backups-and-transfers

Hello, I've created two directories, one for database backup and one for public_html backup. Current cron jobs that works fine, are: For daily database backup: mysqldump --opt -Q -u myuser -p'mypassword' --all-databases > /home/myuser/backupdb/databases_$(date +"\%Y_\%m_\%d_\%T").sql For...

When validating a Google Drive backup location, I get: Error: Validation for transport “Google Drive Backups” failed: Could not upload test file: api_test failed at /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/perl/528/lib/perl5/cpanel_lib/Net/Google/Drive/Simple.pm line 72 I have read through most other topics...

i am moving from one cento 7 server to another centos 7 servers with whm on both using the transfer tool but getting so many errors i managed to move some account but some just won't go over here is just one of the errors The system failed to grant privileges on the database “clerkenw_wp115”...

Hi, My WHM Backup to Amazon S3 is showing success status but the backup file is not transferred all other files including system files is getting transferred but not the backup file. Below given are the configurations: cat /var/cpanel/backups/config --- BACKUPACCTS: 'yes' BACKUPBWDATA...

Hi, I have two different cPanel VPS servers with two different hosting companies each with their own DNS and exim configurations for their respective accounts. I would like to merge the two with minimal disruption to my clients. For the most part it seems I just need to transfer the accounts...

I'm using "Mount Backup Drive as Needed", but when I want to do a restoration in WHM, the drive isn't automatically mounted. I need to manually mount the drive to proceed. I think this is a case where the drive should be automatically mounted, since it's needed for restoration. Also, when the...

Saludos a todos, quisiera saber si pueden ayudarme. No soy experto en el área, y mis conocimientos son muy básicos. Le explicare todo, asi que cualquier idea y/o recomendacion para nuevas experiencias en este sentido, sera bienvenida. Tengo un servidor dedicado WHM con una cuenta CPANEL, la...

Hi, I have an old whm server that I have tweaked a lot over the years both from within the ui but also manual config file customisations here and there. I need to move to a new server now, can anyone offer any advice to get all the little setting changes I have made (and can't remember what they...

Every time I try to run backup in WHM, either through the nightly automated schedule or manually, it fails when it starts using mysqldump. So I ran mysqlcheck to see if anything is wrong with the database and that's where I found that mysqlcheck will crash MySQL every time. Once the check gets...

Hi, I have WHM installed and I download to local drives all the backups (made twice a month) and then I copy all the files to a Microsoft's One Drive accounts. I would like to use the Backup Configuration > "Additional Destinations" option. Which services do you use? I need 200GB of space for...

Good Day happy people. Please I have been trying to get the server backup-disk space from a cpanel account with the below php code, but I keep getting error: code: $df = disk_free_space("/backup"); echo $df; Error: PHP Warning: disk_free_space(): No such file or directory in...

I am using Amazon S3 as an additional destination and backup retention is set at 10. This keeps the 10 latest backups on Amazon. I currently have "Retain Backups in the Default Backup Directory" unchecked, so there are no backups stored on my server. If I check this, will it also keep only 10...

Hello, I'm a new and mostly inexperienced website owner, and am trying to transfer my accounts to a new server via WHM's Transfer Tool. Two of our accounts will not transfer due to the following error: The system failed to remove “cbcpoke”’s remote account archive via the API (Application...

I am transferring all sites from an old cpanel server to a new one. The websites and email both transfer without issue. However, because of DNS propagation, some email continues to be sent to old server depending on name server update time but other email goes to new server. After a couple of...

Hi guys We want to transfer our full server backups done with hyperV and proxmox. We are seeing the process like this. Do a full backup of the whole VM and restore it on new server in new location. Then change server IP so all works. Run rsync on the /home folder between two servers. Use...

hi has been able to destroy the backup function again! Backup restoration message: (XID ggn5xw) The system received an error from the “SQLite” database “/mnt/ment/transports.db”: SQLITE_READONLY (attempt to write a readonly database) at /usr/local/cpanel/Cpanel/DBI.pm line 188...

Greeting - I recently set up a new WHM installation. I as able to copy a handful of websites from two servers, using the "Copy an account " feature. The one that uses the tld, user name and password. Then one day, I was no long able to copy accounts, from the very same servers. One is a full...

Hello, I've noticed for some time, that my "accounts" folder of WHM auto-backup is never being copied to my AWS S3 bucket. However, the "system" folder does appear to successfully be copied/backed-up to S3. I do notice these seemingly related lines in the...

Hi, I got a notification regarding partial backup completion from cpanel as follows. Why this error occurred while taking backup?. How can i fix this. ======================================================= The system started a separate transport process for remote backup destinations. When...

We use the legacy backup system as I have reported why: FTP can't cope with this newest method, because when using the legacy backup wait till the backup is moved to ftp server, the new method is going on and on and fills the server disk. But you never listen to your customers, hence we are fed...