Practical setup, management and troubleshooting guides for Backups.

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Choosing which accounts participate in WHM backups

Backup User Selection determines which cPanel accounts participate in scheduled account...

Configuring WHM backups and retention for the available storage

WHM Backup Configuration defines scheduled account backups, retention and storage destinations....

Investigating a failed WHM backup job

A failed backup may involve account packaging, local storage or remote transfer. Identify the...

Migrating accounts with the WHM Transfer Tool

WHM Transfer Tool copies supported accounts between servers, but a successful copy is only one...

Planning DNS and mail cutover after a WHM transfer

DNS and mail cutover directs production traffic to a migrated account while preventing two...

Restoring an account from a WHM backup

A full-account restore can replace website files, databases, mail and account configuration...

Selecting files for a WHM file restoration

File and Directory Restoration can recover selected items from supported local account backups....

Validating a remote WHM backup destination

A remote backup destination protects against failures that affect the hosting server, provided...