by Rick Jerz.
Ken, I understand.
What I have found is that a complete site backup takes my server less than 10 minutes. These backups can be placed in a convenient subdirectory. By having a complete site backup, including the moodle folder, I do not have to worry about which version of moodle I had running.
From what I have learned (still learning, of course) is that the course backup goes to the moodledata folder, which is then a little harder to get to. Well, now you did it, you made me think about digging into this a little deeper. Thanks.