Backup Configuration

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How to Configure Backups in WHM

Follow the steps below to configure backups in WHM

1) Login to the WHM.

You can login to the WHM from a web browser. Please follow the instructions to enter the WHM URL into the address bar.

https://youripaddress:2087  or  http://youripaddress:2086

2) Go to Backup >> Backup Configuration. You need to set the backup status as ‘enable’. It will be disabled by default. You can enable it by clicking on the radio button next to the ‘enable’. You can refer to the following screenshot for further clarifications.

3) Now you can configure the backup according to the options avaialble.

As shown in the screen shot, there are options to set daily backups, weekly backups, and monthly backups. You need to select the check-boxes enable them. Please be aware that keeping more backups will consume more disk-space.

4) The next section is to select what should be backed up.

 

You can select the required type of files from the below list.

1) Suspended Accounts

2) Access Logs

3) Bandwidth Data

4) Local DNS

5) System Files

There are also options to choose the backup options for databases. The available options include the following.

Backup SQL Databases:

1) Per account only

2) Entire MySQL Directory

3) Per account only and Entire MySQL Directory

You can choose the desired option from this list

After all the configurations are done, you can save the changes by clicking on the button ‘Save Configuration’.