cpanel backup

[jmellorsuk]

I've got a full cpanel backup, and wondering if anyone could give me a tut on how to restore it. databases n all


many thanks,
joe

 

[Corey]

For a full backup usually an admin must restore it, please upload it to your account and tell us the file name.

-Corey

 

[jmellorsuk]

You can download it here.

http://mashupmb.com/backup-4.29.2008_13-56-05_mashupmb.tar.gz


When restoring it, the files currently in my www folder can be overwritten.

ps. Could this be done tonight possibly? I've already had to delay the opening of my site.

Many thanks,
Joe.

 

[Fedlerner]

When restoring a full backup it overwrites ALL your hosting account information to the one you had when you made the backup. Including mails, MySQL databases, files, etc.
I've moved your backup to your root directory, never put it on your public_html as people will be able to download it, and could stole your pages/information.

I can restore the backup now if it's OK for you.

 

[jmellorsuk]

yea that'll be great thanks.

thanks for the tips.

 

[Fedlerner]

Ok, I'm on the process of restoring the backup.
I'll post back when it's done.

 

[Fedlerner]

Backup has been restored.
Check if all is working correctly.

 

[jmellorsuk]

erm, not quite as i expected. im sure it had more folders and the mysql's dont seem to be restored.

it's actually a vbulletin forum, it was completed, skin n all.

any ideas?

 

[Fedlerner]

That's the content of the backup you uploaded.
The only thing that could have made the backup incomplete is if the backup was cut when it was being created. I've downloaded the backup to my CPU and when opening it WinRar gives me an error telling me "The archive is corrupt - Unexpected end of archive".
So I'm almost sure that this is the problem, the backup generation didn't complete (I saw the backup was from another host, so you could ask them about it).

 

[jmellorsuk]

ok. when i unzipped it it seemed to unzip ok.

is there any possible way for me to restore it, since the backup unzips fine for me.

many thanks,,
Edit:
second thoughts i might aswell start again anyway.

forget backup.

many thanks,,

 

[Fedlerner]

You can restore files by FTP.
Maybe when you uploaded your backup it cut and not when your backup was generated.
What's the size of your backup?