What is User backup?
A User backup backs up your files and account configuration information.
The backup saves your home directory data (in the directory public_html - which is part of your home directory /home) and your email messages (in the directory /var/spool/mail).
Important: The backup does not save your email settings, such as responder and alias settings. Please be aware that any data or configuration changes that occur after your backup is taken will be lost if you restore that backup to your system. For example, if you perform a backup at 1:00 P.M. and restore that backup at 5:00 P.M. the same day, all email messages that arrive during that time period will be lost.
When you back up a file, a compressed .gz file (UNIX compression format) is created.
The naming convention of a backup file is as follows: <server_hostname>_<user_name@site_name>_<backup_type>_<YYYY>_<Month>_<date>_<Hours>_Minutes>.tar.gz Where: <server_hostname> is the name of the control panel server <user_name@site_name> is the name of the user being backed up for the specified site <backup_type> indicates the type of backup <YYYY>_<Month>_<date>_<Hours>_Minutes> is the time-stamp when the backup was taken. For example, backing up the user user1 on the site mysite.com on Jan 06, 2003 at 11.30 would result in the following backup file: example.com_user1@mysite.com_user_2003_January_06_11_30.tar.gz