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08-21-2011, 07:02 PM #1Disabled
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How do I backup my website?
I need to make backups. How do I make a complete 100% backup of my website. I need all email accounts, database, passwords and ect.
I did cpanel--> Backup Wizard --> Backup --> Full backup --> Selected Home Dictionary --> Generate Backup
Did I do it right?
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08-21-2011, 07:15 PM #2WHT Addict
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well no since that back up is to move the site to another server
go to back ups and dl the MySQL DB and home directory
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08-21-2011, 07:20 PM #3Web Hosting Master
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Then download the backup you generated to a home computer. Any host should be able to have you upload the full backup and they will restore it for you. I would do a manual backup also like taking all of your files and dumping your database and download those.
Not sure about email though since the backup system on our servers backup emails for us anyways but the average customer does not have access to the software we use to do it.
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08-21-2011, 07:25 PM #4Disabled
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Thanks for all the replies. It really helped.
Is Full Home Dictionary Backup enough? Does it include all the database and emails?
Or will I have to individually backup all the database too?Last edited by Binary Code; 08-21-2011 at 07:29 PM.
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08-21-2011, 07:36 PM #5Cloud Engineer
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Individually depending if the backup program does it.
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08-21-2011, 07:36 PM #6WHT Addict
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Log in to cPanel>go to back ups> Click Download a Home Directory Backup and Download a MySQL Database Backup ( dl all the databases you have listed under there ) and there ur done
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08-21-2011, 07:37 PM #7Actively learning French
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It would not include emails. You may have to get a custom script for this
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08-21-2011, 07:39 PM #8Disabled
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Cool, did the backup, I just hope I never have to use it though =)
How often do you guys end up using the backup?
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08-21-2011, 07:49 PM #9Actively learning French
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I personally back up my account twice per day aka once every 12 hours while I backup clients accounts once per day standard
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08-21-2011, 07:55 PM #10Disabled
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08-21-2011, 09:20 PM #11Actively learning French
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Lol. The entire process is automated! I just configure the script and leave it to do the rest
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08-21-2011, 09:58 PM #14CrocWeb Cloud - High Availability Cloud Website Hosting
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08-22-2011, 12:39 AM #15Newbie
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Hello,
Yes the full cpanel backup includes mails and databases.
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08-22-2011, 12:53 AM #16Aspiring Evangelist
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Be sure to ask the host to check he back up for errors. I have seen times when Cpanel did a backup but the backup was corrupted. I moved a client from a large host one time, and took a while to get a valid backup.
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08-22-2011, 08:20 AM #17
Hi BinaryCode, I have complete backup tutorial made by myself on my website if you are interested https://kekzhost.com/clientarea/inde...oring-backups/
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08-22-2011, 08:32 AM #18Disabled
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08-22-2011, 08:37 AM #19
No problem, let me know if you have managed with it
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08-22-2011, 08:41 AM #20Disabled
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08-22-2011, 08:46 AM #21
I am very glad to hear that, best wishes.
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08-23-2011, 05:48 PM #22Junior Guru Wannabe
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As others have mentioned but you might have skimmed - make sure you check your database backup. It would be a shame to come back to your MySQL backup when you need it and only then realise that one of your important tables was truncated silently (or worse, that the whole file is corrupt).
I run a service that backs up thousands of websites and databases on a daily basis. Part of our service restores each MySQL dump to a local database, then checks row counts to make sure they look sane. A good first step would be simply to check it restores successfully against a local db as part of your backup script.▌Backup Machine - www.backupmachine.com
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08-24-2011, 05:43 AM #23HostXNow - Shared Web Hosting | Semi Dedicated Hosting | Enterprise Reseller Hosting | VPS Hosting
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08-24-2011, 07:56 AM #24Disabled
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08-24-2011, 08:18 AM #25
If the Home Directory is for example 100-200 GB, then the backup gets corrupted usually.
Also, if the database has a size of 1-2 or more GBs, then while processing, the site is unavailable.
In such cases (of large sites), the cpanel backup cannot help.NetDynamics LLC - One-stop Solution for Hosting Needs
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