Posted October 25, 201212 yr I'm totally new to this, so please bare with the simple question :) I was told to "log into cpanel (access info in the client area here) and then click "backups" to run a full backup.." I've searched and haven't had much luck finding the "cpanel" - can someone direct me to where I can locate this to perform my backup? Thanks!
October 25, 201212 yr The cPanel is your hosting control panel, mine are all along the lines of mydomain.com/cpanel
October 25, 201212 yr You can either get to your cPanel via "mydomain.com/cpanel" or "mydomain.com:2082".
October 25, 201212 yr Author Great, thank you - worked! I'm assuming i click on "Full Backup" among the backup options? I'd like to do two things: A local backup (my computer) A remote backup (will be setup by tomorrow) For the local backup, if I do select Full Backup (assuming it's the right choice), what happens when I select "Home Directory"? Will I be able to create a directory on my laptop? Apologies if this is all really obvious.
October 25, 201212 yr Author http://docs.cpanel.net/twiki/bin/view/AllDocumentation/CpanelDocs/BackupWizard Great, thank you!
November 6, 201212 yr Author I'd like to set it up to perform daily and automated backups; I went through the documents and played around in cpanel, but was not able to figure it out. Is there a way to setup my forum so that it automatically performs full backups each evening?
November 6, 201212 yr automated nightly stuff is setup through WHM which you (on invision host) will not have access to I don't think. when I posted the cpanel link I didn't realize you were on invision host. however they themselves should be doing it automatically. iirc they do nightlies, someone please correct me if I am wrong.
November 6, 201212 yr Author automated nightly stuff is setup through WHM which you (on invision host) will not have access to I don't think. when I posted the cpanel link I didn't realize you were on invision host. however they themselves should be doing it automatically. iirc they do nightlies, someone please correct me if I am wrong. Yes, they are doing it nightly. But with my backup plan, it's important to me to have a daily local backup.
November 6, 201212 yr well there may be a way, its offsite but available to you. using codeguard https://www.codeguard.com/ you provide it an ftp access and it takes a daily that you can restore fully or by file. so while not a local backup its one thats available to you to restore on demand if needed. it will cause a little bit of load though, no not sure if its enough to trip another shutoff.
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