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How to Restore a Full cPanel Backup in WHM on a VPS or Dedicated Server

When you need to recover a hosting account after data loss or server changes on your VPS or Dedicated Server. This article explains how to restore a full cPanel backup using WHM.


To restore a full cPanel backup or cpmove file follow the steps:
 
  • Log into your WHM account (yourdomainname.com:2087)
  • Navigate to Backup -> Restore a Full Backup/cpmove FIle.
  • Select the Options you want to use on restoration:
    • Restricted Restore – for security, let this option checked
    • Restricted Restore performs additional security checks on the backup file. If a component of the backup file has a security issue, the system will not restore that portion of the backup.
    • Transfer Method: a. Restore with Username – if you have the backup file on the server. b. Restore with File – if you want to upload the archive from your computer
    • Overwrite the existing user – if you want to overwrite the exiting account
    • Assign a Dedicated IP Address – if you want to assign an IP for the account (you must have free IPs on the server)
  • Click the Restore button.  You will see the restoration process and any warnings/errors at the end. You can also use the Pause Queue and Abort buttons, if you want to pause or abort the process.
  • The cPanel backups/cpmove files must be in one of the directories:
    • /home, /home2, /home3, /root, /usr, /usr/home, /web
  • And must have one of the following file names:
    • Cpmove-{user}
    • Cpmove-{user}.tar
    • Cpmove-{user}.tar.gz
    • {user}.tar
    • {user}.tar.gz
    • Backup-{backup-date_time}_{user}.tar
    • backup-{backup-date_time}_{user}.tar.gz

If you have the root access to the server via SSH, you can achieve the restoration with the following command: 
 /scripts/restorepkg backupname

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