{"id":6521,"date":"2017-03-24T13:48:13","date_gmt":"2017-03-24T10:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unihost.com\/help\/?p=6521"},"modified":"2023-01-19T13:58:11","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T10:58:11","slug":"what-is-backup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unihost.com\/help\/what-is-backup\/","title":{"rendered":"What is backup?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">Backup\u00a0is a reserve copy of the data, from which the original data can be restored. Backups are usually done so that in case the working copy is lost, it can be restored.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\"><!--more--><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">How to make a good backup<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">Good backup must be on a different drive from the working copy. In a perfect world \u2014 on a completely different PC or even on the cloud drive. In that case, even if the machine that runs the working copy is down, you still have a version of data that can be used to restore it.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">Backing up the whole system is preferable to backing up the part of it. Even if right now all you need is this part.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">All the old backups have to stay preserved as long as possible. At any moment, you should be able to restore not only the most recent backup, but also an older one.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">How to backup a website<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">Unihost keeps automatic daily backups for 14 days. But you can make a backup yourself via the admin panel.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">How to backup a website in cPanel<\/span><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">Log into cPanel<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">Under<em> Files <\/em>click on <em>Backup<\/em>.<em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6522 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/unihost.com\/help\/minio.php?.\/3132c71dbe.png\" alt=\"backup\" width=\"914\" height=\"234\" \/ title=\"What is backup? - Image 1\"><\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">Choose what you want to save and click on the corresponding button. A backup copy will be available to download after processing, as well as sent to you by email.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6524 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/unihost.com\/help\/minio.php?.\/7693638d2a.png\" alt=\"download backup\" width=\"1153\" height=\"449\" \/ title=\"What is backup? - Image 2\"><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"col-9\"><\/div>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">How to backup a website in ISPmanager<\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"col-9\">\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">Log into the ISPmanager<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">Under\u00a0<em>Tools\u00a0<\/em>select<em> Backup copies.<\/em><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6526 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/unihost.com\/help\/minio.php?.\/af3f75ab6d.png\" alt=\"copies\" width=\"133\" height=\"306\" \/ title=\"What is backup? - Image 3\"><\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">Choose the <em>Storage type:<\/em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6528 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/unihost.com\/help\/minio.php?.\/89ce1240bc.png\" alt=\"storage type\" width=\"526\" height=\"390\" \/ title=\"What is backup? - Image 4\"><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">Enter the access code and provide the path to backups. 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