Backup dilemma

guywalder

• January 08, 2015 13:58

Hello to the forum, I would like to ask for your advice in a matter that's been occupying me for a very long time. As for today I use Bluehost to host my sites on a VPS account. Up until today I was using a service called Backup pro which was a payed service that allowed me to manage my backups more precisely. This service was removed from VPS account as it caused some issues. The mail reason I wanted to work with Backup pro was the ability to restore sub domains. I have only one account which is the main account. Under this account I have got ALL of my sites installed as sub domains with add on domain pointing to them. This architecture puts me in a difficult position as I wouldn't like to restore my entire account (including all sub domains) just to restore one site. After checking my WHM, I could see that as for today I've got backup legacy enabled with daily, weekly and monthly backups. When I enter the legacy restoration I can see my one account without any other options to restore "surgically". What are my options here? Do I have the option to restore just a particular sub domain without restoring the entire account? Do I actually need to setup an account for each and every site I'm hosting and managing for this restoration function to work? Thanks in advance for any given help. Guy.

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  cPanelMichael

  • January 09, 2015 13:44

  Hello :) It's not possible to restore subdomain content only unless you manually extract the backup archive and then manually replace the contents of the subdomains. I recommend creating separate accounts for each subdomain so you can more easily restore the contents when necessary. Thank you.

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  guywalder

  • January 09, 2015 15:18

  Hi Michael, Thank you for your kind replay. What do you think about this solution? Guy.

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  cPanelMichael

  • January 09, 2015 16:54

  Could you elaborate on the specific solution you are referring to? Thank you.

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  guywalder

  • January 10, 2015 07:03

  So sorry, I didn't include the link: /http://www.gk-root.com/GK-Apps/Restore-Manager/

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  cPanelMichael

  • January 13, 2015 18:56

  I don't see any listed features that reference restoring individual subdomains, but feel free to consult with the developer of that application to see if it's an included feature. Thank you.

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  arjanvr

  • January 15, 2015 18:22

  If you create your subdomain accounts in WHM instead of cPanel, you can restore them with 2 clicks. This is what I advise my reseller account holders.

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  guywalder

  • January 29, 2015 17:06

  ]I don't see any listed features that reference restoring individual subdomains, but feel free to consult with the developer of that application to see if it's an included feature. Thank you.

  
  They do have an option to restore specific folders and files. In addition they support restoration of specific data bases, so basically if I restore the folder of the sub domain and the db as well that would technically count as sub domain restoration feature, no? If you create your subdomain accounts in WHM instead of cPanel, you can restore them with 2 clicks. This is what I advise my reseller account holders.
  arjanvr, creating the sub domains in WHM will require recreation of the whole structure or can I just import or pull the sub-domains from the Cpanel? Thank you both in advance for your kind help.

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  cPanelMichael

  • January 29, 2015 18:21

  You could restore the specific content associated with the subdomain, but keep in mind that you would still need to create it in cPanel if it does not exist. Thank you.

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