Admin backup/transfer not restoring user files

gadgetsguy

gadgetsguy

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Hey guys

I have a VPS that I am trying to migrate/merge with another VPS (both running directadmin/centos5)

I created a full backup of the VPS I wish to migrate, and sent it to the other VPS via FTP ...

I tried to restore it on the other VPS, using Admin Backup/Transfer, and nothing .... no errors - no notifications - and no restore.

I CHOWNed the backup archive to admin:admin .... no errors - no notifications - and no restore.

I even set permissions first to 755 (recursive), and then even tried 777 (recursive) .... no errors - no notifications - and no restore.

I am REALLY pulling out my hair as to why this restore will not work, and keeping both VPSes running is costing me money.

Could anybody please shed some light on what may be the issue???

Thank you in advance.
Tim H.
 
SeLLeRoNe said:
Have you tryed to run dataskq in debug mode once queued the restore?

Are you sure crontab is running and working?

Regards
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How would I go about checking this? My tech has just had surgery, and is incapacitated for a few days, so while there are many things I can do on my own, this is not one of them.

Thanx again!
Tim H.
 
For check if crontab is running try this:

Code: 
ps aux | grep crond

For check debug you need to schedule a backup restore and run just after confirm those commands:

Code: 
cd /usr/local/directadmin
./dataskq b2000

With this output you be able to analyze what's going wrong.

Regards
 
SeLLeRoNe said:
For check if crontab is running try this:

Code: 
ps aux | grep crond
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root 1431 0.0 0.0 3220 720 pts/0 R+ 06:43 0:00 grep crond

SeLLeRoNe said:
For check debug you need to schedule a backup restore and run just after confirm those commands:

Code: 
cd /usr/local/directadmin
./dataskq b2000


With this output you be able to analyze what's going wrong.

Regards
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I have yet to run this^^, because my fuggn DARWIN skin license has expired and locked me out of DA now :(
 
Well until I can get DARWIN renewed, restarting my cron will not be of much help I guess to restore the archive ... :confused:

Thanks for your help, and I will follow up with my results when I am able to
 
Well if you did already schedule the restore maybe are still there and did never run, check with:

Code: 
cat /usr/local/directadmin/data/task.queue

Also, you should change your skin to become the default to keep doing tests and work just editing

Code: 
/usr/local/directadmin/data/users/admin/user.conf

changin the "skin" value to be "enhanced" isntead of (i suppose) "Darwin"

Regards
Regards
 
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