Determining legacy backup system enabled against new backup system

Deehem

• March 04, 2014 05:40

Hi, I'm currently revising a script we use internally to check backup dates, I'm now at a loss. We're slowly migrating machines across to the new backup system, but there are still a handful using the legacy backup system. I'm looking for a way to determine whether the new backup system is enabled against the legacy backup system (preferably from a configuration file rather than anything else), to avoid any complications. I've taken a look at /etc/cpbackup.conf but I haven't found anything obvious that links between these two conditions. Any pointers would be appreciated. Thanks!

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  cPanelMichael

  • March 04, 2014 16:04

  Hello :) The following command will allow you to determine if backups are enabled on the legacy backup system: grep BACKUPENABLE /etc/cpbackup.conf
  For the new backup system, this command is used: grep BACKUPENABLE /var/cpanel/backups/config
  Thank you.

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  Deehem

  • March 05, 2014 08:56

  Thank you Michael. That's perfect. Just one question - why is /var being used for a configuration file in this instance as opposed to /etc?

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  cPanelMichael

  • March 05, 2014 16:04

  It makes sense to store configuration files for the new backup system in /var/cpanel/backups because it's a feature of cPanel. Thank you.

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