Database Backup via cPanel
Saturday, 9. August 2008
The backup wizard in cPanel give you easy options from where you can choose what parts of your hosting account you wish to backup and download. The database backup using cPanel is an easy process, the backup wizard that comes with cPanel allow you to take database backup or restore a backup of your hosting account with an ease. The backup wizard generates one zip file that you only have to download.
You can either backup your entire ‘home’ directory, MySQL databases, or the email filters and forwarders configuration. Check the process here which can help you in backup process to generate a full backup and download that backup to your home computer.
* To access the Backup Menu, click on the icon above the word Backup on the main screen of your cPanel interface.
* Click on Generate/Download a Full Backup
* Select the destination you wish to save the backup to from the drop box next to Backup Destination:
* Enter your email address in the field next to Email Address:. An email will be sent to this address when the backup is
completed.
* If you are backing up to a remote server, place the server’s name, your username, and your password on that server in the appropriate fields.
* Click on Generate Backup to start the backup process.
Now you want to download tha backup to your home computer.
1. Click on download a home directory Backup
2. Save the file to your computer.
Its just simple.
Now, you can also download a database backup.
