'm now able to make a local backup, a backup to my low-end FTP acccount at Godaddy, and a backup to a high-end ftp at Amazon S3.. all at the same time. It's great, and it's reassuring.
Thank you for working with me Evotiva! I'm a noon, as green as can be, and you never lost patience or gave up on me. THANK YOU!
posted on 9/27/2010

This has got to be THE BEST product I have EVER purchased since I have gotten TOP NOTCH service and a GREAT product that WORKS! It was VERY easy to setup... almost set itself up! I was backing up my DNN deployment in MINUTES! I had a couple weird issues occur during restoration to a new ISP, so I submitted an email to the Dev! I mean in MINUTES he was on the case, helping me, guiding me, giving good advice! I am no slouch at this, I have been doing webdev for almost 10 years, and I was impressed by the support I was receiving and the information being offered. And even when it turned out to be issues with years of screwing around w/ my database, bad extensions, bad modules, etc, the Dev STILL helped me get things set straight! You can not ask for anything more. But then he went a step further and released a NEW BUILD based on an issue "I" was having! Talk about making you feel like a valued customer! I bill $100-$150 per hour for my services, so getting all this support AND a
posted on 10/1/2010

Flawless! Very fast support reply. They helped with a problem that was not even related to the product. Backups are perfect and restores are excellent. Thank you.
posted on 9/16/2010

great product, and fast support!
posted on 9/14/2010

Excellent support from Evotiva!
Carsten D
posted on 9/1/2010

What can I say that hasn't already been said. Brilliant tool, easy to install, easy to configure, great response time to requests for help. What more could you want from a backup module. And after a number of years of use of the module on several websites I still keep coming back for more as nothing can match it.
posted on 8/1/2010

My portal has been growing and needed to clone it to do some testing. This product is just what I wanted.
posted on 7/24/2010

Brilliant product. Robust and easy to use.
posted on 7/16/2010

Great product. I was able to recover DNN with multiple portals and restore to a new host. Support during this process was excellent and with it now configured to backup direct to Amazon S3, I have a little less to worry about.
posted on 6/21/2010

All the positive reviews are well deserved. It took only minutes to install and set this up. I used to fret that our site was not backed up. I signed up for an Amazon S3 account and setup DNNBackup to use it. No more worries. Great tool, very responsive support.
Update: Just tested the "clone" process - works great! Took less than an hour to clone our DNN site to a test domain so I can test DNN module upgrades. Fantastic!
posted on 6/18/2010

Excellent Module. I was able to move my DNN sites to a new server. I ran into a little glitch installing on the new server and Evoliva support was awesome working with me to resolve it.
posted on 4/23/2010

Sleeping much better at night while DNNBackup performs a safe and sound backup for me.
Excelent and fast support.
posted on 3/23/2010

Great product!
posted on 3/31/2010

I can't fault this product or the support that comes with it.
posted on 3/21/2010

Support for this product is excellent! I had a minor error that was resolved by an updated version very quickly. The tool has a clear user interface and the documentation is very good.
posted on 3/7/2010

This is a great tool to have. What a nice way to backup my dnn install without asking the hosting provider to do it for you and without crazy charges. Frequent updates, good work, excellent product!
posted on 3/4/2010

This module saved me a lot of trouble twice already since I bought it less than a week ago. The user interface is great looking and self-explanatory. A good user manual is included, but you'll probably don't even need it.
Backing up works perfectly, as does scheduling backup tasks. Restoring my live site to a local setup was also easily done. I haven't tried a restore of my live site, but I am confident this will work fine. A great module for a great price!
posted on 3/4/2010

Super simple to use. reliable, and quick responses to queries.
posted on 3/2/2010

posted on 3/1/2010

Nice Tool! Smooth installation, good support, easy to use.
posted on 3/1/2010

There were some problems at first (both my fault & due to a software bug) but there was a swift response from the developer, a new version was sent to me, and now it is all working great. I transferred a hosted site with several portals to my local PC with no hassle.
posted on 2/23/2010

This is truly a life saver! Whenever I upgrade or make any major changes to the DNN site, I use this backup module and it acts like Insurance: if you experience a loss [of DNN functionality after an upgrade or a major change], you can claim [restore from the backup] easily. I recommend this to all DNN hosts. If there is a way to backup and restore individual portals (child or parent portals), that would be even fantastic!
posted on 1/25/2010

This is the best and 5 stars support and product after 3 months used.
posted on 2/16/2010

