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zone file While automated backups are important, sometimes you just want to take a quick and dirty snapshot before making a change to your data. When changing files in Linux, you can simply cp a file to another name, and cp it back if your change does not work out. With MySQL, it is not quite that simple, but it is by no means difficult.
While it is a good and useful thing to have entire server backups, sometimes you only need to restore one or two domains. In these situations, cPanel backups make it easy for one to restore just a single site from the Web Host Manager (WHM) interface, or from the command line.
Individual accounts within cPanel have the ability to create backups for their site via the cPanel interface. The backup that is created via this method will backup the user’s home directory, any sql databases owned by the user, and any cPanel configuration settings for that user.
Most of us have had a time (or two) when we’ve accidentally deleted something or have had a disk crash that led to data loss. This can be a painful, harsh lesson in maintaining backups – don’t let it happen to you (or happen again!)
The Plesk control panel has some built in functions for creating and managing backups. Enabling and configuring backups within a Plesk environment is the same regardless of the operating system(OS) that Plesk is running on.
One of the most neglected facets of operating a website is maintaining backups. Having a backup of your content helps ease your mind that your site can be easily recovered from disaster.
While no substitute for your own offsite backups, cPanel backups are extremely useful for recovering data in certain situations.
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