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oksiak

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Hi :)

I created a backup Admin Level -> System Backup sysbk by mistake, I would like to delete the copy but I don't know where it is. Can someone help me?
 
This should be created in the /root directory. let's take a look with cd /
 
exlhost said:
This should be created in the /root directory. let's take a look with cd /
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Hm...I checked and in directory cd /root/backup/2073581/home/backup/db I have some old backups
03-23-17 03-24-17 03-25-17 03-26-17 03-27-17 03-28-17 03-29-17 03-30-17 03-31-17
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cd /root/backup/2073581/home/backup/db/03-31-17
da_roundcube.sql.gz mysql.sql.gz xxxxxxxxna.sql.gz
information_schema.sql.gz performance_schema.sql.gz
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As I understand it, there are also some old copies, can I delete them?

I keep looking and in cd /root/backup/2073581/home/s(edited)2/backups I found more old copies
backup-Mar-27-2017-4.tar.gz backup-Mar-29-2017-1.tar.gz backup-Mar-30-2017-2.tar.gz
backup-Mar-28-2017-2.tar.gz backup-Mar-29-2017-2.tar.gz
backup-Mar-28-2017-3.tar.gz backup-Mar-30-2017-1.tar.gz
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Can i delete them?


I still can't find the copy that direct admin created yesterday :( Admin Level -> System Backup sysbk
 
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Richard G said:
That command is already stated 3 times?
Login via SSH as root and then:

cd /

After that use the list command to list the directory.
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Ok got it :)

Code: 
bin   dev  home  lib64       media  opt   remi-release-7.rpm    root  sbin  sys      tmp  var               
boot  etc  lib   lost+found  mnt    proc  remi-release-7.rpm.1  run   srv   test.sh  usr
 
It's not in there as it seems. Is somebody else managing that server for you? I seen things in there which are normally not present in the systemroot.
Like the rpm files and the test.sh file.

Not really something to worry about, but if I would put it in some different place, not in a system dir.

If you click on the system backup, you should be able to see where it's place. I've just looked it up for you and normally it's:
$MOUNT_POINT/backup
which normally is /backup if I'm not mistaken. However in your / there is no backup directory so I don't know where it is now.

I think best is to go back in the GUI to the system backup page and there it should be displayed.
 
Richard G said:
It's not in there as it seems. Is somebody else managing that server for you? I seen things in there which are normally not present in the systemroot.
Like the rpm files and the test.sh file.

Not really something to worry about, but if I would put it in some different place, not in a system dir.

If you click on the system backup, you should be able to see where it's place. I've just looked it up for you and normally it's:
$MOUNT_POINT/backup
which normally is /backup if I'm not mistaken. However in your / there is no backup directory so I don't know where it is now.

I think best is to go back in the GUI to the system backup page and there it should be displayed.
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Thanks for answear :) , I'm the only one managing the server, but I'm not a specialist. A few years back a friend of mine helped me.

In Direct Admin it shows $MOUNT_POINT/backup for System Backups .
The copy was made yesterday,
Code: 
Performing sanity checks:  Completed
Checking load average:  Completed
Checking free disk space:  Completed
Performing Custom backup
     Archiving /etc/exim.conf:  Completed
     Archiving /etc/exim.cert:  Completed
     Archiving /etc/exim.key:  Completed
     Archiving /etc/exim.pl:  Completed
     Archiving /etc/group:  Completed
     Archiving /etc/gshadow:  Completed
     Archiving /etc/hosts:  Completed
     Archiving /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf:  Completed
     Archiving /etc/httpd/conf/ips.conf:  Completed
     Archiving /etc/named.conf:  Completed
     Archiving /etc/passwd:  Completed
     Archiving /etc/master.passwd:  Completed
     Archiving /etc/proftpd.conf:  Completed
     Archiving /etc/proftpd.passwd:  Completed
     Archiving /etc/proftpd.vhosts.conf:  Completed
     Archiving /etc/resolv.conf:  Completed
     Archiving /etc/shadow:  Completed
     Archiving /etc/ssh/sshd_config:  Completed
     Archiving /etc/system_filter.exim:  Completed
     Archiving /usr/local/directadmin/conf/mysql.conf:  Completed
     Archiving /etc/mail:  Completed
     Archiving /etc/virtual:  Completed
     Archiving /home/admin:  Completed
     Archiving /usr/lib/apache:  Completed
     Archiving /usr/local:  Completed
     Archiving /usr/share/ssl:  Completed
     Archiving /var/log:  Completed
     Archiving /var/named:  Completed
     Archiving /var/mail:  Completed
     Archiving /var/spool/cron:  Completed
     Archiving /var/spool/mail:  Completed
     Archiving /var/spool/virtual:  Completed
     Archiving /var/www:  Completed
     Archiving /usr/local/directadmin/data:  Completed
     Archiving /usr/local/frontpage:  Completed
     Archiving /etc/httpd:  Completed
Performing DNS backup
     Stage 1 DNS backup: Completed
     Stage 2 DNS backup: Completed
Performing Apache backup:  Completed
Performing MySQL backup
     Stage 1 MySQL backup: Completed
     Stage 2 MySQL backup:     Stage 3 MySQL backup:
       Dumping database da_roundcube:  Completed
       Dumping database mysql:  Completed
       Dumping database performance_schema:  Completed
       Dumping database strona2_strona:  Completed
Performing cleanup operations:  Completed

I have 3 GB less space, Direct Admin notified me that the copy was made and that's why I asked how I can locate and delete such a copy.