Absolutely this is a great product with great support. Giving me very easy and simple way to do backup operation. Highly recommended!
posted on 1/24/2010

Great product and great support
posted on 12/5/2009

It's ridiculous to paid for the products and have to wait for a day to get the license when we need to upgrade the site and need back up at once. I DON'T HAVE A DAY! DNNBackup need to design a better licensing for customer who paid. On the bright side, the installation is flawless and backing up data is fast and very convenient. I almost give a 5 star if it wasn't for the time waiting to receive the license.
posted on 12/12/2009

A great product :-)
posted on 12/4/2009

This module is a MUST-HAVE! The functionality is no doubt one of the things that professional users of dotnetnuke miss most: backup/restore functionality from within & transportation between environments. Instead of having to go through the pain of manually taking backups of your database and files, and logging on to the server / FTP to do all that, having all of this done by a module is a great idea. Not only a time-saver, but also a life-saver as you'll need a backup lying around when you least expect it... And if you don't have control over restoring but have to rely on your hosting company to do it, this is a way to take control.
Regarding the options of the module: they are really extensive. For example, you can set which folders to exclude on the file backup, or which tables on the database backup, you can customize buffers for the zip and set the amount of compression, etc. You might want to fiddle with some these options depending on your environment's available resource
posted on 11/26/2009

This module is an outstanding value. After install/setup, it provides a one-click backup of your DNN database as well as directories. It is ideal for both ensuring that you have an off-site backup, as well as for refreshing test/development servers with a copy of updated production data. There are a lot of options for backing up the database as well as compressing the database/files into .zip files, and it includes Zip64 for compressing databases > 2GB.
I have used this modules for a couple of years now, and anytime I have encountered an issue, Evotiva has been very responsive with support / fixes.
posted on 12/26/2008

the price is right and the best part .... it is working like a charm :-)
Peter
posted on 10/11/2008

I've been using this module for a few months now and it is working well. A simple, workable solution for backing up your DNN sites. To verify the backup database and contents, I have restored them on my local machine and the site comes up just as it should!
posted on 5/12/2008

easy to use - very importent especally before upgrading
posted on 3/11/2008

Outstanding Product. Works without a hitch. Easy to install and setup.
posted on 11/27/2007

This is a fantastic module; it really makes backing up a dream - it could not be easier. And great support to... I would give you 6 stars if it was possible - Keep up the good work!
posted on 9/17/2007

Awesome module, in a great package with good documentation. I will never have to worry about installing another module without a current back up - your one button backup is perfect!
This product belongs on EVERY site.
posted on 6/4/2007

This works great with godaddy. First I created a folder in godaddy's host area using the Directory Management tool. I called the folder DN and gave it read, web, brouse, write, root permissions. Then selected Value Applications and loaded DNN 4.5.3 to the DN folder. Thus this was a DNN AUTO load. I loaded the Backupscript 2.0.4 per the instructions and did a database & portal backup. Changed a page on my website then did a restore. It worked perfectly. The only thing you must do is go to HOST->Settings->Advanced Settings->Other Settings, and clear the cache to see the Restored changes. It works perfectly with the godaddy Auto installed DNN website. Support from Evotiva was excellent and highly recommend this to other godaddy customers.
posted on 1/9/2007

Great tool! Works just as advertised. Very easy to transfer your site to a different provider. For people like me who program a lot it's ideal too: first a back up before trying something new.
The support is exellent too.
posted on 1/3/2007

Does what it is supposed to! However, I know it is important to inform people of your module but bltant advertising with a big logo does not look very profesional.
posted on 11/23/2006

Excellent Product, Excellent Service. Quick Response on emails. Overall, a very enjoyable experience.
posted on 10/30/2006

This product is one of that every DNN admin *MUST* have.
And YES, it works on Godaddy :)
posted on 10/26/2006

A much needed and excellent module with fast and knowledgeable support. I purchased BackupScript initially to down-grade a DNN install from SQL 2005 to 2000 and it worked perfectly. I’ve now made it a default install for all DNN sites I work on. The piece of mind and flexibility of the script far surpasses the purchase price.
posted on 9/28/2006

After first chrash on my server I know the time a need to make it new. BackupScript for DNN is for me an "must have". The scripts works perfect. The support is really
great. Every question is answered. Thanks.
Alexander
posted on 9/9/2006

Horacio responded to my problem (I had a DNN 4.0.2 install, and the module only worked properly with 4.0.3) within minutes.
Not only did he respond faster than I respond to most personal friends, he recompiled the code so it would work with my older version of DNN and sent it to me the same day.
Great!
posted on 6/30/2006

