Backup

[zigzam]

I currently have a few hundred GBs of server data backed up using rsync. I have it setup so it backs up all server data.

What folders on the server do I need to backup to be able to restore accounts. I dont want to backup the server software any longer, because I need to cut space.

 

[tweakservers]

/home, /var/lib/mysql, /usr/local/apache/conf and /var/named/, you may want to consider backup your passwd and shadow file as well.

 

[zigzam]

/home, /var/lib/mysql, /usr/local/apache/conf and /var/named/, you may want to consider backup your passwd and shadow file as well.

Will that allow for a complete restore including everything in cpanel (mail, addon domains, ftp users etc)

Where are the password and shadow files located?

Thanks

 

[tweakservers]

if you are looking for a complete restoration, you should have use the WHM backup for backing up your data, in that case, you would be able to perform a full restoration

 

[zigzam]

It is not possible by just restoring files? The normal cpanel backups uses too much CPU and bandwidth.

 

[zigzam]

I was told I can restore everything if I backup the following directories only:

/usr
/var
/home
/etc


Can someone please verify that?


Thanks

 

[chirpy]

I mentioned this in another thread, but it's relevant to you too - all the files and directories you will need can be found in this post:
http://forum.ev1servers.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=38797