Tag Archives: backups

Hi, We are planning on implementing Mail Node. If we use WHM’s Backup/Restore function, will this also back up the Mail Node accounts? If yes, where will it store the backup file of the Mail Node – parent or mail Continue reading How Does Backup Works on the Mail Node?→

Hi, After reading posts by posts, I backup is now incremental backup retaining on local backup directory which is /mnt/home2/backup. I am not sure if I can call that a local backup because it is as separate drive mounted for Continue reading Backup and restore inconveniences – Suggestions for doing so with large accounts?→

Hi all, My server has four physical hard drives, and I’ve just been looking into making sure that they are monitored for SMART failures so I can get notification if they do fail. It appears that WHM / cPanel has Continue reading smartcheck – all drives→

We wish to keep main backups local on /backup, and two most recent daily backups on remote S3 compatible location. How can I configure this? The retention numbers seem to be for the remote backup location, and then we can Continue reading Wish to retain more backups on /backup, and fewer on AWS S3→

Hello guys, my problem is simple. Everything works but I still get an error saying that “The system could not prune the “amazingfolder” (yesterday folder), but actually that folder don’t exist anymore after the backup routine. The first time I Continue reading CPANEL-43516 – The system could not prune backups→

I have a new client who wants her websites migrated over to my new Alma Linux 8 64 bit server. Was looking at the backup feature and am a little confused how it works exactly. Read through the document at Continue reading Question Regarding cPanel Backup Feature→

Hello, I set the configuration to store backup for last two days and 1st + 15th of each month. But sometime I see some servers doesn’t delete the old backups for some reason. (Attached a screenshot) Again in some cases, Continue reading Backup keeps storing old files→

I thought I’d make a new thread after my previous one about possibly using JetBackup so I could get some advice about my actual issue. I’m currently using cPanel’s built-in backup configuration, using an S3 destination, and then not retaining Continue reading Server’s disk space will soon be full while backing up→

Hi all, I’ve searched and searched but I can’t find the exact answer to what I’m looking for… so, forum it is What exactly does this ‘Overwrite Existing’ tick do? ShareTweetPostPin It!

I’m looking to change my backing-up process, mostly because the default cPanel system creates compressed files that are getting too big for my server’s disk. If I understand correctly, incremental backups don’t cause this issue because they don’t compress everything Continue reading Do JetBackup incremental backups succesfully back up MySQL databases?→

hi, im using centos 7.9 and latest version of cpanel in this os and using jetbackup4 and jetbackup5 for test jetbackup according to the attached image, there is an error, ShareTweetPostPin It!

I’m encountering transport errors when attempting to back up files to an external destination, S3. The backup system is failing to send various files, including system files and user account backups, to this destination. Here is a summary of the Continue reading Backup Transport Errors to External Destination S3→

I am looking to backup the /var/cpanel/cpanel.config and we few other files outside the /etc/ directory, in the system_files.tar archive, created when cPanel’s backup routine runs. Looking for pointers if anyone knows how to do this or has attempted to Continue reading Adding /var/cpanel/cpanel.config to be backedup as part of system_files.tar→

Hello, cPanel can’t validate this OVH destination. Error: Validation for transport “ns313215****” failed: Cannot connect to “ftpback-*****.ovh.net” using provided credentials. ShareTweetPostPin It!

Hello, After reading Imunify360’s latest blogpost, we got ourselves into an internal discussion about disaster recovery. In such cases we always end up with the question “what can we do better?” and this is where i’d like to kindly request Continue reading [Opinion Requested] Most crucial server files to backup→

We had bad malware with one of the sites and ended up terminating the account to start fresh. I didn’t know I could restore from WHM so all day today I’ve been searching but I’ve come to the point, I Continue reading WHM restore for a site not working→

I have new servers that are forced to use MySQL 8.0. How can I migrate and restore accounts that currently use Maria DB MariaDB 10.6? There’s no option that I can find to change Maria 10.6 to MySQL 8 Thank Continue reading Can you restore a backup with Maria DB MariaDB 10.6 to a server with MySQL 8.0?→

Hello, I am trying to restore my backup file to recover some errors that I have made recently, but an error statement popped out stating the disk storage is not enough while I was restoring the backup. I am new Continue reading Not enough disk space to restore backup→

I recently switched from CentOS to Ubuntu and my backups are now showing this warning. gzip: warning: GZIP environment variable is deprecated; use an alias or script Everything I’ve found so far says to use tar instead of gzip in Continue reading CPANEL-40948 – Gzip Deprecated?→