Configuring backups

You can specify how often backups occur and where backups are placed - either on the same server or on a separate backup drive. You can also specify the specific parts of the backup process that are enabled.

Note: The backup interval options work in the following fashion:

• Daily - WebHost Manager performs separate daily, weekly, and monthly backups.

• Weekly - WebHost Manager performs separate weekly and monthly backups.

• Monthly - WebHost Manager performs only monthly backups.

To configure backups:

1. Click on the Configure Backup link in the Backup menu.

2. Click on the radio button next to the following items to enable or disable the specified functionality:

   • Backup Status - Turns the automatic backup function on or off. The Restore Only radio button allows site restoration from old backups to occur, but does not create new backups.

   • Backup Interval - Specify the interval used by the backup process.

   • Days to run backup - Click on the tick boxes of the days on which you want to run backups.

   • Remount/Unmount backup drive - Mounts and unmounts the backup drive when a backup is created. This requires a separate drive mount to operate.

   • Bail out if the backup drive cannot be mounted - Stops the backup if the drive can not be mounted. Recommended if the Remount/Unmount backup drive option is enabled.

   • Incremental backup - Backup process only copies what has changed since the last backup. This creates a much smaller backup file, but changes are piecemeal and the backup files are not compressed.

   • Backup Accounts - Backup process copies all account information for your customers.

   • Backup Config Files - Includes config files in the backup process.

   • Sql Databases - Includes MySQL databases in the backup process. You can choose to backup up databases in separate accounts, the master MySQL directory, or both.

   • Backup Raw Access Logs - Includes the Apache raw access logs in the backup.

   • Backup Type - Select what type of backup you need.

   • Ftp Backup Host - Enter the domain name of the FTP backup host (only required if Remote Ftp Server is enabled).

   • Ftp Backup User - Enter the user name to use on the FTP backup host (only required if Remote Ftp Server is enabled).

   • Ftp Backup Pass - Enter the password to use on the FTP backup host (only required if Remote Ftp Server is enabled).

   • Backup Destination - Enter the location of backups in the available field. This should be a dir/nfs/coda mount with at least twice the space of all your /home* partitions.

     Warning: Do not set this to your /home directory.

3. Click on the Save button.