account data (/home/...) location in backups

m8ryx

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I'm trying to verify that we are capturing user files under /home in the backups, as well as mysql backups, and can't figure out where, though it seems like it should be configured.

We are using WHM 11.30.4 (build 6)

I've been testing our backup configuration using
/scripts/cpbackup --force

# tail -f /usr/local/cpanel/logs/cpbackup/1321217507.log
/bin/gtar: Removing leading `/' from member names
/bin/gtar: Removing leading `/' from member names
/bin/gtar: Removing leading `/' from member names
/bin/gtar: Removing leading `/' from member names
/bin/gtar: Removing leading `/' from member names
/bin/gtar: Removing leading `/' from member names
[cpbackup] Running account backup with target : /backup/cpbackup/weekly
[cpbackup] The following backups were already up to date: monthly
[cpbackup] Completed at Sun Nov 13 12:52:40 2011
Notification => ***@***.com via EMAIL [level => 2]

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Our backup configuration is as follows:
BACKUPRETWEEKLY 1
BACKUPENABLE yes
BACKUPFILES yes
MYSQLBACKUP accounts
BACKUPLOGS no
BACKUPTYPE normal
USEBINARYPKGACCT no
BACKUPINC no
GZIPRSYNCOPTS --rsyncable
BACKUPFTPHOST
BACKUPFTPUSER
LOCALZONESONLY no
BACKUPMOUNT no
BACKUPCHECK yes
BACKUPRETMONTHLY 1
BACKUP2 yes
BACKUPFTPDIR
BACKUPACCTS yes
LINKDEST no
BACKUPFTPPASSIVE no
BACKUPRETDAILY 1
BACKUPINT daily
BACKUPDIR /backup
COMPRESSACCTS yes
BACKUPDAYS 0,1,2,3,4,5,6
DIEIFNOTMOUNTED no

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The files/dirs under /backup are:

# find /backup/cpbackup/
/backup/cpbackup/
/backup/cpbackup/monthly
/backup/cpbackup/monthly/cpbackupstatus.cfg
/backup/cpbackup/monthly/dirs
/backup/cpbackup/monthly/dirs/_etc_proftpd.tar.gz
/backup/cpbackup/monthly/dirs/_etc_ssl.tar.gz
/backup/cpbackup/monthly/dirs/_etc_vfilters.tar.gz
/backup/cpbackup/monthly/dirs/_etc_valiases.tar.gz
/backup/cpbackup/monthly/dirs/_var_named.tar.gz
/backup/cpbackup/monthly/dirs/_usr_local_frontpage.tar.gz
/backup/cpbackup/monthly/dirs/_var_spool_cron.tar.gz
/backup/cpbackup/monthly/dirs/_usr_local_cpanel_3rdparty_mailman.tar.gz
/backup/cpbackup/monthly/dirs/_etc_vdomainaliases.tar.gz
/backup/cpbackup/monthly/dirs/_var_lib_rpm.tar.gz
/backup/cpbackup/monthly/dirs/_var_cpanel.tar.gz
/backup/cpbackup/monthly/dirs/_var_log_bandwidth.tar.gz
/backup/cpbackup/monthly/files
/backup/cpbackup/monthly/files/_usr_local_apache_conf_httpd.conf.gz
/backup/cpbackup/monthly/files/_etc_group.gz
/backup/cpbackup/monthly/files/_etc_httpd_conf_httpd.conf.gz
/backup/cpbackup/monthly/files/_etc_passwd.gz
/backup/cpbackup/monthly/files/_etc_named.conf.gz
/backup/cpbackup/monthly/files/_etc_exim.conf.localopts.gz
/backup/cpbackup/monthly/files/_etc_shadow.gz
/backup/cpbackup/monthly/files/_etc_fstab.gz
/backup/cpbackup/monthly/files/_root_.my.cnf.gz
/backup/cpbackup/monthly/files/_etc_my.cnf.gz
/backup/cpbackup/monthly/files/_etc_ips.gz
/backup/cpbackup/monthly/files/_etc_exim.conf.gz
/backup/cpbackup/monthly/files/_etc_secondarymx.gz
/backup/cpbackup/monthly/files/_etc_quota.conf.gz
/backup/cpbackup/monthly/files/_etc_rndc.conf.gz
/backup/cpbackup/monthly/files/_etc_localdomains.gz
/backup/cpbackup/monthly/files/_etc_wwwacct.conf.gz
/backup/cpbackup/monthly/files/_etc_remotedomains.gz
/backup/cpbackup/weekly
/backup/cpbackup/weekly/cpbackupstatus.cfg
/backup/cpbackup/weekly/dirs
/backup/cpbackup/weekly/dirs/_etc_proftpd.tar.gz
/backup/cpbackup/weekly/dirs/_etc_ssl.tar.gz
/backup/cpbackup/weekly/dirs/_etc_vfilters.tar.gz
/backup/cpbackup/weekly/dirs/_etc_valiases.tar.gz
/backup/cpbackup/weekly/dirs/_var_named.tar.gz
/backup/cpbackup/weekly/dirs/_usr_local_frontpage.tar.gz
/backup/cpbackup/weekly/dirs/_var_spool_cron.tar.gz
/backup/cpbackup/weekly/dirs/_usr_local_cpanel_3rdparty_mailman.tar.gz
/backup/cpbackup/weekly/dirs/_etc_vdomainaliases.tar.gz
/backup/cpbackup/weekly/dirs/_var_lib_rpm.tar.gz
/backup/cpbackup/weekly/dirs/_var_cpanel.tar.gz
/backup/cpbackup/weekly/dirs/_var_log_bandwidth.tar.gz
/backup/cpbackup/weekly/files
/backup/cpbackup/weekly/files/_usr_local_apache_conf_httpd.conf.gz
/backup/cpbackup/weekly/files/_etc_group.gz
/backup/cpbackup/weekly/files/_etc_httpd_conf_httpd.conf.gz
/backup/cpbackup/weekly/files/_etc_passwd.gz
/backup/cpbackup/weekly/files/_etc_named.conf.gz
/backup/cpbackup/weekly/files/_etc_exim.conf.localopts.gz
/backup/cpbackup/weekly/files/_etc_shadow.gz
/backup/cpbackup/weekly/files/_etc_fstab.gz
/backup/cpbackup/weekly/files/_root_.my.cnf.gz
/backup/cpbackup/weekly/files/_etc_my.cnf.gz
/backup/cpbackup/weekly/files/_etc_ips.gz
/backup/cpbackup/weekly/files/_etc_exim.conf.gz
/backup/cpbackup/weekly/files/_etc_secondarymx.gz
/backup/cpbackup/weekly/files/_etc_quota.conf.gz
/backup/cpbackup/weekly/files/_etc_rndc.conf.gz
/backup/cpbackup/weekly/files/_etc_localdomains.gz
/backup/cpbackup/weekly/files/_etc_wwwacct.conf.gz
/backup/cpbackup/weekly/files/_etc_remotedomains.gz

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How do I verify that everything is backed up appropriately? I don't see any files that look like db or /home.

thanks!
rick
 

minosjl

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if you are talking about the database and /home dir of your accounts , you can view this by untar the backup file and cd in to the dir here you will see the mysql and home dir's ,Please update us if this is you are looking for....:)