My VPS Server Crashed

[wickedstangs]

Do I want to backup daily? and do the days matter?

 

[MattW]

Do I want to backup daily? and do the days matter?

That depends. If you want a daily backup, it will do a daily backup. The days you choose will be the days the daily backup runs.

http://docs.cpanel.net/twiki/bin/view/AllDocumentation/WHMDocs/BackupConfiguration

 

[WSWD]

@WSWD how do you know that Backupsy is up and running?

Matt is right on. Log on and make sure your files are intact. You should also be able to see the disk space increase from within the Backupsy control panel as well, so that will be a good indication. You still want to verify that your backed up files are there.

 

[wickedstangs]

Matt is right on. Log on and make sure your files are intact. You should also be able to see the disk space increase from within the Backupsy control panel as well, so that will be a good indication. You still want to verify that your backed up files are there.

At work right now and can't check the Backupsy VPS... Fingers crossed if not I am using @MattW services

 

[WSWD]

I was wrong. I haven't been in the Backupsy panel for a long time, and thought it showed disk usage. It does not. You do have to do it from the VPS itself.

 

[motowebmaster]

do a mysql dump at least once per day (via a cron)
do a file copy at least once per day (via a cron as well)

Then secure-copy the two files to something diverse (via a third cron). I've used a secured Amazon S3, but currently just go to a secured SAN.

My XF site has been killed many times over the years when it was a vb3 site. I've always had a backup less than 12 Hours old to restore things. I

Using basic Linux tools and shell scripts isn't elegant, but has been dependable for me.

 

[wickedstangs]

Where is the default backup directory located?

 

[MattW]

Where is the default backup directory located?

View attachment 70039

It's where ever you tell it to be. /home isn't where you want it to be though.

 

[wickedstangs]

It's where ever you tell it to be. /home isn't where you want it to be though.

How long to store a backup?

 

[MattW]

What EXACTLY have you done with the backupsy VPS since you started it up? Have you set up a user / FTP / SSH etc? From this thread so far, I get the impression you've just started up the VPS, but not done anything with it to actually set it up to use it for backups.

 

[wickedstangs]

What EXACTLY have you done with the backupsy VPS since you started it up? Have you set up a user / FTP / SSH etc? From this thread so far, I get the impression you've just started up the VPS, but not done anything with it to actually set it up to use it for backups.

I think i started just going over stuff that confused the hell out of me.. Looks like the cron won't start till 2:00am server time. Won't see backup till tomorrow..

 

[MattW]

I think i started just going over stuff that confused the hell out of me.. Looks like the cron won't start till 2:00am server time. Won't see backup till tomorrow..

So how is your Cpanel server connecting to the backupsy VPS to do the scheduled backup?

 

[wickedstangs]

So how is your Cpanel server connecting to the backupsy VPS to do the scheduled backup?

thru SFTP using key authentication

 

[MattW]

thru SFTP using key authentication

OK, just wanted to check, as it wasn't clear what you'd done on the backupsy VPS to make it work to accept the backups.

 

[MattW]

I think i started just going over stuff that confused the hell out of me.. Looks like the cron won't start till 2:00am server time. Won't see backup till tomorrow..

You can manually run the backup via shell

http://forums.cpanel.net/f49/manual-backup-via-whm-157366.html

 

[WSWD]

Another thing I like to do on my personal sites for a very easy restore, is put a copy of the full backup (from within cPanel) on the backup server as well. Should be a single .tar.gz file or such, that can be restored very quickly on another cPanel server, host, etc. It is MUCH, MUCH quicker than having to set up a new cPanel account from scratch, rsync all the data over, etc.

 

[wickedstangs]

You can manually run the backup via shell

http://forums.cpanel.net/f49/manual-backup-via-whm-157366.html

does this mean it started? Also, are they removing Legacy Backup from WHM in the next version?

 

[wickedstangs]

Ok, 2 days with backupsy still can't tell if it has downloaded anything???

 

[WSWD]

You need to log in to the Backupsy VPS (using WinSCP or something similar, or even putty), go to the directory where the backup is being made (i.e. /home/backup/ or /backup/ or whatever you set it as) and see if the backup files are there.

 

[wickedstangs]

You need to log in to the Backupsy VPS (using WinSCP or something similar, or even putty), go to the directory where the backup is being made (i.e. /home/backup/ or /backup/ or whatever you set it as) and see if the backup files are there.

got this error and working on disabling it..

[backup]
*********** NOTICE ***********

You have enabled BACKUPMOUNT in the /var/cpanel/backups/config file, but there is no mount point that matches /backup in the /etc/fstab file.

Until you resolve this issue, backups will not run. To resolve this issue, you may either:

1. Disable the "Mount Backup Drive as Needed" option in the "Backup Configuration" feature of WHM. Choose this option if:
- Your backup partition is always mounted.
- You do not use a special backup partition or mount to store backups.
- You have a special case where cPanel should trust that the backup directory is configured properly.

or

2. Configure the backup directory mount point /backup in the /etc/fstab file. Choose this option if:
- You want your backup partition or mount to automatically mount and unmount before and after backups are complete.
- You have simply forgotten to set up the mount point in the /etc/fstab file.

Please note that the BACKUPDIR must be the mount point, not a subdirectory of another mount.

What do you all do?