Use cpbackup for backups every 6 hours

[dawa]

I have a cpanel account that has a fourm, and while I could easily run a mysqldump and a cp command as a backup, it would be easier for me to just go ahead and run cpbackup.

The issue is that cpbackup runs automatically (via my whm settings) for the usual daily, weekly, monthly routine.

I'd like to, in addition to my existing backups,

1) run cpbackup every 6 hours just for once cpanel account.
2) not overwrite the existing. So for example to also save the files as:

site_backup_031409_0100
site_backup_031409_0700

(e.g site_backup_DATE_TIME).

If anyone can point me in the right direction I'd really appreciate it.
Thanks.

[brianoz]

cpbackup actually runs the underlying pkgacct command, so you could just run "pkgacct accountname /backup/special" periodically and then move the generated backup file into a time-based filename (use $(date +%xx)).

There might be smarter/faster/more effective ways to do this with mysql commands and tar or rsync; pkgacct is really slow.

[dawa]

thanks. that's very helpful.

it gave me a file called cpmove-acctName.tar.gz.

Why is it called cpmove?

Thanks.

[DWHS.net]

I would like to have my backups run every 6 hours as well. But I use the incremental system for back ups. If I try to rerun it then it just says daily backups are up to date.

[DWHS.net]

I would like to have my backups run every 6 hours as well. But I use the incremental system for back ups. If I try to rerun it then it just says daily backups are up to date.

You can set a cron to run this command and it will update as much as you set the cron to run: /scripts/cpbackup --force

I am not sure how good this is for the server.

[sparek-3]

To force cpbackups to run I believe you can pass the --force parameter:

/scripts/cpbackup --force



dawa, by default the pkgacct script will create a cpmove file. I am not sure if there are any differences between the "types" of backups, but you can resolve this by using:

/scripts/pkgacct <user> </backup/path> userbackup

which will create a backup file in the format of backup-m.d.Y_H:m:s_user.tar.gz

Other options, instead of userbackup, are cpmove and backup. I do know that using userbackup will prevent the backup from storing any other userbackups that exist i your home directory. But as far as a difference between a cpmove file and a backup file, I'm not aware of any structural differences.