Backing Up the Account and Websites
To back up all data related to your account and all your subscriptions:
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To back up data related to your account and websites, go to Account > Back Up My Account and Websites. To back up data related to websites only, select Account > Back Up Websites (Alternatively, use Websites & Domains > Backup Manager).
Note: Depending on your permissions, one of these options might be unavailable.
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Click Back Up and specify the following:
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The data to back up (Back up).
If you selected Back Up My Account and Websites, you can back up:
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Only the account settings.
Select Customer’s configuration.
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Account settings and all data of customer’s subscriptions, including databases.
Select Customer’s configuration and content.
If you selected Back Up Websites, you can choose to back up:
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Only settings of websites, without data.
Select Domain configuration.
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All settings and data except for mail accounts and messages in mailboxes.
Select Domain configuration and User files and databases.
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All settings and data including mail accounts and messages in mailboxes.
Select Domain configuration, Mail configuration and content, and User files and databases.
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Only mail accounts and messages.
Select Domain configuration and Mail configuration and content.
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Splitting of the backup file. To create a multivolume backup, select the corresponding checkbox and specify volume size in megabytes. Multiple volumes are supported for backups stored in personal FTP storage.
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Location where to store the backup file (Store in).
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Whether to make a full or an incremental backup (Type).
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To backup all data, select Full.
A full backup can include either configuration or configuration and content, depending on what you selected in Back up.
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To back up only the changes made since the time of the previous backup, select Incremental.
Incremental backups always contain configuration with content, including databases. Database-related content is included in full, while web and mail related content is backed up incrementally. If no backups have been created yet, the first backup will be a full backup.
For the difference between full and incremental backup, see
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Email notification on backup completion. If you want to be notified of the backup completion, type your email address.
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What data to back up. You can back up only the account settings or account settings and all data (including databases).
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Click Back Up. When backing up is finished, the backup file will be saved to the storage you selected.