Why are there two different backup entries in crontab?

Hello,

The crontab for all our servers have two different backup entries:

Code:

15 0 * * * /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/cpbackup
0 2 * * * /usr/local/cpanel/bin/backup

Are both of these necessary? If not, which one is the correct entry?

(We are using the "new" backup system and have disabled the legacy system.)

Thanks.

 

Are you sure this is not reversed? As a test, I removed both backup entries from the crontab. Then I went into WHM and clicked the "Configure cPanel Cron Jobs" link and set the backup cron job to run at 00:15. Now I only have one cron job listed in crontab:

In WHM, I have disabled legacy backups, and have enabled the new backup system.

So it seems something is not right somewhere? Let me know what you think...

 

Ah, I forgot.. this is cpanel... I should have expected that.

If anyone from cpanel is reading this, you might possibly want to maybe perhaps consider adding a note in the WHM modify cron page that explains this backup cron is ONLY for the old legacy backup system.

 

Seriously? You work for cpanel, right? Well, if you think this is something that would benefit *your* customers, then go for it. My posting into the features request is just going to get buried under the 300 other requests. People aren't going to use their votes to raise this one to the top, so it won't be implemented due to massive user demand, that's for sure. The only way this has a chance to get put into prod is if someone working at cpanel says, "Ya.. that makes sense. Duh."