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legacy backups restore on new vps

Discussion in 'Data Protection' started by enxdtw, Aug 31, 2015.

  1. enxdtw

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    Hi

    I created a whm legacy backup by running the command

    sudo /scripts/cpbackup --force

    Since I choose the mysql and dir settings for all accounts I also backed up the user accounts

    The backup created backup files in /backup/cpbackup/daily including some tar.gz files for each of the user directories.

    ./ calendar.tar.gz dirs/ ines.tar.gz
    ../ cpbackupstatus.cfg eject.tar.gz simon.tar.gz
    altona.tar.gz dave.tar.gz files/

    My question is how do I restore using these files on my new VPS server, I guess I copy the files to the /backup/cpbackup/daily on the new server, however how do I restore, will WHM recognise the files in the directory, which settings page do I need to use and what do I put in the restore fields?

    Thanks

    Dave
     
    #1 enxdtw, Aug 31, 2015
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    Hello,

    Yes, You can restore your all these backups through WHH. Login your new VPS and enable your legacy backup. Once you enable it you can restore your all backup through WHM >> Backup >> Legacy Restore Multiple Backups

    Also you can restore your backup through command line using "/scripts/restorepkg /backup/cpbackup/daily/FILE-NAME.tar.gz" command.
     
    #2 24x7server, Sep 1, 2015
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    The thing is that there is no single FILE-NAME.tar.gz in the directory backup/cpbackup/daily, there are compressed files for all the individual accounts and also a dir and file directory. Can you explain how this technique would work?

    I am hoping that the 'Legacy Restore Multiple Backups' is able to find and use the /backup/cpbackup/daily directory. So my plan is to ftp the /backup directory to the new VPS and then perform the backup using the Legacy Restore Multiple Backups technique. However I would like an alternative in the case that whm is unable to find the backup or complains about restoring from it.

    Cheers

    Dacve
     
    #3 enxdtw, Sep 1, 2015
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    Hello :),

    Using for loop in your command you can restore your all backup files.You can save a list of full paths of each backup in a text file. For example at "/root/list_of_backups.txt" and then try with below command

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    for i in `cat /root/list_of_backups.txt`; do echo /scripts/restorepkg $i; done;
     
    #4 24x7server, Sep 2, 2015
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    Hello :)

    Yes, you could restore the backups through a command like the one in the previous response if you prefer to not use Web Host Manager.

    Thank you
     
    #5 cPanelMichael, Sep 3, 2015
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    it seems that the whm backup process does not restore certain linux system files, for instance the sudoers file was reset, is this correct?
     
    #6 enxdtw, Sep 7, 2015
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    The backups generated through the options in "WHM >> Backup Configuration" are designed to restore the accounts. Only certain system files are backed up, and those are only restored manually:

    cPanel - System Backups

    Thank you.
     
    #7 cPanelMichael, Sep 7, 2015
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