backup? how!!

[garooh]

Hello
how can i backup all my clients data and databases in an easy way that can be restored back also in easy way.. from the control panel?

 

[phoenixisp]

Please read the documentation:

http://download1.swsoft.com/Plesk/Plesk8.0/Doc/plesk-8-admins-guide/index.htm

 

[nate]

Does that Plesk 8.0 manual apply to plesk 7.5.4?

 

[phoenixisp]

Oops! Sorry, try this one:

http://download1.sw-soft.com/Plesk/Plesk7.5/Doc/plesk-7.5r-backup-restore-html/index.html

 

[nate]

Thanks.


So, for a full gzip compressed backup on 7.5.4:

/usr/local/psa/bin/psadump -F --nostop --nostop-domain --do-not-dump-logs --tar-ignore-failed-read --force -f - | gzip | split -b1000m - /backup/psa-full-nostop-gzip.


To restore a full gzip compressed backup on 7.5.4:

1) Create Map File:
cat /backup/psa-full-nostop-gzip.* | gzip -d | /usr/local/psa/bin/psarestore -m map_file -s shells_map_file -f -

Check the maps_file and shells_map_file for collisions and fix using nano.

2) Restore Backup Files
cat /backup/psa-full-nostop-gzip.* | gzip -d | /usr/local/psa/bin/psarestore -m map_file -s shells_map_file -f -

 

[mrbister]

Can someone tell me why the "| split -b1000m" command option doesn't work?
How do you guys do to split the backup?

 

[phoenixisp]

Works for me, are you specifting the name of the dump, ala?

| split -b1000m -file_name.

You must specify the name of the file with a "." behind it so that the dump files will be named file_name.a, file_name.b, etc.

 

[mrbister]

Originally posted by phoenixisp
Works for me, are you specifting the name of the dump, ala?

| split -b1000m -file_name.

You must specify the name of the file with a "." behind it so that the dump files will be named file_name.a, file_name.b, etc.

HI

I tried that. Both:

| split -b1000m -backup_dump.

and
| split -b1000m - backup_file.

The first give the following message from console:
"split: cannot split in more than one way
Try `split --help' for more information."

The second one gives me one large file.

So, what shall I write to make it work?

 

[mrbister]

Just a thought: does it work with ftp backup (remote backup)?

 

[phoenixisp]

From the documentation:

To create a backup file on the FTP server, use the command ./psadump -f ftp://<login>:<password>@<server>/<dump_file_path>

 

[mrbister]

Originally posted by phoenixisp
From the documentation:

To create a backup file on the FTP server, use the command ./psadump -f ftp://<login>:<password>@<server>/<dump_file_path>

My question was regarding if the | split option works with ftp transfers.