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.

There are two types of user-requested backup offered - Client Side and Server Side. With Client Side backup the data specified by user will be archived and downloaded over the Internet to the user for storage off-site. With Server Side backup, all data will be stored on the hosting system, no downloads are required.

Client Side Backup and Restore

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

To select, please click the corresponding link.

Server Side Backup and Restore

Server Side Backup and restore is only available when your Virtuozzo Container is stopped. If it is currently running, you need to stop it at "Virtuozzo Containers" screen by clicking the "Stop" button.

The following operations are available now:

- Make a server side backup
- Restore a server side backup.

Make your choice by clicking the corresponding link.

The server-side backup always creates an archive copy of a whole Virtuozzo Container. Only one such copy could be kept on the server for each environment, so each time you are creating a new backup, the old one will be overwritten.

The data and time the last server-side backup was made are also displayed on this screen. Please keep it current!