Change Remote Backup Folder Names...

PCZero

• February 03, 2015 05:22

I have submitted a feature request at - Removed - for this, but I wanted to know if there is a way can make a modification on my own to do this now... What I want to do is change the naming convention of the remote FTP back up folders slightly. In the current remote FTP back up process the back up files for the daily back ups are stored at the remote location root, but the weekly and monthly are stored, respectively, in the weekly and monthly folders/sub-directories. I want to store the daily back ups in a daily folder/sub-directory for uniformity and clarity. The way the back ups are stored now, the daily runs are stored with no indication of what level back up they are whereas the weekly and monthly are clearly described. If anyone knows where I can make the change to do this please help me out. Thanks!

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  cPanelMichael

  • February 04, 2015 13:05

  Hello :) You could create a custom script that connects to the remote FTP server, creates the additional directory, and moves the backup archives into that directory. Then, you could setup an event hook that runs that script automatically after backups complete. EX:
  /usr/local/cpanel/bin/manage_hooks add script /root/post_backup --category System --event Backup --stage post
  Documentation: Hookable Events Thank you.

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  PCZero

  • February 04, 2015 18:41

  I actually thought about this. The issue is that (from the observations I have made), cPanel considers the back up complete once the packages have been created and not after the remote transfer have finished. While that may not be the actual case, I deduced this from the fact that this is the point where the 'backup complete' email is generated and sent. Therefore, in order to do as you suggest I would need to have a way to know when the actual remote transfer is done.

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  cPanelMichael

  • February 16, 2015 19:06

  You could configure your custom script to only run after a set time period or after a specific file or directory exists on the remote server. Thank you.

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  PCZero

  • February 17, 2015 22:37

  Thanks Michael. I am really hoping that whoever it is that has final say over changes will approve this one so it will all be done with not scripting required. I realize this is a rather low priority issue however I am thinking that maybe it could be as simple as cloning the code segment that create the 'weekly' and/or monthly directory structure and mod it slightly to have the same functionality for daily back ups.

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  cPanelMichael

  • February 18, 2015 12:59

  Feel free to post the URL to the feature request here after it's been approved so others can vote for it and add input. Thank you.

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  PCZero

  • February 18, 2015 13:25

  The request is now in open discussion. I hope enough people like this that it gets approved! [url=http://features.cpanel.net/responses/update-folder-naming-convention-for-remote-ftp-backups]Update Folder Naming Convention For Remote FTP BackUps | cPanel Feature Requests

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