Author: Mitch Keeler

The LPCP from Lunarpages has an excellent backup manager that will assist you in keeping your website files, databases, and account status backed up. It is always important to have a backup handy, just in case the worst might happen. To access your backup settings, login to your LPCP and click on the Backup and Restore Account link under the Your Site category on the left-side menu, from within your Lunarpages LPCP control panel.

How to Backup Your Account

To create your hosting account backup, click the button labeled, “Create Backup”. Please allow time for the backup to finish if it seems like it is taking some time. Once finished, you should get a message informing you that the account has finished backing up and offering the location of the backed up files.

How to Restore Your Account Backup

To restore your backed-up files using LPCP, click on Backup and Restore Account. Next, click the “restore” link under Actions next to your backup you wish to restore. Then you will be asked to confirm the restore of the backup in question, make sure you hit, the “Yes” button. Finally, your account should start to be restored. Please wait until the restore is complete, as it can take some time depending on the size of your backup.

How to Download Your Backup

To download your backed-up files using LPCP, click on Backup and Restore Account. Now, click on the file name for the backup you wish to download, and you should be able to archive the backup in question to your own personal computer.

How to Delete the Archived Backups

To delete your backed up files using LPCP, click on Backup and Restore Account. Next, click the “delete” link under Actions next to the backup you wish to delete. You will be asked to confirm the removal of the backup before it is removed from the server. Make sure you hit the button labeled “Yes” if you wish to do so.

That is how you manage your backups in LPCP. As you can see it is a quicker and easier management system in place, to help you backup and restore your web hosting files.

Database and E-mail Backups: The LPCP interface does not (at this time) backup MySQL databases or e-mails. E-mails should be backup via downloading them to a POP3 desktop e-mail client. Databases will need to be backed up via the export function within phpMyAdmin (for MySQL databases) or phpPgAdmin (for PostgreSQL databases).

The Lunarpages web hosting wiki has tons more help for LPCP or any other tutorial you might need.  Be sure to check out some of these other popular favorites:

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