Restore only some of the datas of a complete backup of directadmin

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smhnaji

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Suppose that we have a complete directadmin user's data backup.

Is that possible to restore only some data (eg Database only, or File and Folders only) from that complete backup?
 
If it's a user's backup, when selecting the restore, you can restore what things to restore with the "select restore options".

Otherwise I guess you have to unpack the tarball somewhere and restore manually.
 
Thank you very much.

Wish it was also possible from admin back end for backup cron jobs. This is my case.

Now I take 3 separate backups for files and folders, database and other stuff for any backup.
 
You can also temp move the complete public_html directory (if losing some mail is no problem), then restore the admin backup, delete the public_html again and copy the original back.
 
A client of mine messed up his website and wanted me to restore it.
I renamed the admin backup file in the user backup format (i.e. backup-Apr-28-2013-1.tar.gz) and copied it to the user's backup folder.
Then I logged on as the user, clicked restore and selected only "Website data" & "Databases", keeping his email data and settings intact.
It worked fine.
There should be a similar method for the admin restores in my opinion.
Anyway, hope someone will find this useful :)
 
12803 said:
A client of mine messed up his website and wanted me to restore it.
I renamed the admin backup file in the user backup format (i.e. backup-Apr-28-2013-1.tar.gz) and copied it to the user's backup folder.
Then I logged on as the user, clicked restore and selected only "Website data" & "Databases", keeping his email data and settings intact.
It worked fine.
There should be a similar method for the admin restores in my opinion.
Anyway, hope someone will find this useful :)
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Perfect answer!
I didn't know it would work. I had some suggestions on mind, but I was not sure whether it really works or not.

Thank you, this way I believe that it's the most efficient way to backup from the whole data of accounts, and restore ONLY what the user has missed or wants to backup!

Thank you again :)
 
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