Configuring backups

Note: The backup interval options work in the following fashion:

• Daily - Earth First Web Hosting Manager performs separate daily, weekly, and monthly backups.

• Weekly - Earth First Web Hosting Manager performs separate weekly and monthly backups.

• Monthly - Earth First Web Hosting Manager performs only monthly backups.

To configure backups:

1. Click on the Configure Backup link in the Backup menu.

2. Click on the radio button next to the following items to enable or disable the specified functionality:

   • Backup Status - Turns the automatic backup function on or off. The Restore Only radio button allows site restoration from old backups to occur, but does not create new backups.

   • Backup Interval - Specify the interval used by the backup process.

   • Remount/Unmount backup drive - Mounts and unmounts the backup drive when a backup is created. This requires a separate drive mount to operate.

   • Incremental backup - Backup process only copies what has changed since the last backup. This creates a much smaller backup file, but changes are piecemeal and the backup files are not compressed.

   • Backup Accounts - Backup process copies all account information for your customers.

   • Backup Config Files and Sql Databases - Includes config files and MySQL databases in the backup process.

   • Backup Destination - Enter the location of backups in the available field. This should be a dir/nfs/coda mount with at least twice the space of all your /home* partitions.

     Warning: Do not set this to your /home directory.

3. Click on the button.