I made a change in DynamicFields and in TemplateDate. I then selected the lable from the dropdown that that edit created. I was trying to add an option to a date field.
I’ve since edited the change out, but now my suitecrm installation won’t do anything. I can’t access the admin page to do a repair and rebuild, I’ve tried doing a restore from a backup, even the default dashboard won’t load.
Anyone got any ideas on how to fix this? I also need some suggestions on what I can do to fix this if it happen again.
If you backup completely, you should be safe to go back. But this will have to include all files AND the database. Or you could simply checkpoint everything inside a Virtual Machine.
About your error, what do you see in the logs? There should be clues there.
pgr - thank you again. I figured out that the database was the problem. My IT Admin Manager has setup a scheduled backup of the entire server,but I would like to figure out how to schedule backups of the Database and SuiteCRM myself so I can have these locally. Having to restore an entire sever each time something goes wrong seems a bit extreme. Thanks again for your fast response.
a copy of the entire SuiteCRM directory (you could simply use rsync, backup just the diffs, etc.)
A database dump, which MySQL can provide in one simple command.
Anyway, keep doing some full server backups, they might be useful if you need a full restore in case of a more catastropihc event like a dead hard disk.
And remember to test your backup and restore procedures, backups can be treacherous… : - )