I have one more question, I found some old copies in cd /root/backup/2073581/home/strona2/backups
Code: 
backup-Mar-27-2017-4.tar.gz backup-Mar-29-2017-1.tar.gz backup-Mar-30-2017-2.tar.gz
backup-Mar-28-2017-2.tar.gz backup-Mar-29-2017-2.tar.gz
backup-Mar-28-2017-3.tar.gz backup-Mar-30-2017-1.tar.gz

Can I safely delete them?
 
oksiak said:
I have 3 GB less space, Direct Admin notified me that the copy was made and that's why I asked how I can locate and delete such a copy.
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You could use this command from SSH:
echo $MOUNT_POINT/backup
and it would show you where it is. Maybe in your case the mountpoint is /home and then the backup should be at /home/backup so might want to have a look there, since the backup is makde
cd /home/backup

I don't understand what user backups are doing in a /root/backup directory but maybe your friend put them there for some reason. Yes you can safely delete them.
 
Richard G said:
You could use this command from SSH:
echo $MOUNT_POINT/backup
and it would show you where it is. Maybe in your case the mountpoint is /home and then the backup should be at /home/backup so might want to have a look there, since the backup is makde
cd /home/backup
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I typed echo $MOUNT_POINT/backup in ssh and it gave me
Code: 
/backup

I checked further and found
Code: 
cd /home/backup/db
11-30-24  12-01-24  12-02-24  12-03-24  12-04-24  12-05-24  12-06-24  12-07-24  12-08-24

Richard G said:
I don't understand what user backups are doing in a /root/backup directory but maybe your friend put them there for some reason. Yes you can safely delete them.
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cd /root/backup/2073581/home/strona2/backups
Code: 
backup-Mar-27-2017-4.tar.gz backup-Mar-29-2017-1.tar.gz backup-Mar-30-2017-2.tar.gz
backup-Mar-28-2017-2.tar.gz backup-Mar-29-2017-2.tar.gz
backup-Mar-28-2017-3.tar.gz backup-Mar-30-2017-1.tar.gz

strona2 is active - linked domain (I run an internet forum), I found these copies by accident and they are from 2017.


Deleting these copies will not affect my forum? Sorry for asking so many times but I don't want to damage/kill my forum.
 
Deleting backups won't affect anything unless the backup is needed at a later date...... But they are safe to delete
 
oksiak said:
Deleting these copies will not affect my forum? Sorry for asking so many times but I don't want to damage/kill my forum.
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No, they are .tar.gz files so packed backups. I presume (if you're wise) you have created more recent backups for your forum. So yes 2017 is a long time ago and .tar.gz backup files are not use by any forum software as active files so you can delete them.

oksiak said:
checked further and found
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Those look as database files, or at least a /db/ directory normally would be short for database. There are recent dates in there, december 8th being the last zo these could be part of system backups.
 
Ok, I deleted old backups :) Thanks for help @Richard G , @LawsHosting and @exlhost :)




I checked cd /home/backup/db
Code: 
11-30-24  12-01-24  12-02-24  12-03-24  12-04-24  12-05-24  12-06-24  12-07-24  12-08-24
and they are all empty.

I am still looking for the where the copy created by Admin Level -> System Backup sysbk was saved.
 
I backup via FTP on a dedicated server (for ALL backups), but I do see /backup in / on my system...... If you do not see it, either sysbk is not running or it's using another directory.
 
Hi :)

I checked cd /home/backup/ and found

Code: 
12-07-24  db

12-07-2024 this is the date of the copy I'm looking for

which contains

Code: 
apache  bind  custom  mysql

apache contains
Code: 
apache.md5  apache.tar.gz
bind contains
Code: 
named.conf.md5  named.conf.tar.gz  zone_records.md5  zone_records.tar.gz
custom contains
Code: 
etc  home  usr  var

and mysql contains
Code: 
da_roundcube.sql.md5     full-mysql.tar.gz  performance_schema.sql.md5     strona2_strona.sql.tar.gz         
da_roundcube.sql.tar.gz  mysql.sql.md5      performance_schema.sql.tar.gz                                   
full-mysql.md5           mysql.sql.tar.gz   strona2_strona.sql.md5

I think I may have found the backup I created using System Backup sysbk.
 
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