I'm sure there's a good amount of developers here that use DirectAdmin and I had a quick question.
I've always used cPanel and I'm not on a server that is using DirectAdmin instead. Where in DirectAdmin can you generate a full backup of the account at the user level?
Also, do DirectAdmin backups include everything related to the account like cPanel backups do? For example, not only the files and databases but also the cron jobs, DNS zones, email accounts, etc.?
And where are the backups stored by default? Is there an option to send the backups to a remote server via FTP like you can with cPanel?
There are two different backup systems built into DA:
Admin Tools | System Backup. This tool lets you backup configuration data and arbitrary directories, locally or using FTP or SCP.
Admin Tools | Admin Backup/Transfer. This tool is oriented toward backing up data account by account, in one archive per account, in a format that you can use to restore from (in the same tool) on the original or another DA server (i.e. if you want to transfer to a new server). You can back up locally and/or via FTP.
Both options can also be scheduled via cron.
Depending on your level of access, only one of these might be available to you. This page has further info for non-administrators: http://www.site-helper.com/backup.html.
You can improve your DirectAdmin backup with an incremental backup plugin that includes local and remote backup location, please check the setup guide here
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does anybody know a way to perform a periodic remote backup of the full environment (so comprehensive of the application servers and SQL databases) in Jelastic?
I wanted to use Google Drive to store the backups as I was already using it with Plesk.
Thanks.
Does anyone know of any reputable online service that can do WHM/Cpanel to WHM/Cpanel migrations from one host to another. Currently the new host I am using does not support transfer feature with WHM.
I cannot do a backup and upload via FTP since the data amounts to about 25GB and I have a 1Mbps connection. That would take ages to download and then upload.
Kindly help
I used a high speed VPS service from DigitalOcean and set up an Ubuntu Virtual Machine. From there, did a backup of my cpanel accounts and downloaded them onto the VM. Uploaded the files to my new host. It took me less than 4 hours to transfer 25GB!!
Cpanel/WHM does provides whm to whm migration, which you can use. as you have mention you have whm to whm migration whichmeans you should be owning the VPS or dedicated. Most of the companies now a days offers Free data migration services which you can use.
This will not only save your time but money too as creating the VPS just to download and upload the data on new server is not affordable.
You can connect WHM to WHM backup transfer using backup utility at whm as shown below :
Home »
Transfers »
Copy an Account From Another Server With an Account Password
I suggest you to use whm panel transfer tool option because it will reduce time,bandwidth usage.
Follow the below steps
1.Login into new server WHM panel
2.open a transfer tool option
Transfer tool :
Remote server ip address:Existing server ip
Remote SSH port:Existing server SSH port no
Authentication Login:
Select Root option (default)
Authentication method
Password:Existing server password
4.Click Fetch Account List
5.After existing server account list and package list will be displayed
6.Select account which you want to migrate and complete the process.
To start i dont have much experience with DB's. In summary, i have an application for a client. They dont want to necessarilary host their DB online but have a local sql server set up for their 2 computers.
I have a batch script that backs up the database every night. Is there a way in the batch script to send them to the cloud like a skydrive,etc?
Try our SQLBackupAndFTP software. You can schedule backup jobs with SQLBackupAndFTP (full, differential and transaction log backups), save backups at local folders, FTP, Dropbox, Box, Google Drive, Amazon S3, SkyDrive, delete old backups and configure email notifications... Basic features are available in free version or you can try all features in trial mode.
Just backup to SkyDrive folder. If DB is big use rsync for sending to cloud or do full backups every week, differential every day and transaction every hour (depending of you application etc) then there will be less data to send to cloud.
backup database to SD folder - using backup compression (if available in your edition of sql server, see WITH COMPRESSION clause of BACKUP statement help in BOL) or using 3rd party backup compression tool (either free or paid)
also you can backup database to temporary folder and then zip it to SD folder
If you are willing to spend a bit of money, cloudberry has an sql backup tool that will do exactly that (and more).
http://www.cloudberrylab.com/sql-backup-amazon-s3-azure.aspx
Apache database hosted in a virtual server to be used with a JSF and JPA application.It there any method where regular back ups can be performed, for example once a day? Like an script?
Here's a lot of information about making backups of a Derby database: http://db.apache.org/derby/docs/10.9/adminguide/cadminhubbkup98797.html
Choose a backup method that works well for you, then use your operating system's scheduling tools (cron, etc.) to arrange for that backup to be performed regularly.
I have just joined a company with Server 2003 Small Business Server. The company contains only an handful of staff and needs a backup system.
I would like to restore a tape backup (including system state, Exchange server, etc) to a second server. The aim is to have a verified set of backups and be able to swap the servers if necessary.
Am I right in thinking that the second server could not be on the SBS network?
Whatever method you choose, be sure to TEST the restore process using the actual backup media you keep on site.
you have a couple of options with SBS, you can have additional servers in the SBS domain such as win2003 servers. You can only have a additional SBS server on the same domain for a limit of seven days, this is for migration situations.
In you situation I would have a additional win2003 server connected to the domain to act as a backup domain controller, then if your SBS systems goes down you can still do Active directory auth. and access any resources still on your network.
We create a base acronis image of the SBS server, then if anything goes wrong you restore the acronis image and then apply the backup file (We use NTBackup provided in SBS) to bring you up to date. using the combination of acronis and backups cuts down the time to recover significantly.
Hope this helps.