AWESOME!!! Product, and the developer is easy to work with and very responsive.
posted on 10/8/2005

As usual these guys are fast and product rocks!!!
posted on 11/15/2011

Great and Simple Product, simple=easy to use! Great= really works :)
saved my a$$....
posted on 12/21/2011

The technical support is really good. This is an extremely powerful program. I have been able to automate backups so they go to my DropBox account. I was able to restore the my site to my localHost server and it works flawlessly. I have since upgraded to newer versions. Great program!
posted on 12/23/2011

fantastic support, great running, smooth and easy to use product
posted on 2/16/2012

Restore Pack is awesome ! Just save me from a regular restore nightmare.
posted on 2/1/2012

Installation is easy, and I love the ability to migrate a site to a new host. This has saved me HOURS of work and blown up DNN sites. When migrating to a new host, it even knows to change the portal alias so I don't have to spoof my IP address. Very nice program that just works.
posted on 2/21/2012

Just awesome. Great module, works well and the support is second to none.
posted on 2/20/2012

It worked as advertised. I appreciated the thought process that went into making this module truly easy to use.
posted on 2/21/2012

If you're a pro DNN Integrator, then you need to have this in place to backup all of your DNN instances. It's a MUST HAVE for my DNN Tool Kit
posted on 2/24/2012

Evotiva is a great company to work with. Their backup module works perfectly and it has never failed me.
posted on 2/26/2012

Excellent product! Well worth the money since I had to backup and restore away, 8 sites from a very unhelpful hosting company. Great support even when I had some issues unrelated to the product.
posted on 4/17/2012

On a new box with a new 2008 r2 installation and dnn was setup default with WebPlatform Installer, the product simply is unable to restore.
Reaction from the helpdesk : The error is “CREATE DATABASE permission denied”. This is ‘outside’ the module. This permission has to be configured on the Database server. If you don’t ‘own’ the database server (ISP / hosted site) you cannot fix it. You should ask them to grant this permission. Most probably they will say ‘no’. If this is the case, instead of ‘native’, you should try a ‘script’ kind of database backup & restore.
posted on 9/9/2010
evotiva replied...

You are wrong in all ways. Let us explain this again:
If you want native backup/restore (which is the best 1:1 backup option); the proper file system permissions must be granted in the file system and the proper permissions must be granted on the SQL SERVER for the user/credentials under which both server processes (your IIS web application and SQL Server) are running.
THE APPLICATION SIMPLY DOES NOT HAVE THE OPERATING SYSTEM (WINDOWS) and SQL SERVER RIGHTS/PERMISSIONS TO DO THIS FOR YOU. THIS IS OUTSIDE OF WHAT THE APPLICATION IS ALLOWED TO SEE (SCOPE / SECURITY CONTEXT).
If you configure this properly, it will work fine, same as it works for many users using this same configuration.
If you don't know how to configure YOUR server, as it was said before, you can always configure 'script' kind of backup and no file system permission or anything else (sql server configuration) will be required.
You are also wrong about the 'reaction from help desk'. We've provided you information about how YOU can configure YOUR server.
This was 1 MONTH AGO (Tuesday, August 10, 2010 3:08 PM) AND WE'VE GOT NO REPLY FROM YOU:
"Hello, These posts regarding SQL Server configuration would help:
You are wrong in all ways. Let us explain this agai- You are wrong in all ways. Let us explain this agai- master-an-atte
You are wrong in all ways. Let us explain this agai- ate-database-permission.html
You are wrong in all ways. Let us explain this agai- You are wrong in all ways. Let us explain this agai- You are wrong in all ways. Let us explain this agai- -vista.html
You are wrong in all ways. Let us explain this agai- You are wrong in all ways. Let us explain this agai- -my-fix.aspx Thanks, Evotiva Support"
If you still don't understand (or you was expecting from us free training about how to setup and configuring windows server and sql server), instead of posting WRONG information ('unable to restore') one month after our reply (which you haven't answered), you can ask for support again and will can try to point you to more articles about how you should properly configure your server.
ALTERNATIVELY, AS IT WAS SUGGESTED YOU CAN SIMPLY CONFIGURE 'SCRIPT' BACKUPS AND THERE WILL BE NO NEED TO CONFIGURE THEM.
You should understand that the module cannot setup and configure Windows or SQL Server for you. This module, as any web application needs them already running and properly configured.

