How to take a full VPS backup via VZPP/PVA control panel?
Applies to :
- Virtuozzo Linux (VPS) with VZPP/PVA enabled.
Requirements
To perform this task, you need to have :
- IP address or hostname of the VPS.
- Administrator (root) access of the VPS.
Overview
Backup is one of the most important integrated features of Virtuozzo. It can be created during run-time without downtime – Live backups.
With a root access of the VPS, the VPS owner has the ability to initiate themselves from the VZPP panel of the VPS. Please note that the backups created via VZPP will not take your VPS disk space, however, we have limited each account to have maximum of 2 backups.
Instructions
1. Open Parallels Power Panel and log in using root access of your VPS. VZPP can be accessible from https://(your IP address):4643.
2. Go to Management > Maintenance.
3. Under Backups tab, click New Backup.
4. You can set any comments in Backup Description and click Backup button to initiate a backup process.
5. You can monitor the process by click Details in the Information show after you initiate the process or you can go to Task Log.
6. You will see a new backup in the list when the process completed.
You can read more here about how to fully restore VPS in VZPP/PVA control panel.