The Community Forums

Interact with an entire community of cPanel & WHM users!
  1. This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. Learn More.

Restore vs. Recreate?

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by jols, Dec 26, 2005.

  1. jols

    jols Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Mar 13, 2004
    Messages:
    1,111
    Likes Received:
    2
    Trophy Points:
    168
    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.
     
    #1 jols, Dec 26, 2005
  2. jols

    jols Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Mar 13, 2004
    Messages:
    1,111
    Likes Received:
    2
    Trophy Points:
    168
    Nevermind. I think I just figured it out.
     
    #2 jols, Dec 26, 2005
  3. electric

    electric Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Nov 5, 2001
    Messages:
    700
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    318
    So what is the difference?

    ;)
     
    #3 electric, Dec 28, 2005
  4. jols

    jols Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Mar 13, 2004
    Messages:
    1,111
    Likes Received:
    2
    Trophy Points:
    168

    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.
     
    #4 jols, Dec 28, 2005
  5. WebHostPro

    WebHostPro Well-Known Member
    PartnerNOC

    Joined:
    Jul 28, 2002
    Messages:
    1,607
    Likes Received:
    11
    Trophy Points:
    318
    Location:
    LA, Costa RIca
    cPanel Access Level:
    Root Administrator
    Twitter:
    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?
     
    #5 WebHostPro, Sep 20, 2007
  6. linux.newbie

    linux.newbie Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Sep 8, 2006
    Messages:
    73
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    156
    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
     
    #6 linux.newbie, Sep 21, 2007
  7. WebHostPro

    WebHostPro Well-Known Member
    PartnerNOC

    Joined:
    Jul 28, 2002
    Messages:
    1,607
    Likes Received:
    11
    Trophy Points:
    318
    Location:
    LA, Costa RIca
    cPanel Access Level:
    Root Administrator
    Twitter:
    That's what I thought too, but the restore option also recreates the account. So why have both.
     
    #7 WebHostPro, Sep 21, 2007
(You must log in or sign up to post here.)
Loading...
Similar Threads - Restore Recreate
  1. jsteremberg

    SOLVED How to restore a deleted script

    jsteremberg, Jul 1, 2017, in forum: General Discussion
    Replies:
    3
    Views:
    69
    cPanelMichael
    Jul 3, 2017
  2. joaosavioli

    How to restore multiple backups WHM

    joaosavioli, Jun 28, 2017, in forum: Data Protection
    Replies:
    2
    Views:
    126
    kssuhesh
    Jul 2, 2017
  3. Naila

    Mysql Always Restarting During Full Backup Restore

    Naila, Jun 20, 2017, in forum: Database Discussions
    Replies:
    4
    Views:
    146
    Naila
    Jun 22, 2017
  4. dscreative

    Restore cPanel Backup from PC

    dscreative, Jun 14, 2017, in forum: Data Protection
    Replies:
    3
    Views:
    116
    cPanelMichael
    Jun 14, 2017
  5. jotay

    Restore error You are not authorised to view this resource

    jotay, Jun 11, 2017, in forum: Data Protection
    Replies:
    5
    Views:
    131
    cPanelMichael
    Jun 13, 2017

Share This Page