Restore a Backup


Automatic recovery of a backup is not yet possible and must be done manually.

The backup files are packed with program 7-zip. You can open this archive file with any program that can process the. 7z format.
Or you can use the following console command on the server itself:"7za x <ARCHIV_NAME>. 7z".

Depending on the backup type, you will then find the following folder structure:

 

Server Backup

Backup of the entire server, initiated by administrator accounts.

config/

Contains tar-packed backups of the /var/spool/cron, /etc, /home/keyhelp and /root directories

database/

Contains MyQL dumps of all databases. The databases of the users are stored in corresponding subdirectories.

home/

Contains tar-packed backups of the home directories of all users.

mail/

Contains tar-packed backups of all email inboxes, separated by user.

 

User Backup

Backup, which backs up a single user account. Initiated by user accounts.

database/

Contains MySQL dumps of all databases of the user.

home/

Contains a tar-packed backup of the user's home directory.

mail/

Contains a tar-packed backup of all the user's mailboxes.

 



Article Number: 80
Posted: Tue, Oct 24, 2017 - 12:03 PM
Last Updated: Thu, Mar 15, 2018 - 11:09 AM

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