A great product if your ISP doesn't provide SQL backups that are accessable to you. I finally moved to a different ISP, and real SQL backups are important to have.
posted on 6/10/2007
evotiva replied...

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Nov/2007 update: since the 3.0.0 version, the module can do full backup/restore even without the "database objects" scripts.
You can always restore without having a running DNN
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(BackupScript 2.0.4)
Hi David.
I agree that for a site backup would be better an ISP that allows native sql backups (BackupNative could be also useful on some of these scenarios).
Please also note that the module is useful not just for full site backup/restore. e.g. it can script your data structure and you can script data for individual tables.
May be your intention was give a 3 to your former ISP, not the module...

I have purchased two of these back-up programs for two different web sites. It was not the hardest to setup, but not as easy as they make it sound, I did need to email them a couple of times. (I'm a good end user and I teach classes on how to use computers in home and small business setting, no rocket science stuff) What really gave this a bad review is that I needed it to restore a web site after moving it from one hosting provider to another, after 15- 20 or so emails it still does not work. They assume you know a lot about web terminology and how thing work in this environment. If it was so easy they would sell their services to reload it for you, but do to the many variables it is not easy at all. I would and I'm looking for a better back-up system. Please e-mail if you know of any caabruss@yahoo.com
posted on 9/5/2008
evotiva replied...

Your problems has nothing to do with the module.
You have ISP missconfiguration and/or Internet Information server / windows problems. We could tell you this as a reply to your first email and tell you to find someone how helps you to set up your site
(NOTE: -end user- is not someone used to deal with ISP stuff, IIS, ASP.NET problems - You know absolutely nothing about this, as your emails clearly show). Instead of that, we tried to help providing you a lot of FREE support about a lot of things that as said has nothing to do with the module (as you said, 15- 20 or so emails).
In summary (some - partial list - of his problems on clean sites - still NO backupscript running there):
* 500 - internal server error
* Server Error in /dnn Application. / Validation of viewstate MAC failed
* DNS problems
* he installed a MYSQL database instead of SQL SERVER
* he was uploading PHP files, nothing to do with a DNN site
* he doesn’t know how to setup a blank web site in his ISP provider (thus, problems with Could not load file or assembly DotNetNuke; HTTP 404. The resource you are looking for (or one of its dependencies) could have been removed; etc.
* etc.
* besides this, e.g. took 10 emails for him to paste the license key on its textbox
In short: he is far far away from his auto-definition of himself as a 'good end user'
Thank you. This was a weird way for you to tell us -thank you, I appreciate the efforts you did to help me with things that has nothing to do with the program I bought-
To make thinks clear for any reader, we've published more information (in a web page) about the kind of problems (nothing to do with the module) this user had: www.evotiva.com/Russellreview/emails.html
His last email was 3/sept/2008. No more emails or replies from the client
We were kindly replying and helping his completely lack of knowledge about DNS, IIS, ASP.NET,etc.
Then surprisingly he post this review.
Great, thank you

Works excellent - great support. If you use cloud storage and want the contents available on your DNN site this is the module that will get it done.
posted on 2/6/2012

Good module that allows us to store all media files in Amazon S3 instead of on the web server. Support has been very responsive and effective when needed.
posted on 11/11/2011

I'm batting .500 (50%) using this module. I manage 2 websites. I've successfully restored one of those websites after some wacky page creation went astray - just like it was supposed to work. On my other website (which unfortunately for me has a little more visibilty when I used this module to restore it "completed with errors" and crushed the site. I had to have my host provider restore from the previous nights backup. I am having a sandbox created to evalaute what went wrong but now I am reluctant to trust this module .... unfortunately when you NEED to use a backup it kinda NEEDS to always work. So the lesson here is try it before you really NEED TO. I'll update this post pending the resolution of my sandbox efforts.
posted on 3/12/2011
evotiva replied...

Please be sure to be running the latest version (5.3.8 was updated today; March 12,2011) for both the backup and restore operations. The 5.2.3 version is too old, given how fast the DNN core and 3rd party modules changes.

I had a very poor experience with Evotiva BackupScript. I am a very experienced DNN developer but never could get BackupScript to work. I did notice that the seller deletes all reviews on his website of his software that are not 5 stars. I caught one review that was very poor but within an hour it had been deleted. The developer called me a liar whenever I reported a problem. I finally had to ask for a refund from SnowCovered because there was no way to follow the poorly written documentation and the support person kept accusing me of lying. The developer still continues to insult me because I put in a bad review for his software. He is very unprofessional.
posted on 6/19/2009