{"id":269,"date":"2011-06-16T15:15:37","date_gmt":"2011-06-16T15:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nixwind.com\/?p=269"},"modified":"2011-06-16T15:21:20","modified_gmt":"2011-06-16T15:21:20","slug":"how-to-backup-and-restore-with-cpanel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.nixwind.com\/?p=269","title":{"rendered":"How to Backup and Restore with cPanel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Backup Menu under cPanel files section allows a user to backup or restore all or parts of their account.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1) Click on Backups in the Files area.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.nixwind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/cPanel-Backups.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-274\" title=\"cPanel-Backups\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.nixwind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/cPanel-Backups.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"268\" height=\"156\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>2) Click on &#8220;Download or Generate a Full Website Backup&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A full backup includes all of the files in your home directory. This backup can be mainly used to move your account to another cPanel server.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.nixwind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/cPanel-BackUp_Full.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-275\" title=\"cPanel-BackUp_Full\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.nixwind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/cPanel-BackUp_Full-300x39.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"39\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.nixwind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/cPanel-BackUp_Full-300x39.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.nixwind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/cPanel-BackUp_Full.png 707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can specify the back up destination with <em><strong>&#8220;Backup Destination:&#8221;<\/strong><\/em> drop down. Backup can be placed in the homedirectory or send to a remote server with the options you specify.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.nixwind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/cPanel-backup_homedirectory.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-387\" title=\"cPanel-backup_homedirectory\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.nixwind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/cPanel-backup_homedirectory-300x98.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"98\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.nixwind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/cPanel-backup_homedirectory-300x98.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.nixwind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/cPanel-backup_homedirectory.png 563w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.nixwind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/cPanel-backup-remote.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-388\" title=\"cPanel-backup-remote\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.nixwind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/cPanel-backup-remote-300x209.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.nixwind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/cPanel-backup-remote-300x209.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.nixwind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/cPanel-backup-remote.png 506w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>3) For Partial BackUp&#8217;s.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.nixwind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/cPanel-BackUp_Partial.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-272\" title=\"cPanel-BackUp_Partial\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.nixwind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/cPanel-BackUp_Partial-227x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"227\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.nixwind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/cPanel-BackUp_Partial-227x300.png 227w, https:\/\/blog.nixwind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/cPanel-BackUp_Partial.png 288w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>a) For Only Home directory backup, click on the button <strong><em>&#8220;Home Directory&#8221;<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>b) For \ufeff MySQL database backup, click on the button <strong><em>&#8220;Databases&#8221;.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>c) <strong> <\/strong>For \ufeffEmail Forwarders\u00a0 backup, click on the button <em>&#8220;<strong>Forwarders<\/strong>&#8220;.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>d) For Email Filters backup, click on the button <strong><em>&#8220;System Filter Info<\/em><em><strong>&#8220;<\/strong>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><\/em>4) Restore a Backup<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This feature allows you to restore files and databases separately.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.nixwind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/cPanel-BackUp_Restore.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-273\" title=\"cPanel-BackUp_Restore\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.nixwind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/cPanel-BackUp_Restore-300x279.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.nixwind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/cPanel-BackUp_Restore-300x279.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.nixwind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/cPanel-BackUp_Restore.png 344w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Restoring options is under Partial Backups<\/p>\n<p>a)\u00a0 First one is to restore a home directory backup. Define where the backups should be stored by clicking the button <strong><em>&#8220;Browse<\/em><\/strong>&#8220;. Click the button <em><strong>&#8220;Upload&#8221;<\/strong><\/em> to restore the home directory backup.<\/p>\n<p>b)\u00a0 To Restore a MySQL Database click the button browse under &#8220;<strong><em>Restore a MySQL Database&#8221;.<\/em><\/strong> Click the button &#8220;<strong><em>Upload<\/em><\/strong>&#8221; to restore the MySQL Database.<\/p>\n<p>c)\u00a0 To Restore Email Forwarders click the button br<em>owse under &#8220;<\/em><strong>Restore Email Forwarders&#8221;.<\/strong>Click the button &#8220;<strong><em>Upload<\/em><\/strong>&#8221; to restore the Email Forwarders.<\/p>\n<p>d)\u00a0 To <strong>Restore Email Filters<\/strong> click the button <strong><\/strong>br<em>owse under &#8220;<\/em><strong>Restore Email Filters<\/strong><strong>&#8220;.<\/strong> Click the button &#8220;<strong><em>Upload<\/em><\/strong>&#8221;  to restore email filters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Backup Menu under cPanel files section allows a user to backup or restore all or parts of their account. 1) Click on Backups in the Files area. 2) Click on &#8220;Download or Generate a Full Website Backup&#8221; A full backup includes all of the files in your home directory. 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