Determining legacy backup system enabled against new backup system

[Deehem]

Hi,

I'm currently revising a script we use internally to check backup dates, I'm now at a loss.

We're slowly migrating machines across to the new backup system, but there are still a handful using the legacy backup system.

I'm looking for a way to determine whether the new backup system is enabled against the legacy backup system (preferably from a configuration file rather than anything else), to avoid any complications.

I've taken a look at /etc/cpbackup.conf but I haven't found anything obvious that links between these two conditions.

Any pointers would be appreciated. Thanks!

 

[cPanelMichael]

Hello

The following command will allow you to determine if backups are enabled on the legacy backup system:

grep BACKUPENABLE /etc/cpbackup.conf

For the new backup system, this command is used:

grep BACKUPENABLE /var/cpanel/backups/config

Thank you.

 

[Deehem]

Thank you Michael. That's perfect.

Just one question - why is /var being used for a configuration file in this instance as opposed to /etc?

 

[cPanelMichael]

It makes sense to store configuration files for the new backup system in /var/cpanel/backups because it's a feature of cPanel.

Thank you.