Directadmin Server Backup

Icecube

Icecube

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I just got a VPS and I'd like to keep my own backups downloading them to my local computer.

I have no server administration experience and don't have time to learn advanced stuff.

I tried with
PHP: 
tar cvpzf backup.tgz --exclude=/proc --exclude=/lost+found --exclude=/backup.tgz --exclude=/mnt --exclude=/sys /
and it created a tgz archive of the entire server ( from / ahead ) that I can download via SFTP, this already sounds reasonable to me, but I'd like to know if you know smarter/better solutions.

Moreover I saw there's a System Backup tool in Directadmin but it seems pretty useless since there's no restore utility... (at least at admin level)

how do you take backups of your servers?
 


I've just been using the Admin Backup/Transfer tool in DA. It is directly to the left of the System Backup tool (at least on my screen it is).

If you click on it, you will see there is an option to Backup and an option to Restore Backup.
 
but that's just for settings, instead I'm talking about the System Backup which is supposed to be able to backup your entire server directory structure, but doesn't have a restore tool (DirectAdmin Knowledge Base).
I've even found some users complaining about this missing feature.
 
my idea is to take a full backup when the server is correctly configured ( and after every relevant configuration change ).

Done this yes, backing up just the accounts would be enough.
 
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