Restore vs. Recreate?

[jols]

I am trying to bring in a servers's worth of cpbackup files to a new server.

For restoring multiple backups I have the choice between RESTORING the accounts, or chosing RECREATE ACCOUNT instead. The latter is selected as default.

Can someone please explain the difference between these two options? The cPanel documentation does not give a clue. Thanks.

 

[jols]

Nevermind. I think I just figured it out.

 

[electric]

Nevermind. I think I just figured it out.

So what is the difference?

 

[jols]

So what is the difference?

There is no difference. I was just mis-reading the options on the page.

Recreate was already selected for each account. None of the restore checkboxes were selected. I just needed to click the Select All In This Column button so that all of the accounts would be restored AND recreated.

It was a bit confusing at first because it made no sense to me that an account would be restored but not recreated? I still don't quite get that part, but everything seemed to go well in any case.

 

[WebHostPro]

Well I wonder this too, I always click both but maybe it would be faster with just a restore or just a recreate?

What if the account is already on the server and you don't want to over written but have it checked?

 

[linux.newbie]

Recreate option is used when you need a backup restore after a primary disk failure.

Restore is to be used when you need to overwrite the current account using the backup available.

That is what I make of it :p

 

[WebHostPro]

Recreate option is used when you need a backup restore after a primary disk failure.

Restore is to be used when you need to overwrite the current account using the backup available.

That is what I make of it :p

That's what I thought too, but the restore option also recreates the account. So why have both.