Acronis Backup in Siteworx
What is Acronis Backup?
Acronis Backup provides essential data protection and fast recovery options in a shared web hosting environment, safeguarding user data and ensuring minimal downtime during unexpected events.
Acronis Backup is a powerful data protection and recovery solution that allows you to back up and restore files, applications, databases, and entire systems. It offers features such as:
- Full and Incremental Backups: It can back up entire systems or only files that have changed since the last backup, saving time and storage space.
- Cloud and Local Backup Options: You can store backups on local servers or in the cloud, providing flexibility in managing your backups.
- Easy Restoration: Acronis allows users to easily restore individual files, folders, or entire servers from a specific backup date.
Accessing Acronis Backup in SiteWorx
Log in to your SiteWorx control panel.
- Access your SiteWorx login page, typically at http://yourdomain.com:2443/siteworx/ or you can use your Client Control Panel to login
- When on the login screen, enter your email address, password and domain name then click "Login."
- Navigate to the Acronis Backup section, just below your File Manager.
- Select Desired Backup: Locate the backup corresponding to the date you wish to restore.
Restoring a Backup from a Certain Date:
- View the backup list: Inside the Acronis Backup interface. You can select whether to restore your website files or any of your databases.
Restore options:
- Specific Files/Folders: Target specific files or directories.
- Databases: Restores database contents (e.g., MySQL).
If you have selected “Files”:
- Click on the domain name
- Click on the “html” directory(folder).
- Select all files to recover everything or just a specific file.
- Click on “Restore”
- Restore to the Original Location: Files will be restored directly to their previous location, replacing the existing file(s).
- Restore to a New Location: Specify a directory(folder) where you want the restored file(s) to be placed. For example, /home/username/acronis_temp. This is useful if you do not want to overwrite the current files but still need access to the old data.
Overwrite Settings:
- Overwrite Existing Files: This option allows the restored file(s) to replace any file(s) that currently exist in the same location.
- Skip Files if They Exist: If you don’t want to overwrite the file(s), you can skip those that already exist.
Start the restoration: Confirm your selection, and the restoration process will begin. Acronis will handle the retrieval and recovery of the selected backup.
Verifying the Restore
- Once the restoration process is completed, it’s important to verify that the data has been successfully restored.
Accessing Restored Files:
- If you restored to the original location, you can access the files in their respective directories (e.g., /home/username/html for website files).
- If you restored to an alternate location, navigate to that directory via FTP or the SiteWorx File Manager to view the restored files.
- For website restorations, open your browser and visit the website to ensure everything is functioning as expected.
By following these steps, you should be able to restore your database or specific file(s) successfully using the Acronis Backup plugin in your domain control panel.