Backup advise

[Daskew]

Hi,

I need to backup my whole configuration of everything including directadmin configuration, websites, users, plugins..... absolutely everything, and then restore it to another server.

I know there are some guides on here but im pretty confused as im not sure which one i need. I cant really afford to get this wrong and am very worried about doing it but it has be done. Can someone please tell me the easiest way or tell me which guide i should follow which guides me through this.

I cant stress enough how i need to backup everything so it just runs exactly as it is doing now on the new server when its restored.

Thanks very much in advance.

 

[nobaloney]

Dave,

When people write as you did, I'm actually afraid to respond, since I have no idea what your level of comfort and/or expertise may be.

The easiest way to do it would be create reseller backups, then create the resellers and restore the backups on the new server.

But then you wouldn't get things you've installed yourself, such as plugins.

You can probably do it with the system (sysbk) backup, but there's no automated restore procedure and you'll be stuck if you don't have the willingness to try it on your own.

Certainly either way will be much easier if you can keep your old system up while migrating to the new one.

Jeff

 

[Daskew]

hey, thanks for the reply.....

i dont actually have any resellers setup as the server is a personal server for my own domains. therefore the domains are all setup under admin.

Also i dont know how to restore things from the sysbackup.

If i can get another system up and running how would i go about moving everything over?

also the server has 3 ip's on 1 NIC and i only have one licence for DA, so how would I go about doing this and setting the new server as the same current IP's.

Hope that makes sense lol and thanks again for your help

 

[nobaloney]

i dont actually have any resellers setup as the server is a personal server for my own domains. therefore the domains are all setup under admin.

Do you mean they're all under the User control panel of the Admin login? If so then just find the backup option for any one of the domains; it'll back up all the domains.

However it'll only back up what it says it'll back up; it won't back up anything special done to the server.

For that you'll have to use sysbk and make sure to backup the directories and/or files you need, and then restore them manually, or make a manual backup and restore of the required directories and/or files, or just rebuild everything on the new server you built on the old server.

Also i dont know how to restore things from the sysbackup.

Then you either have to find someone to help you figure out what you've done custom, and make sure it can be backed up or restored on the new server, or make changes on the new server. I don't know what, if anything, you've installed, so I don't know what else to tell you, but I'd imagine if you have plugins the easiest way to get them onto the new server is to isntall them there.

If i can get another system up and running how would i go about moving everything over?

Carefully . Seriously though, there's no substitute for knowing what you're doing (we always make a checklist first, testing on a testbed server if we're not sure of what we're doing, then we mark off the action points on the checklist as we complete them.

also the server has 3 ip's on 1 NIC and i only have one licence for DA, so how would I go about doing this and setting the new server as the same current IP's.

You'll either have to get temporary IP#s for the new server if you can, or else reassign any sites not on the main server IP# temporarily to the server IP# and free up one of those IP#s to make it the server IP# on the new server, then do your backup and restore, and then after you're sure everything is working turn off the old server and add that last IP# to the new server.

Hope that makes sense lol and thanks again for your help

You're welcome. The big problem comes if you don't know enough to follow these instructions, because to write specific step-by-step instructions for you to follow takes longer than doing it.

Jeff