Thread:Project:Support desk/which mediawiki table for a backup/reply

Hi!

I think that the table objectcache can be backed up; but you do not have to back it up. :-)

The msg_resource table is a cache table. That means it is enough to back up the table structure and to recreate this structure, when you need the backup. The content will be recreated by MediaWiki as needed.

After reading the description on Manual:Msg_resource_links_table, I think that this table contains "original" data, that means it does not only cache stuff, which is already stored in some form somewhere else, but that the data is only stored in this table (and might be taken from there to be put somewhere else). So I would include this table with its content in my backup.

However, why do you want to leave certain tables out? If I were you, I would create a full backup of the whole database, with all tables and everything.