Title: database backup blocked
Last modified: February 27, 2017

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# database backup blocked

 *  [jnilles](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jnilles/)
 * (@jnilles)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-backup-blocked/)
 * Since installing Wordfence I am blocked from backing up my database. Upon examining
   the database structure I find a number of new tables labeled wp_wf* that I suspect
   are Wordfence tables. Backup attempts get this message:
 * mysqldump: Got error: 1146: Table ‘database.wp_wfVulnScanners’ doesn’t exist 
   when using LOCK TABLES
 * How do I recover my backup capability?

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 * Last activity: [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-backup-blocked/)
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