CrashPlan setup - backup

I finally decided to make a proper backup setup for my home computers.
I have 2 laptops, mine and my wife's, both PC and two desktops one (PC) for multimedia purposes and one (Ubuntu Linux) for local backup.
So currently i am using Crashplan to backup everything to the Linux server and all looks fine and dandy but i decided to back up my server to the web with CrashPlan Central. I have no problems with backing up random stuff on server, but when i want to backup those encrypted files that are the backups from other comuters made by Crashplan i get a probelm.
I installed Crashplan with default locations and my backups are stored in /usr/local/crashplan/backupArchives folder. When i check it for online backup it doesn't backup anything.
Am i doing something wrong or it is not possible to upload the files created by other Crashplan clients?

As far as I know, you can not backup CrashPlan Backup Archives at CrashPlan Central.
I think they do this to prevent customers to buy a licence for one machine to backup multiple computers.

There are hard coded exclusions in CrashPlan preventing it from backing up CrashPlan files:
http://support.crashplan.com/doku.php/articles/admin_excludes
You cannot change that excludes, but I suggest a look at this
hard coded exclusions to avoid surprises.

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Move website from XAMPP to web server

This may be trivial, but I would like to know how you guys would go about this.
So I was making a website for a department of my university this summer, and now is the time I have to move all the source files and database files from XAMPP directory onto the server. I've got the access to the server through VPN and remote desktop. Now, I am not sure whether to install Apache, phpMyAdmin, MySQL etc. on the server and overwrite single configuration files (e.g. php.ini), or if I could simply move my entire XAMPP folder onto the server. I am using Windows 10 and the server is Windows Server 2012.
You'll need to actually install PHP, MySQL, and Apache to the server directly; simply copying the files from your computer won't install the corresponding system files or services or anything like that. Whether you use XAMPP or install them individually yourself, it's just like most other software that needs to be installed properly in order to function. Then, of course, you can copy over the relevant files that you've changed such as the configuration files and your site.

How do backups work in DirectAdmin?

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

Backing Up SQL Server To Cloud?

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

Windows 2008 Server Backup

What are my options if I want to just backup my data directories on Windows 2008 Server. It looks to me like the backup software built into the OS only backs up an entire hard drive.
Is my only option to copy the files?
Ntbackup, the backup program included in previous versions of Windows Server and NT-based Windows client operating systems, is no longer supplied or supported, but you still have some choices.
Use Windows Server Backup to back up full hard drive partitions. You will need to configure your system to store data on a separate partition from the boot partition in order to keep from backing up the operating system. (Note: You must back up to a partition on a different disk or to a network share.)
Use Robocopy. This is a command-line tool that replaces xcopy. It has numerous options that allow you to back up via file-copying and set the archive bit according to what type of backup job you want to achieve.
Purchase a third-party backup tool. Microsoft Data Protection Manager and Symantec BackupExec are two enterprise-capable (and enterprise-priced) options.

Backup Strategy

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.