{"id":809,"date":"2018-06-11T04:31:47","date_gmt":"2018-06-11T04:31:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/?p=809"},"modified":"2019-06-27T15:39:03","modified_gmt":"2019-06-27T15:39:03","slug":"how-to-enable-and-disable-server-backups-in-whm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/how-to-enable-and-disable-server-backups-in-whm\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Enable and Disable Server Backups in WHM"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Configure Global Settings<\/h4>\n<p>Log in to WHM using your server\u2019s root credentials, and select Backup Configuration under the Backup section in WHM\u2019s main menu. You can begin typing \u201cbackup\u201d into the search menu to narrow the list of menu options.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-815 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/backup1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"814\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/backup1.jpg 814w, https:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/backup1-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/backup1-768x319.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 814px) 100vw, 814px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the\u00a0<strong>Global Settings<\/strong>\u00a0section. select the radio button next to\u00a0<strong>Enable<\/strong>\u00a0to turn on the backup system.<\/p>\n<p>Now choose the type of backups you want cPanel to create:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Compressed<\/strong>\u00a0This option saves all of your information, and uses less disk space, but it takes more time to complete.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Uncompressed<\/strong>\u00a0This option saves all of your information, and is faster than compressed, but it takes up more disk space.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Incremental<\/strong>\u00a0This option will only save backup information that has changed since your last backup.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Choose Scheduling and Retention Options<\/h4>\n<p>The\u00a0<strong>Scheduling and Retention<\/strong>\u00a0section allows you to enable or disable daily, weekly, and monthly backups, and specify the number of each type of backup you wish to store. For daily and weekly backups, you can select the days of the week on which backups will be taken and, for monthly backups, you can select whether you want them to be taken at the beginning of the month, in the middle of the month, or both.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-816 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/backup3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"662\" height=\"483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/backup3.jpg 662w, https:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/backup3-300x219.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 662px) 100vw, 662px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Select Account Backup Options<\/h4>\n<p>The\u00a0<strong>Files<\/strong>\u00a0section allows you to select which accounts to back up and choose more detailed options for each:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-817 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/backup5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"882\" height=\"511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/backup5.jpg 882w, https:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/backup5-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/backup5-768x445.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 882px) 100vw, 882px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We enabled the backup system itself in\u00a0<strong>Global Settings<\/strong>\u00a0above, and now we\u2019ll instruct cPanel to back up user accounts by checking the box next to\u00a0<strong>Backup Accounts<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Click the\u00a0<strong>Select Users<\/strong>\u00a0to open a new browser window (or tab, depending on your browser settings) where you can select the specific cPanel accounts to back up. Simply click the\u00a0<strong>ON<\/strong>\u00a0button in the\u00a0<strong>Backups<\/strong>\u00a0column for each domain you want to back up, and ensure that the buttons in the\u00a0<strong>Legacy<\/strong>\u00a0are turned off if you\u2019re not using the legacy backup system. Note that you can access this page directly at any time by clicking\u00a0<strong>Backup User Selection<\/strong>\u00a0in WHM\u2019s main menu.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Select Database Backup Options<\/h4>\n<p>In the\u00a0<strong>Databases<\/strong>\u00a0section, select whether you want to back up databases per account, the entire MySQL directory, or both. In most cases, you\u2019ll want to choose\u00a0<strong>Per Account and Entire MySQL Directory<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-818 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/backup6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"486\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/backup6.jpg 486w, https:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/backup6-300x141.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 486px) 100vw, 486px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Select Backup Location<\/h4>\n<p>The\u00a0<strong>Configure Backup Directory<\/strong>\u00a0section allows you to choose whether you want to back up locally or externally.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-819 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/backup7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"791\" height=\"472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/backup7.jpg 791w, https:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/backup7-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/backup7-768x458.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 791px) 100vw, 791px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>Default Backup Directory<\/strong>\u00a0is pre-configured, and in most cases should\u00a0<em>not<\/em>\u00a0be changed.<\/li>\n<li>If you elect to\u00a0<strong>Retain backups in the default backup directory<\/strong>, local backups will be retained even if you configure the server to automatically transfer them to an external destination.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>Mount Backup Drive as Needed<\/strong>\u00a0option should, in most cases, remain disabled, as an external drive set up by Liquid Web will be configured to mount at boot.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Select Remote Transport Options<\/h4>\n<p>The\u00a0<strong>Additional Destinations<\/strong>\u00a0section allows you to set up a method for transferring your backups off-server via SFTP or another method. To do so, select a\u00a0<strong>Destination Type<\/strong>, click the\u00a0<strong>Create new destination<\/strong>\u00a0button and provide the requested credentials on the form.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-820 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/backup8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1122\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/backup8.jpg 1122w, https:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/backup8-300x69.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/backup8-768x176.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/backup8-1024x235.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1122px) 100vw, 1122px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once you configured, Kindly choose &#8221; SAVE CONFIGURATION&#8221; option to complete the configuration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Configure Global Settings Log in to WHM using your server\u2019s root credentials, and select Backup Configuration under the Backup section in WHM\u2019s main menu. You can begin typing \u201cbackup\u201d into the search menu to narrow the list of menu options. In the\u00a0Global Settings\u00a0section. select the radio button next to\u00a0Enable\u00a0to turn on the backup system. Now choose the type of backups you want cPanel to create: Compressed\u00a0This option saves all of your information, and uses less disk space, but it takes more time to complete. Uncompressed\u00a0This option saves all of your&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=809"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1069,"href":"https:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809\/revisions\/1069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}