Making backups

Making backups

ispmanager backs up sites, databases, mail, server settings, and your settings. By backing up, you will be able to restore valuable data if a user deletes vital content or an intruder breaks into the database

Making backups

How ispmanager’s backup system works

Flexible scheduling

Servers are backed up manually or automatically on schedule. By default, backups are made once a day, but this can be reconfigured. ispmanager supports Cron, a program for UNIX systems that gives you flexibility in scheduling backups.

Flexible scheduling

Backups neither interfere with server performance nor take up a lot of space

ispmanager uses the full and incremental backup method.

By default, the panel performs a full backup on Sundays and an incremental backup daily. An incremental backup contains only the data that has changed since the previous backup.

With this system, all data is saved daily, you save disk space, and the backup process doesn’t waste time.

Backups neither interfere with server performance nor take up a lot of space

Incremental backup

First, the data is backed up in its entirety, and then each subsequent backup run only backs up the new or updated data

Data source
Backup storage
1st backup
2nd backup
3rd backup
4th backup

Backups can be stored on local or remote servers, including cloud storage

Local drive

Local drive

Remote FTP server

Remote FTP server

Dropbox

Dropbox

Amazon S3

Amazon S3

Google Drive

Google Drive

S3-compatible storage

S3-compatible storage

How to set up backups in ispmanager

In ispmanager, backups are easy to configure, just select the type of storage. You can:

  • select the type of storage for backups,
  • set a password,
  • configure disk space limits,
  • specify the number of full and daily backups,
  • exclude some files and databases from the backup,
  • set the backup time.
How to set up backups in ispmanager