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Comodo CWatch Web Security - Quick Start Guide > Setup CWatch Features > Backup Your Site > Manual Backup And Restore
  • Comodo CWatch Web Security - Quick Start Guide
    • Purchase Website Licenses
    • Login To CWatch
    • Add Websites
    • Setup CWatch Features
      • DNS Configuration
      • SSL Configuration
      • Configure Malware Scans
        • Automatic Configuration
        • Manual Configuration
      • CDN Settings
      • Setup Firewall Policies
      • Add The Trust Seal To Your Sites
      • Backup Your Site
        • Purchase A Backup License
        • Backup Configuration
        • Manual Backup And Restore
    • Use The CWatch Interface

Manual Backup and Restore

 

An on-demand backup is one that you run at any time as circumstances demand. For example, you might want to run an on-demand backup just prior to putting some website changes live. cWatch creates an incremental backup of your existing full backup.


Both website files and database are included. You can run two on-demand backups per-day.


See the following for more help:

  • Run an on-demand backup 
  • Restore from backup
  • View backup statistics
  • Delete backups

Run an On-Demand Backup

  • Select the target website from the menu at top-left
  • Click the 'Backup' tab
  • Click the 'Backup Now' button:


 
  • Note - You will be prompted to upgrade your license if the backup size exceeds your quota.

The date of the most recent backup is refreshed when the operation finishes:



 

Restore from backup

  • You can restore your site from any backup you have taken in the past.
  • You can restore all files or selected files

    There are two parts to a complete restore:

    1. Restore website files

    • Select the target website from the menu at top-left
    • Click the ‘Backup’ tab
    • Scroll to the table at the bottom of the page.
    • Click ‘Options’ in the ‘Restore’ column of the backup you want to use.
    • Select ‘Auto-restore All Files’ or ‘Selective Auto Restore’.
    • This restores your site files, but does not overwrite your current database.

    2. Restore database. You must do this manually. You can download the database from the ‘Restore’ options. You can get the database from a different backup-row if required.

      The options above offer you flexibility when restoring a website. For example, you can restore your site to the ‘last-known-working’ version, while keeping a database which has your most recent transactions.


      Run a restore operation

      • Scroll down to the backup history table:




      • Locate the row of the backup you want to use
      • Click 'Options' in the ‘Restore’ row:



      • Auto Restore all Files - Starts the full restore process. Files in the destination will be replaced by those from the backup.
        • Selective Auto Restore - Restore specific files and folders.
        • Download Entire Backup - You can use this to manually restore all files, run a partial restore, or simply retrieve some lost / older versions of files.
          Download Selected Files from Backup - Retrieve specific files from the backup. This is a simple download of files, rather than restoring them to their original location.
            DB Restore: 
            • Download Database Files - Download a .zip file which contains all database records. You can manually unzip and restore the database as required.

            The rest of this section illustrates the processes above with screenshots.


            Auto Restore all Files

            • Click ‘Options’ in the row of the backup you want to use
            • Click ‘Auto Restore All Files’:



            • Agree to overwriting files and click 'Restore'
            • You will see the following confirmation:




            • Results are shown at the end of the operation:



             

            Selective Auto Restore

            • Click ‘Options’ in the row of the backup you want to use
            • Click ‘Selective Auto Restore’:



            • Select the backed up file(s) on the left and click ‘Next’



            • Check the selected files detail on the left, agree to overwrite the files and click ‘Restore’.
            • You will see the following confirmation:




            • Results are shown at the end of the operation:




            Download Entire Backup

            • Click ‘Options’ in the row of the backup you want to use
            • Click ‘Download Entire Backup’ > ‘Confirm Download’:




            • cWatch will retrieve your files and create a zip file of them. This process may take a few seconds.
            • Once complete, click ‘Download’ in the ‘Result’ column:




            • Click ‘Download’ to save the zip file

            Download Selected Files from Backup

            • Click ‘Options’ in the row of the backup you want to use
            • Click ‘Download Selected Files from Backup’




            • Select the backed up file(s) on the left and click ‘Next’




            • Check the selected files detail on the left and click ‘Download’.
            • cWatch will retrieve your files and create a zip file of them. This process may take a few seconds.
            • Once complete, click ‘Download’ in the ‘Result’ column:




            • Click ‘Download’ to save the zip file
            Database Restore
            • Click ‘Options’ in the row of the backup you want to use
            • Click ‘Download Database Files’ > ‘Confirm Download’:




            • cWatch will create a zip file containing your database. This process may take a few seconds.
            • Once complete, click the 'Download' in the ‘Result’ column:



            • Click ‘Download’ to save the zip file


            View Backup Records and File Statistics
              

            The table at the bottom of the backup screen shows a full history of your previous backups. Details about each include the date, the success or failure of the operation, and the exact files involved. You can restore your site from any backup you have taken in the past.


            The table groups backups by month:




            • Click 'View' in a backup record




            • File Progress Tracker - Step-by-step details of website files transferred to the backup server.
            • Database Progress Tracker - Step-by-step details about the database backup operation.
            • File Stats - The number of files added, removed or modified. Click the download button to view the exact files involved:

            Click here for more information about backup records and file statistics.

             

            Delete Backups

            • You can remove backups that you no longer require to free up space for new backups
            • You may want to do this for older backups which are substantially different from the current iteration
            • Backups shown here include full backups (scheduled backups) and incremental backups (on-demand backups)
            • By deleting a backup, you delete both the website files and the database

            Scroll down to the backup history table:



            • Locate the row containing the backup you want to remove.
            • Click the ‘Delete’ button at the end of the row.

            A warning dialog is shown:




            • Enter the website name in the filed and click ‘Delete Permanently’

            View deletion history

             

            Deletion history shows the date of the removal, the type of backup removed, whether the operation was successful or not, and the space freed up by the removal.

            • Scroll down and click ‘View Delete Backup History’ at the bottom:



            Removal history is shown as follows:



            • Click ‘Delete Backup History’ to return to backup home page.

            Click here for more information about backups removal.

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