With all of the time and effort that is put forth into building a website, it would be foolish not to secure your efforts by creating a backup. Failing to backup your website could result in months or even years of work being lost overnight. There are a number of situations that could result in data loss for your website; your server’s hard drive can fail, your webhost can go out of business without warning, electrical problems can occur, and various other mishaps can take place. To prevent this from happening, users of cPanel can backup all of their website’s information quickly and easily with cPanel’s integrated backup utility. The entire backup process is automated, requiring only a few simple selections on your behalf, and cPanel users can even use the same backup utility to restore lost data. Creating and Downloading a Full Backup To create and download a full backup in cPanel, click Download or Generate a Full Web Site Backup in the cPanel Backup Utility Menu. Once the backup has been generated, you can select the file and save it to your computer by finding the recently created backup in the “Backups Available for Download” section. If needed, you can use this file at a later date to restore lost data within cPanel’s backup utility. Creating Partial Backups It is also possible to save certain pieces of your website, by clicking the appropriate links under the “Partial Backups” heading. Using his method will cause the backup file(s) to be downloaded to your computer in the directory of your choice. Saving a Copy of Your Website to the Web Server To save a copy of your website to the web server click Download or Generate a Full Web Site Backup. Then select Home Directory from the “Backup Destination” heading. Next, type in your email address so that you can receive a notification email when the backup is ready. Finally, click Generate Backup. Storing a Backup Remotely While this feature is best done by advanced cPanel users, it is possible to log into a remote computer and store backup files through FTP/SCP. After you have entered all of the necessary information, the backup file can then be stored in the directory of your choice on a remote device. You will also receive a notification email at the email address of your choice, once the backup has been completed . NOTE: When restoring a website using cPanel’s backup utility, you cannot use a full backup. Instead, the file must be downloaded and then decompressed before data restoration can occur. Only after the file has been decompressed will you then be able to upload and restore the individual segments of your website that are contained within the full backup. | 
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