Client Side Backup and Restore

This section of a control panel helps you protect data from accidental loss. If the original data on your server is accidentally erased or overwritten, or becomes inaccessible because of <put your favourite disaster here>, you can easily restore the data from the archived copy.

With Client Side backup the data specified by user will be archived and downloaded over the Internet to the user for storage off-site. Client Side Backup and restore is only available when your Virtuozzo Container is running. If it is currently stopped, you need to start it at "Virtuozzo Containers" screen by clicking the "Start" button.

The following operations are available now:

- Backup an user home directory
- Backup home directories of all users
- Backup a user-specified directory
- Restore a directory from a backup

Backing up user home directory

1. Select the operation you wish to perform by clicking the corresponding radio button and press "Next".
2. Select a user whose home directory you want to back up from a list.
3. Mark a "User's home directory" checkbox. You could omit it, if you have a fresh home directory backup already and just want to back up the mailbox.
4. If you want to include user's mailbox into a backup, mark the corresponding checkbox
5. Press OK. Your browser download dialog should appear soon. Choose "Save File" if you have an "Open or Save" choice.
6. Choose the directory and a file name on your local machine for a backup. Make a file name meaningful for you - it will be helpful when it will be a time to restore.
7. Confirm file save to a disk.
8. Enjoy!

Backing up home directories of all users

1. Select the operation you wish to perform by clicking the corresponding radio button and press "Next".
2. Mark a "Home directories" checkbox. You could omit it, if you have a fresh home directory backup already and just want to back up the mailboxes.
3. If you want to include all user's mailboxes into a backup, mark the corresponding checkbox
4. Press OK. Your browser download dialog should appear soon. Choose "Save File" if you have an "Open or Save" choice.
5. Choose the directory and a file name on your local machine for a backup. Make a file name meaningful for you - it will be helpful when it will be a time to restore.
6. Confirm file save to a disk.
7. Enjoy!

Backing up custom set of directories

1. Select the operation you wish to perform by clicking the corresponding radio button and press "Next".
2. Enter the directories you want to back up, one per line. Up to 50 could be entered.
3. Press OK. Your browser download dialog should appear soon. Choose "Save File" if you have an "Open or Save" choice.
4. Choose the directory and a file name on your local machine for a backup. Make a file name meaningful for you - it will be helpful when it will be a time to restore.
5. Confirm file save to a disk.
6. Enjoy!

Restoring a Client Side Backup

This is really simple:

1. Select the operation you wish to perform by clicking the corresponding radio button and press "Next".
2. Enter the file name to restore backup from, or click browse and select the right file.
3. Press "Restore".
4. Enjoy!