Backing Up Data Manually

To perform a manual backup:

1. Go to Tools & Utilities > Backup Manager, and click Back
   Up.

2. Specify the following:

   • Whether to back up configuration only, or configuration plus
     content. Note that this refers to configuration and content of
     both your own account and those of all your customers. A backup
     containing the configuration and content both yours and that of
     all your customers can take many gigabytes. This should be taken
     into account to avoid exceeding your disk space usage quota.
   • Whether to store the backup on the server or in an FTP storage. If
     no FTP storage has been configured, click Configure to set one
     up.
   • The backup type. A full backup contains all configuration and
     content (if you choose to back up content) but takes up more
     space. An incremental backup contains only the difference
     between the current state of your account and that at the time the
     last full backup was performed. This helps to save disk space, but
     an incremental backup is useless if the corresponding full backup
     gets deleted or becomes corrupted.
   • You can also leave a comment for the backup file, have a
     notification sent to you after the backup completion, or suspend
     all domains during the backup procedure to ensure the backup’s
     consistency. On Windows, you can also choose to have Microsoft SQL
     Server databases backed up using the native backup functionality
     whenever possible.

3. Click OK. The backup process will start. When backing up is
   finished, the backup file will be saved to the storage you selected.