Restoring the backups

[kempes]

Hi,

Last night, my CPanel server's hard disk crashed.
But the datacenter has replaced it with the new one
(with everything installed)

And now, I have to restore all websites from /backup
partition (about 125 websites) to the main HD.

Is there any easier way to restore them other than
through WHM? In WHM I can only do it one by one
And it takes a lot of time.

Perhaps through SSH?

Any response will be much appreciated.

[PWSowner]

Through SSH you would still only be able to restore one at a time but it may be a bit faster.

The backups work by saving each user directory in the /home directory as a .tar.gz file. Probably the quickest way would be to move all the zipped files to the home directory and then just unzip each site one by one.

[kempes]

[quote:e3d480156a][i:e3d480156a]Originally posted by squirrel[/i:e3d480156a]Through SSH you would still only be able to restore one at a time but it may be a bit faster.[/quote:e3d480156a]
Can you elaborate this, please?
I mean which scripts do I need to run? Can you
give an example? If I put all the SSH commands through a
bash script I can make it faster. Do you think so?
[quote:e3d480156a][i:e3d480156a]Originally posted by squirrel[/i:e3d480156a]
The backups work by saving each user directory in the /home directory as a .tar.gz file. Probably the quickest way would be to move all the zipped files to the home directory and then just unzip each site one by one.
[/quote:e3d480156a]
I just downloaded one of the backup files to local PC.
And the directory structure is
[quote:e3d480156a]userid/
userid/cp/
userid/homedir/
userid/homedir/public_html
userid/homedir/mail/
userid/homedir/etc/
........and other subdirectories
userid/logs/
userid/va/
userid/vf/[/quote:e3d480156a]
So, extracting the backups at /home is not the same as restoring through WHM.

[haze]

[quote:4868c67f66][i:4868c67f66]Originally posted by squirrel[/i:4868c67f66]

Through SSH you would still only be able to restore one at a time but it may be a bit faster.

The backups work by saving each user directory in the /home directory as a .tar.gz file. Probably the quickest way would be to move all the zipped files to the home directory and then just unzip each site one by one.
[/quote:4868c67f66]
Man, that is soooo not true. If you unzip them in the home directory, then you need to waste time moving everything around to where they should be. You're much better off using the WHM restore feature.

[kempes]

iminteractive,

OK. the new server now is ready. And I just finished initiating the new WHM.
But, when I try to restore an account, the following message appears:
[quote:a1f6a825fe]
Restoring password...Changing password for [i:a1f6a825fe]some-user-id[/i:a1f6a825fe]
Password for [i:a1f6a825fe]some-user-id[/i:a1f6a825fe] has been changed
Done
Restoring proftpd file....Done
Restoring old style domainalias....Done
Resyncing Ftp Password...Ftp Password Files synced
Vhost Passwords synced
Done
Restoring parked domains.....Done
Restoring subdomains......besman
...IP=[i:a1f6a825fe]XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX[/i:a1f6a825fe]
[b:a1f6a825fe]ndc: connect failed: connection refused[/b:a1f6a825fe]
[b:a1f6a825fe]ndc: connect failed: connection refused[/b:a1f6a825fe]
The subdomain, [i:a1f6a825fe]subdomain1[/i:a1f6a825fe].[i:a1f6a825fe]some-domain[/i:a1f6a825fe].com has been added....forum
...IP=[i:a1f6a825fe]XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX[/i:a1f6a825fe]
[b:a1f6a825fe]ndc: connect failed: connection refused[/b:a1f6a825fe]
[b:a1f6a825fe]ndc: connect failed: connection refused[/b:a1f6a825fe]
The subdomain, [i:a1f6a825fe]subdomain2[/i:a1f6a825fe].[i:a1f6a825fe]some-domain[/i:a1f6a825fe].com has been added....kinchai
...IP=[i:a1f6a825fe]XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX[/i:a1f6a825fe]
[b:a1f6a825fe]ndc: connect failed: connection refused[/b:a1f6a825fe]
[b:a1f6a825fe]ndc: connect failed: connection refused[/b:a1f6a825fe]
The subdomain, [i:a1f6a825fe]subdomain3[/i:a1f6a825fe].[i:a1f6a825fe]some-user-id[/i:a1f6a825fe].com has been added...Done
[color=red:a1f6a825fe][b:a1f6a825fe]Restoring Files..../bin/cp: missing destination file
Try `/bin/cp --help' for more information.[/b:a1f6a825fe][/color:a1f6a825fe]
Done
Chowning Files...Done
Fixing interchange permissions...Interchange not installed on this account.Done
Converting email to cPanel 5 (if needed)...Done
Fixing mail permissions....Done
Account Copy Complete

Account Restore Complete[/quote:a1f6a825fe]

Notice the bold and red lines. The account was created allright. But, no files inside the account!

Anybody know, why? Is there something wrong with the backup? The original account has some files inside.

Thanks for any reply.