Backing up data
Tip: Back up your account configuration and site files in different backup directories. This enables quick identification of the files you want to restore. If you back up all the files in the same backup directory, selecting files while restoring can be overwhelming.
Example. Back up your account configuration files to a reseller_backup directory, and Site files to a site_backup directory.
To back up data, in the shortcuts section of the Home page, click Backup/Restore (Tools section), then follow the steps below.
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You need to choose the type of backup (Reseller, Site), provide necessary FTP account details, and other miscellaneous information.
wizard Step1: Choose the type of backup
Choose the type of backup, by selecting one of the option buttons in the Type of Backup area.
Reseller - Backs up your configuration information, all the sites hosted on your account, and the site user files.
Sites - Backs up the sites hosted on your account and the site user files.
Click the arrow in the Sites list, and choose one of the following.
All - To back up all sites hosted on your account.
<name of the Site> - To back up the selected site. Press Ctrl + the left mouse button to select more than one site.
wizard Step2: Enter FTP information
In the FTP Server field, enter the name of the FTP server you want to use as the backup server.
In the FTP Login field, enter the user name to the FTP server.
In the FTP Password field, enter the password to the FTP server.
In the FTP Location field, enter the complete backup directory path on the FTP server. If you leave the field blank, the data will be saved to the home directory of the user specified in step 3.
Important: If the specified directory does not exist, the backup fails and an email message containing the error is sent to you.
wizard Step3: Enter miscellaneous information
Optional: In the Maximum Backup File Size field, enter the maximum file size of the backup.
Important: Various file systems and FTP server utilities have limits on the file size they can handle. If the size of your backup file exceeds the file management capacity of the file system or the FTP server utility on your backup server, the file is split into multiple files before continuing with the backup. The split files follow the naming convention given below: <backupfilename.tar.gz> <backupfilename.1.tar.gz> <backupfilename.2.tar.gz> where backupfilename is the name of your backup file.
Click the arrow in the Unit field, and select the appropriate data quantifying unit (Megabytes or Gigabytes).
In the Email field, enter the email address at which you want to receive email notifications about your backup.
Click Backup.
The status of the backup is conveyed in an email notification sent to the email address specified in the Email field.