Hi!
I have a problem that probably many of you face.
I want to use the automatic backup feature of cPanel, but my users have lots of data that are being backed up by virtual image backup software anyway from which I can make file based restores (so it makes no sense to create another backup of all that data...).
So actualy I don't need their homedir contents, but I would very much need their MySQL and PostgreSQL dump files, because that's something that is worth creating, since backing up the dir-files is not the same.
I know that pkgacct has the --skiphomedir option, but I do not plane to create my own little script that either works or not in the future. I would like to stick with cPanel's builting method, but surely there must be a good solution for the same future as "--skiphomedir".
I also do not like the idea of creating my own SQL dumps for this purpose, because I have already done this in the past, and it is not as reliable as cPanel's solution. Also cPanel notifies me of errors through e-mail etc.
Oh yeah, I found a method, I put "*" in /etc/cpbackup-exclude.conf, but the problem is that when I do this, the users loose their ability to create full backups from their control panel, because their homedir will be skipped at that point too, causing them to have a false secure feeling...
Is there a built-in solution for this? Or what would you recommend?
Thanks,
Daniel
I have a problem that probably many of you face.
I want to use the automatic backup feature of cPanel, but my users have lots of data that are being backed up by virtual image backup software anyway from which I can make file based restores (so it makes no sense to create another backup of all that data...).
So actualy I don't need their homedir contents, but I would very much need their MySQL and PostgreSQL dump files, because that's something that is worth creating, since backing up the dir-files is not the same.
I know that pkgacct has the --skiphomedir option, but I do not plane to create my own little script that either works or not in the future. I would like to stick with cPanel's builting method, but surely there must be a good solution for the same future as "--skiphomedir".
I also do not like the idea of creating my own SQL dumps for this purpose, because I have already done this in the past, and it is not as reliable as cPanel's solution. Also cPanel notifies me of errors through e-mail etc.
Oh yeah, I found a method, I put "*" in /etc/cpbackup-exclude.conf, but the problem is that when I do this, the users loose their ability to create full backups from their control panel, because their homedir will be skipped at that point too, causing them to have a false secure feeling...
Is there a built-in solution for this? Or what would you recommend?
Thanks,
Daniel