Latest Announcemnent
New thread

Offsite vps backup

Status
Not open for further replies.
S

sparker366

Active Member
37
2010
0
0
I know my host does backups of the servers and all but I still would feel safe if I had control of my own vps backup incase I mucked about and borked something.

I am thinking about getting another vps to use as the storage for the backups but not sure how to do it. I would like to take an image of my current vps and store it on another vps. Do my changes and if I bork it then I can restore from that image. The reason for the vps as I have root and can run these commands

Is there anything like this with a simple learning curve that I can do. I am running a vb forum with file linking.

Again I understand that my host does do backups but am not wanting to ask him to restore it several times in one of my tweaking sessions.
 
14 comments
Are you using Cpanel? If so you can do a full Cpanel backup on your site and ftp it to your backup site and use Cpanel to restore it.

If you are not using Cpanel you can use tar & gzip to backup the entire site and ftp it to your new site and untar it there.
 
Well guess I need to make myself clearer. I do cpanel backups now and move them to my comp but thats not really what I am wanting. I would really like to back up the entire vps os and all then if I were say installing some software and messed up the install I could restore back to where I was.

This is probably not doable at all but just thought I would ask.
 
it is,this is what i use everyday to backup my sites.I rent a cheap vps just for storing the files and then have it set on cron to upload the daily backups to that vps.It is all handled auto by kloxo but there should be a way for cpanel to do it.
 
hi dj.. can you make a tutorial for that on kloxo? coz my site is kloxo using.. and i have shared host that i want to make my back-up! please dude..
 
sparker366 said:
Well guess I need to make myself clearer. I do cpanel backups now and move them to my comp but thats not really what I am wanting. I would really like to back up the entire vps os and all then if I were say installing some software and messed up the install I could restore back to where I was.

This is probably not doable at all but just thought I would ask.
Click to expand...

Hello,
if you have OpenVZ VPS, I think there is a way only VPS node root can do it, vzdump tool, its great tool to backup OpenVZ VPS, as .img file and can restore it later.

you can ask your provider for that.


Highest Regards
Mohammed H
 
Well guess I need to make myself clearer. I do cpanel backups now and move them to my comp but thats not really what I am wanting. I would really like to back up the entire vps os and all then if I were say installing some software and messed up the install I could restore back to where I was.

This is probably not doable at all but just thought I would ask.
Click to expand...

Search for r1soft backup technology.

It will do exactly what you want.

regards,
Ryan
 
I can confirm with what VPS9Ryan said, r1soft backup technology would suit you perfect for what you need.

I have dealt with them before, very professional and a fantastic service.
 
vps9Ryan said:
Search for r1soft backup technology.

It will do exactly what you want.

regards,
Ryan
Click to expand...

Darren said:
I can confirm with what VPS9Ryan said, r1soft backup technology would suit you perfect for what you need.

I have dealt with them before, very professional and a fantastic service.
Click to expand...

Ok what exactly am I looking for from them to do what I want. I only have access to my vps and not the whole vps server. Would the hotcopy be the one that I am looking for or what. I am a windows guy and linux is not my forte. I can learn by following instructions and such.
 
you can write a simple bash script for this purpose,
it will backup databases & files to a zip file then send it to an external backup vps using rsync
 
Hello,

on SolusVM servers :
tell your provider to execute this for your VPS:
Backup :
vzdump --stdexcludes --compress --quiet VEID <-- Change VEID to your VPS ID

Restore :
vzdump --restore /vz/dump/vzdump-VEID.tgz

I use this to backup/restore my clients VPSes

Highest Regards
Mohammed H
 
XSLTel said:
Hello,

on SolusVM servers :
tell your provider to execute this for your VPS:
Backup :
vzdump --stdexcludes --compress --quiet VEID <-- Change VEID to your VPS ID

Restore :
vzdump --restore /vz/dump/vzdump-VEID.tgz

I use this to backup/restore my clients VPSes

Highest Regards
Mohammed H
Click to expand...
He clearly states he doesn't want to implement any backup solutions. That is why I am looking for something my self.

I guess this can't be done so I would be best to run whm backups and have them stored on a remote vps. If I bork the vps I can always do a clean install of the os and that will get me back to square one and then do a whm restore.
 
I see, OK then your best solution is to backup > upload to remote FTP > broke your VPS > reload OS > restore backup :p
 
Ok then what is the best solution for a remote ftp. I need cheap and storage am not sure at this time my vps has 100gb but surely don't need that.

Would shared hosting work or would a vps be the best
 
Cheapest would be a file host like fileshare, filesonic, hotfile.

You can ftp to them. Just do not advertise the links and there should be no problems.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top