I have a VPS and want to backup all user accounts to a remote server at gnax.net. WHM logs into the other machine but just uploads tars with a 0kb size.

Here are my options I've selected in WHM: http://www.raincitystory.com/images/whm_backup.jpg

I've looked at the WHM documentation but can't figure out what I'm doing wrong.

Try putting passive mode on, or try using rsync or something?

Originally posted by camers
Try putting passive mode on, or try using rsync or something?

Ok, I'll try that. I didn't initially use passive because it was clear that WHM was able to talk to the other server (it made 0kb tar files for every user on my VPS).

Thanks.

Keep us updated ;)

Yep, it was the passive mode thing. Thanks camers!

I currently back up to a second hard drive on my server, but have thought about doing a weekly offsite backup. I was wondering how this affected server performance.

I know that when doing the nightly backups the server loads jump from about .5 to about 2 - 2.5, will these offsite backups effect performance similarly or will it be worse?

If your using rsync it shouldnt be that bad atall. When using WHM backup, it compresses all the files firstly i believe and sends them across. If you dont do this its basicaly sending masses of data and one-time to another server, Nothing to worry about. Its what a server does anyway. We dont really experience high load when we do our off site backups.