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Backups and Restorations
Remote Paid Backup Service
InMotion Hosting Shared, VPS Hosting, Dedicated Server, and Reseller hosting plans feature a Remote Paid Backup Service. When enabled, multiple instances of your Home Directory and MySQL/pgSQL databases are stored remotely. You can manage and restore the backups using the Backup Manager interface in cPanel.
InMotion Hosting’s Backup Manager
InMotion makes backups and restorations simple to manage! Our exclusive Backup Manager plugin for cPanel enhances this service and provides the ability to:
- Generate and restore full, partial, or individual file backups – no more need to contact support!
- Queue multiple restoration requests and view their progress live.
- Set custom retention and backup generation schedules – meaning no more 24-36 hour time-frame restrictions!
- Be alerted if your account(s) are nearing or over their backup quota via AMP and email notifications.
- Purchase additional backup space directly from AMP Marketplace.
- Manage backups using cPanel and/or the Command Line Interface (CLI).
Backup Guides
Restore Guides
How to delete and restore pages in TikiWIki
Once pages are created in TikiWiki, you can begin to edit them. Because the TikiWIki site is accessible for anyone to edit, occasionally you may Read More >
Backup Manager’s Exceeded Storage Space Alerts
In this article: In this article, you can learn about the Backup Manager’s Exceeded Storage Space Alerts. You can also learn how to address the Read More >
Opt-out or Cancel Your Backup Manager Subscription
This article explains how to opt-out or cancel your subscription to Backup Manager. With the new Backup Manager, you can manage the date and time Read More >
How to Restore a Database With Backup Manager
InMotion Hosting’s Backup Manager for automated backups has an option to restore databases separately from files and folders. This is similar to restoring backups with Read More >
How to Enable or Disable Backups for Users of your VPS
Backups for a VPS are important for any one who is building a website. However, there are occasions where you may be managing a client Read More >
How to Restore a Backup File/Folder Using the Backup Manager
InMotion Hosting Business Class and Reseller Hosting plans now include an exclusive Backup Manager plugin for cPanel. This application allows users to manage the automated Read More >
How to View a Backup Using the Backup Manager
InMotion Hosting’s Backup Manager plugin integrates cPanel with your account’s remote backups. Remote backups are created for files/folders and databases separately. In this guide, you Read More >
Restore Backup to an Alternate Folder with Backup Manager
With InMotion Hosting’s Backup Manager, multiple backups are stored on a remote backup server. Instead of submitting a restoration request from AMP to restore data Read More >
How to Assign Backup Space to Child Accounts Using the Backup Manager
The Backup Manager plugin integrates cPanel with the InMotion Hosting automatic remote backup system to allow you to maintain your backup data. For example, the Read More >
Restoring Moodle from a backup
Once the backup is created through the Moodle Dashboard, like what was outlined in the Creating a backup of Moodle tutorial, the backup can be Read More >
Joomla 2.5 backup – Downloading a copy of your Akeeba Backup
Joomla 2.5 has reached its end of life as for 12/31/2014. Please be advised this may be a security risk to your website. You can Read More >
Joomla 2.5 Akeeba Backup configuration
Joomla 2.5 has reached its end of life as for 12/31/2014. Please be advised this may be a security risk to your website. You can Read More >
Joomla 2.5 Backup – Installing Akeeba Backup
Joomla 2.5 has reached its end of life as for 12/31/2014. Please be advised this may be a security risk to your website. You can Read More >
How to Create Grav Backups
Most content management systems (CMSs) have security and backup plugins available to improve performance and security to your preferences. Grav includes these features natively within Read More >
How to Add Storage Space to Backup Manager in AMP Marketplace
In this guide, you will learn how to add backup storage space using the AMP Marketplace. This will increase your storage limit for data backups Read More >
How to Restore Backups from Amazon’s S3 Cloud Storage
Using WHM’s Backup Configuration cPanel can upload its backups to Amazon’s S3 Cloud Storage and later restore backups from Amazon’s S3 as well. This is Read More >
How to Keep Regular Backups for Reseller Accounts
InMotion Hosting offers a free backup service for accounts under 10GB on shared, VPS, or Reseller hosting plans. However, we always recommend that you keep Read More >
Send email alert when backup limit exceeded
If you’re on a VPS or dedicated server and paying for our automatic backup service, you might like to know when you’ve gone over the Read More >
How to Create a Backup Using FTP
Backing up your website is a necessary step for all users. When you use an FTP client to backup your files to a local folder Read More >
ecbiz213 Failure and Recovery
At 12:30 PM (EST) on Monday, December 13th, 2021, ecbiz213 suffered a hardware failure associated with the hard drives on the server. Despite the best Read More >
How to use Google’s cache to restore a web page
In the event that you need a file restored and you have no local backup, you may be able to use Google’s cache as an Read More >
How to Restore a File from your Own Backup
Backing up your website is a necessary step for all users. There may be times that you need to restore a file on your website Read More >
Backup / Export a Database from SSH
In this tutorial we will show you how to export a database from SSH. This is useful for many things such as when you are Read More >
Backup a file before editing
In this article I’m going to go over a few ways in which you can backup a file for your website. That way if you Read More >
Restore a copy of your database
Once you have created a new blank database in your InMotion Hosting cPanel, you will want to import the copy of your database from your Read More >
Restoring a Database Backup in OpenCart 1.5
At times, you may need to restore your database for your OpenCart website. By now, you’ve learned how to create backups and backed up your Read More >
Creating your first Akeeba Backup
Joomla 2.5 has reached its end of life as for 12/31/2014. Please be advised this may be a security risk to your website. You can Read More >
