{"id":2323,"date":"2021-05-19T12:13:43","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T11:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/support\/?post_type=ht_kb&p=2323"},"modified":"2024-10-25T12:13:05","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T11:13:05","slug":"backups-snapshots","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/support\/articles\/backups-snapshots\/","title":{"rendered":"Backups & Snapshots"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Simply put, a backup is a copy of the content on your VPS that has been taken at a specific and regular point in time, such as once a week. This can then be used to restore your VPS back to that point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A snapshot is very similar to a backup, but it can be taken at any point in time. A snapshot can be taken just prior to an OS upgrade, a major module installation or an application upgrade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If something goes wrong with the upgrade then you can quickly restore the server back to the point that you took the snapshot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s an introduction to the backup and snapshots process:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step 1<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

First, log in to your control panel.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enter your username<\/strong> and password<\/strong> as you have set for your account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Control<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Step 2<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Once logged in, hover over the Services <\/strong>tab and click on \u2018Servers<\/strong>\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Register<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Step 3<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Click on \u2018Virtual Servers<\/strong>\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Virtual<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Step 4<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When the page loads, you’ll see information regarding your VPS, you’ll be able to click on ‘Backups & Snapshots<\/strong>‘ from the left hand side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You will see that this page contains information regarding the snapshots and backups that are being taken on your VPS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Info:<\/strong> Snapshots aren’t available on the XS package, but are included with all packages above this level.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\"Snapshots<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Backups are taken every 4 hours over a 24 hour period and then rotated, the oldest backup will be overwritten when the next backup is taken for a maximum of 9 stored backups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"List<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Restoring a backup<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To restore from a backup, click on the “Restore<\/strong>” button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then confirm <\/strong>the restoration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Restore<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The restore will run, but will need time to complete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Creating a snapshot<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Two options are available with snapshots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step 1<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

You can either create a snapshot from scratch by clicking the “Add snapshot<\/strong>” button, or you can convert an existing backup to a snapshot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Snapshot<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Please note:<\/strong> <\/strong>You can only have one snapshot at any given time.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Step 2<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

After clicking the “Add snapshot<\/strong>” button, create a label for the snapshot. Our example is called ‘Server upgrade backup<\/strong>‘ in this case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Snapshot<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Step 3<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Now that the server has been stopped, we can proceed with creating a new snapshot<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click the “Create<\/strong>” button and the server snapshot process will begin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once this has completed, the captured snapshot will display in the control panel, as shown in the example below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Saved<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

You can now restart the server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Creating a snapshot from a backup<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

You can convert a backup to a snapshot without having to stop the server, and means that you don’t have to create a snapshot from scratch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step 1<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Choose the backup that you wish to convert to a snapshot from the list of existing backups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click the “Convert<\/strong>” button when ready.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Saved<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Step 2<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Name the snapshot by filling in the ‘Label<\/strong>‘ field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Backups<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Once this field has been filled in, press the “Convert” button once more and the backup will now be converted to a snapshot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Removing a Snapshot<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To remove a snapshot from the server storage, you can just click the rubbish bin icon as shown in the example below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Saved<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A dialogue will appear asking you to confirm this action:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Snapshot<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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