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Backing up with cPanel

The most important task of any systemshould, be combined. An archival-only
administrator is backing up the systemsstrategy requires the system
they are responsible for. Not puttingadministrators to reinstall and
the system up, not keeping it running,reconfigure the operating system prior
backing it up and being able to restoreto restoring the data; this takes longer
is primary.and is more error prone.
A system with no backup cannot be reliedAny backup strategy must be tested.
upon for any real purpose, because ifA DR backup is tested by restoring a
anything goes wrong your data is gone.system backup onto a fresh system to
Something always goes wrong eventually,make sure you can recover from an
and without good backups all of youremergency.
work, and possible your entire businessArchival strategies are tested by
is just plain gone.retrieving files and verifying that you
A good backup strategy is composed ofcan find the files you need and that
backup, storage, verification, andthey are readable once restored. An
restoration. The backup component coversuntested backup strategy is usually a
selection of method and which data tocomplete waste of time and money.
backup (all of it by choice).For web hosting clients, you will
Storage covers both what media you backusually do your backups with the cPanel
up onto as well as where you keep themadministrative interface.cPanel will let
(if your building burns down, tapes keptyou backup your entire hosted site, your
in the server room will be useless).databases, or your home directory (which
Verification is a crucial component of awill contain your website but not the
backup strategy, you have to know youdata behind it).
have usable data.To perform a backup you simply access
Lastly, you need to be able to get thethe Backup control panel and select a
data back to where it can be used.type of backup. The system performs the
There are two main strategies forbackup and downloads the file to your
backups: Disaster Recovery and Archival.local system.
DR backups are designed to restore aThese backups can be restored through
system to a working state. To do thisthe same interface.
you backup the entire system so that youTo test, you would create a new hosted
can restore it onto another machine tosite and restore your backups to it.
get a working system.The downloaded backup files are
An archival strategy is concerned withimportant (possibly confidential) data
retrieving historical data ('give me theand should be integrated into your local
customer database as it appeared at thebackup strategy.
end of last year') and not withAt the least, burn them to disks if you
restoring a working system.can't arrange to include them in your
Both strategies can, and probablymain backups.



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