{"id":9812,"date":"2021-02-26T11:03:07","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T11:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/?p=9812"},"modified":"2024-04-23T13:46:23","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T12:46:23","slug":"create-backups-restore-in-directadmin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/create-backups-restore-in-directadmin\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Create or Restore Backups of your DirectAdmin Account?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Regularly creating data backups is a simple way to safeguard against issues like data losses.<\/p>\n<p>This article will show you how to create and restore data backups for the DirectAdmin account.<\/p>\n<h2>To Create Data Backup in DirectAdmin Account:<\/h2>\n<p>1. Log in to your <strong>DirectAdmin<\/strong> account.<br \/>\n2. Scroll down to the<strong> Advanced Features<\/strong> section and click on <strong>Create\/Restore Backups<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10564 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/create_restore_backup.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1048\" height=\"194\" \/><\/p>\n<p>3. You will see the <strong>Site Backup<\/strong> dashboard with many options that are available to backup\/restore. Click on the box beside options you wish to backup and click on the <strong>CREATE BACKUP<\/strong> button on the bottom-right side of the dashboard.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10565 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/create_backup_suc.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1340\" height=\"582\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A message \u201c<strong>Backup creation added to queue<\/strong>\u201d flashes on the bottom-right side of the screen.<\/p>\n<p>4. As soon as the backup is ready, the system will generate a message for your <strong>DirectAdmin<\/strong> account. You can access it by clicking on the user menu on the top-right corner of the dashboard and clicking the\u00a0<strong>Messages<\/strong> option.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10566 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/create_backup_msg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1357\" height=\"262\" \/><\/p>\n<p>5. In the list of messages, you would find a message: \u201c<strong>Your backups are now ready<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10567 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/create_backup_msg_chk.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1350\" height=\"266\" \/><\/p>\n<p>6. If you click on it, you will see a text \u201c<strong>Backup created<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10568 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/create_backup_msg_win.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"647\" height=\"218\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The system also sends you an email notifying the creation of the backup file.<\/p>\n<h2>To restore data backup in DirectAdmin Account:<\/h2>\n<p>1. Log in to your<strong> DirectAdmin<\/strong> account.<br \/>\n2. Scroll down to the <strong>Advanced Features<\/strong> section and click on <strong>Create\/Restore Backups<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10564 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/create_restore_backup.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1048\" height=\"194\" \/><\/p>\n<p>3. Click on the <strong>RESTORE BACKUP<\/strong> button on the top-right corner of the <strong>Site Backup<\/strong> dashboard.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10569 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/restore_backup.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1351\" height=\"583\" \/><\/p>\n<p>4. You can choose the backup files from the dropdown list to restore. You can also choose specific data to restore by ticking on the box beside the options.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10570 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/restore_backup_list.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1355\" height=\"583\" \/><\/p>\n<p>5. To proceed with restoration, click on the <strong>RESTORE<\/strong> button located in the bottom-right corner of your screen.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10571 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/restore_backup_run.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1350\" height=\"428\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A message &#8220;<strong>Restore will run in the background<\/strong>\u201d flashes on the bottom-right side of the screen.<br \/>\n6. The DirectAdmin system will send a notification in your messages that you can access the same way as explained earlier.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10575 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/restore_backup_msg.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1344\" height=\"394\" \/><\/p>\n<p>7. If you check the list, you will find a message saying &#8220;<strong>Your User files have been restored<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10572 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/restore_backup_msg_chk.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1346\" height=\"312\" \/><\/p>\n<p>8. If you click on the message, a window displaying the text &#8220;<strong>Restore Complete!<\/strong>\u201d would open.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10574\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/restore_backup_win.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"648\" height=\"235\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The system also sends you an email notifying the successful restoration of the backup file.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the screenshot of the elements that you can backup\/restore in the DirectAdmin account:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10580 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/backup_options.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"581\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Regularly creating data backups is a simple way to safeguard against issues like data losses. 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