Creating a Database backup in PrestaShop 1.5
Continuing in our Advanced Parameters course, we come to the Database Backup section. This section allows you create database backups and adjust the settings for Read More >
Downloading a Database backup in PrestaShop 1.5
Our previous article discussed creating database backups in PrestaShop 1.5. Our next article in the Advanced Parameters course focuses on how to download your backup. Read More >
How to delete a Database backup in PrestaShop 1.5
After learning how to download your database backup for safe keeping, our next article in our Advanced Parameters course will show you how to remove Read More >
Recovering After a Hack
Recovering from a hack can be overwhelming. Not only do you have to deal with restoring your site to a good working state, you also Read More >
Maintenance ecbiz111 failover to backup hardware
Issue: Server ecbiz111 server maintenance Status: Fully restored to original hardware. Who is impacted? Those users on ecbiz111.inmotionhosting.com.You can find what server you are on Read More >
Using Akeeba Kickstart to Restore a Backup
If you need to review your backups, go to the Akeeba Backup by clicking on the COMPONENTS menu item near the top of the screen. Read More >
Backup files
When it comes to making a backup of your website files, there are many options available. If you just wanted your email and website files Read More >
Using the Backup/Restore option in OpenCart 1.5
OpenCart has an option available to easily perform Backups and Restorations of your OpenCart database in the Dashboard. We recommend maintaining your own regular backups, Read More >
Emergency File System Recovery on ld143
Issue: Emergency Filesystem Recovery on ld143 Status: Our Systems team is having to perform emergency filesystem recovery on the ld143 server. Who is impacted? Users Read More >
Emergency File System Recovery on biz112
Issue: Emergency Filesystem Recovery on biz112 Status: Our Systems team has successfully completed emergency filesystem recovery on the biz112 server. Who is impacted? No one Read More >
Emergency File System Recovery on biz123
Issue: Emergency Filesystem Recovery on ld123 Status: Our Systems team is having to perform emergency filesystem recovery on the ld123 server. Who is impacted? Users Read More >
Storing Your Backups with Amazon S3 via WHM
Note that you will need root access in order to use these directions. Backups are a vital part of any healthy website configuration. Unfortunately, valid Read More >
Fixing BoldGrid Backup Email Notification Problems
The BoldGrid Backup plugin works with email notifications that work either with phpMail with no authentication or using an SMTP mail plugin using authentication. Due Read More >
How to Backup Emails with Horde
You can create data backups at every level of web hosting – Webhost Manager (WHM) on VPS Hosting, cPanel on all Shared Hosting plans, and Read More >
The Complete Guide to cPanel Backups
cPanel comes with an extensive suite of built-in backup tools. Below, we cover how to use these cPanel Backup utilities to both backup and restore Read More >
Scheduling cPanel Backups in WHM
With our VPS and Dedicated Hosting plans you can automatically perform cPanel backups. This allows you to schedule and save regular backups of your accounts Read More >
The Value of Different Types of Backups
Should you use WordPress backups, a database backup, or something more comprehensive like Backup Manager or WHM scheduled cPanel backups? The answer is yes! Different Read More >
Optimize Backup Settings in Backup Manager
If you’ve recently purchased Backup Manager or added it to your account, you may wonder how to use it most effectively. If you have a Read More >
Backup Manager cPanel Guide for VPS/Dedicated Servers
The cPanel Backup Manager feature allows you to automatically make backups of your account’s files. This includes your database files and the website files within Read More >
Backup Manager WHM Guide for VPS/Dedicated Servers
In this guide, we will show you how to access the Backup Manager settings in Web Host Manager (WHM) then go over the available settings. Read More >
How to Restore a File from Trash in File Manager
Did you accidentally delete a file in cPanel? Your file may be in the “Trash” folder instead of permanently deleted. In this tutorial, we will Read More >
How to Recover your Content from Wayback Machine (Internet Archive)
If your website was lost or hacked, you might have the unfortunate task of recovering the content. We always recommend making regular backups of your Read More >
How to Restore a Previous Version of a Page or Post
WordPress saves unlimited revisions and iterations of a page or post. This means you can always look into the past to see changes that were Read More >
Account Migrations
In this article, we’ll discuss the basic process of an account migration or move from one server to another. Sometimes this is necessary if your Read More >
AWS Transfer Guide
In this article we will outline how you can transfer data from the Amazon Web Services (AWS) hosting platform to your InMotion Hosting hosting platform. Read More >
How to Install Nextcloud on CentOS 8
When using CentOS 8, you may find yourself looking for an open source cloud storage solution that you can use to set up your own Read More >
How to Install Nextcloud on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
When setting up a new server running the Linux operating system Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, you may find yourself looking for an open-source cloud storage solution Read More >
How to create a database backup in PHP-Nuke
When creating a website with PHP-Nuke, or any other CMS for that matter, it is always a good idea to make and keep backup copies Read More >
Protect an Archived Backup
Up-to-date backups are important for a proactive security plan in case you need to migrate your BoldGrid site. However, there may be a specific scheduled Read More >
How to Set Up Backups on Cloud Server Hosting
Creating Automatic Backups in Cloud Server Hosting can easily be done through a few different methods: Snapshots, Scheduled Backups, and Version-control software/services. Automatic backups are Read More >
How to Restore Just One Part of Your Site From a Website Backup
In this article, we’re going to show you how to restore just one part of your site using a website backup. Remember, when it comes Read More >