VPS Troubleshooting - Backing Up and Restoring VPS
Backing up your Virtual Private Server is extremely important and should be done often. Any Virtual Private Server is defined by its operating system files, applications installed, configuration files, and personal information. Virtuozzo Power Panel allows you to back up all these components. A regular backing up of the existing Virtual Private Servers is essential for any VPS reliability.
The Maintenance page, which allows you to perform backing up and restoring operations, opens after you click the Maintenance link on the main menu or selecting the Maintenance link on the VPS Management dashboard accessible after clicking the VPS Management link on the menu. If you already have backups of the given VPS, it displays a table summarizing the backups.
Note: Apart from dealing with VPS backups, the Maintenance tab gathers links for all those operations that would guarantee the integrity and overall operability of your VPS, such as reinstalling (the Reinstall VPS link) and mounting the VPS in the Repair Mode (the Repair Mode link).
Column Name
Description
Backed Up
The date and time when the backing up was performed.
Size
The size of the backup.
Type
Denotes if it is a full or incremental backup. An incremental backup stores not all the files and settings of the VPS at the given period of time, but only the changes the VPS has undergone since the last backup.
You can manage your backups on this page in the following ways:
The New Backup button begins the process of backing up the current state of your VPS, be it running or not. The description of all possible VPS statuses is provided in the VPS Statuses section. This option is available only if you have not reached the maximal number of allowed backups for your VPS. If you have, remove one of the backups first (see below for details). VZPP allows you to place the backup of your VPS only onto the Node where your VPS is hosted.
The Restore VPS button restores the VPS backup currently selected in the table. Only one backup should be selected for this operation. The page opened provides instructions to guide you through the process. The VPS will be restored with all the values overwritten from the backup, including its IP address, password, application set, etc. The changes in the VPS made after the date of this backup will be lost after the VPS has been restored.
Note: If you are using an IP address of your VPS to connect to it, you may have to reconnect to the VPS with the IP address retrieved from the backup after the VPS is restored.
The Remove Backups button removes the VPS backup(s) currently selected in the table. Usually this is done to provide extra space for making new VPS backups. Use the checkbox at the upper left corner to select/deselect all the backups at once.
If you have reached the limit on the number of VPS backups you are allowed to create, you can make use of the Renew Backup button to renew a VPS backup without having to delete any of your existing VPS backups. By default, the oldest backup is renewed. You can also renew another VPS backup by selecting the checkbox opposite the corresponding backup and clicking on the Renew Backup button.
Clicking on a backup date in the table opens the Backup Details page where you can also restore or remove the corresponding VPS backup.
