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I have made my own custom backup, tar.gz files of the directadmin folder, the homedirs, the /etc/ folder, the /var/ etc..

If i place the things back on their place directadmin doesnt see any user. Is there some way to place back the backups so everything works again, so i do not have to add all users again, placing there files back etc?
 
Don't really know, I don't think anyboy really knows, it is all the magic of a backup function not seconded by a restore function...

(direct request to DA team : We need a restore function for the full backup. Damn it..)
 
netswitch said:
Don't really know, I don't think anyboy really knows, it is all the magic of a backup function not seconded by a restore function...
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You've not answered the poster's question at all, since s/he specifically said s/he's done his/her own custom backup.

Jeff
 
jjma said:
Great. We have a backup facility that doesn't do a proper restore, gees. What the use of that!
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DA has three backup levels.

The user backup and the reseller backup both come with complete working restore capability.

The server backup cannot be easily automated (we know; we've tried) because there are so many different ways it can be restored:

1) whole machine, like IP#s

2) whole machine, different IP#s

3) To a currently working DA machine, same IP#s

4) To a currently working DA machine, different IP#s.

And probably others as well.

I'll be trying again as soon as I finish a few other projects I've been promising for months.

I'll probably try whole machine, like IP#s, but possibly whole machine, differetn IP#s.

If it works, then I can release it, perhaps as open source, perhaps as a commercial tool.

Jeff
 
I think that is the best approach Jeff. It covers the two most important factors for me. Same ips or different ips.
 
Somewhere before the end of March I'll be moving my oldest retail hosting server clients to a new server.

Hopefully I'll have time to do a few test moves first, to see exactly what needs to be moved, and then a test using a script.

If I can do it quickly enough, and have the time, and it works, then we'll have a script.

Otherwise we won't :( .

Jeff
 
Jeff

I hope that you do find the time to create and release a script for a full server backup.

In your experience can you tell me what did and did not work with the following:

1) Backup of a user site. Restore onto a new server(same os/etc) under different ip.


2) Full backup of server and restore to the same server with same ip.



Thanks

Jon
 
Sorry fot the non constructive reply but I am currently migrating a server with about 150 accounts, mixed of direct customers, and reseller customers and it is really not so easy to do with the reseller backup function.

-You have to deal with the ip manually, so you have to change it in the old server named conf then when it is running update the DNS servers

-You have to re create yours and reseller hosting packages manually

-Sometimes, DA forgets to include something in the backup (like ftp accounts.)

-If a user has his account modified manually to accept more than the allowed number of features, his restore will skip the exeeding things. (ex : 5 forwards allowed, 15 set up manually, the 10 exeeding won't be restored)

-You have to re install skins and all not DA fresh isall standart things..

So, I really think DA should find a way to have an automated restore option.
You must admit that a backup feature without the associated restore option is quite a non sense...

Anyway, good luck for your migration, hope you ll have less problems than i had.
 
netswitch said:


-You have to re install skins and all not DA fresh isall standart things..
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I can't comment on the other points you have mentioned but if you are using an extra skin then you would be expected to reinstall this manually. The backup feature only backs up the data that the user/reseller creates and not the software that DA uses e.g skins.

regards

Jon
 
that's why a full server backup funtion is more interesting .

and that"s why we need the associated restore option :)
 
jjma said:
1) Backup of a user site. Restore onto a new server(same os/etc) under different ip.
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I've never tried a user only restore.
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2) Full backup of server and restore to the same server with same ip.[/quote]
We've successfully done this in the past.

Jeff
 
jlasman said:
I've never tried a user only restore.
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i'll let you know if it is possible in the next few weeks when I try with one of our clients.

2) Full backup of server and restore to the same server with same ip.
We've successfully done this in the past.

Jeff
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That's good news.

Jon
 
Sorry thats i had no time to reply, but i needed to do something. I restored everything manually, so by hand. Its a damn long work but there was no other option since we cant ghost or something remote.
Rsync would be an option, but also causes a lot of traffic and the need of an extra server for synchronisation..
 
When we restore servers we quote based on ten minutes per domain, and we've gotten good enough at it, so that works for us and for our clients.

Jeff
 
Jeff
Are you any further into releasing a plug in or details on how to do a full server to server restore using the same ips.

Jon
 
Getting closer. The next time we do a backup-restore (scheduled for later this month or early next month) we'll keep copious notes.

Jeff
 
We'll post when it's available.

As I've written before there will be many hours involved in turning a set of notes and experiences into a plugin, and it will be a commercial product.

If you or anyone else feels it shouldn't be a commercial product but rather should be included in DA, that's fine, but I'm not the person to tell that to, as I don't work for JBMC.

We're writing the package because DA users have said they'd be willing to buy it.

If JBMC decides to include a similar capability into DA we'll be very happy because we won't have to write ours.

Jeff
 
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