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Backups and Restorations

gear icon Remote Paid Backup Service

InMotion Hosting Shared, VPS Hosting, Dedicated Server, and Reseller hosting plans feature a Remote Paid Backup Service. When enabled, multiple instances of your Home Directory and MySQL/pgSQL databases are stored remotely. You can manage and restore the backups using the Backup Manager interface in cPanel.

cPanel view of InMotion Hosting's Backup Manager plugin.

tools icon InMotion Hosting’s Backup Manager

InMotion makes backups and restorations simple to manage! Our exclusive Backup Manager plugin for cPanel enhances this service and provides the ability to:

  • Generate and restore full, partial, or individual file backups – no more need to contact support!
  • Queue multiple restoration requests and view their progress live.
  • Set custom retention and backup generation schedules – meaning no more 24-36 hour time-frame restrictions!
  • Be alerted if your account(s) are nearing or over their backup quota via AMP and email notifications.
  • Purchase additional backup space directly from AMP Marketplace.
  • Manage backups using cPanel and/or the Command Line Interface (CLI).

ftp icon Backup Guides

  • How to Enable/Disable Backups
  • How to Assign Backup Space to Child Accounts
  • How to View a Backup

page icon Restore Guides

  • How to Restore a Backup to Another Folder
  • How to Restore a Backup File/Folder
  • How to Restore a Database Backup



LD118 Failure and recovery

August 16, 2021 by Arnel Custodio

UPDATE: We are in the process of moving accounts to a new server, this will occur during a maintenance window on 10/22. We are very Read More >

Posted in Backups and Restorations

How to delete and restore pages in TikiWIki

August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor

Once pages are created in TikiWiki, you can begin to edit them. Because the TikiWIki site is accessible for anyone to edit, occasionally you may Read More >

Posted in Backups and Restorations, Tiki Wiki

Backup Manager’s Exceeded Storage Space Alerts

January 10, 2023 by John-Paul Briones

In this article: In this article, you can learn about the Backup Manager’s Exceeded Storage Space Alerts. You can also learn how to address the Read More >

Posted in Backup Manager, Backups and Restorations

Opt-out or Cancel Your Backup Manager Subscription

January 10, 2023 by John-Paul Briones

This article explains how to opt-out or cancel your subscription to Backup Manager.  With the new Backup Manager, you can manage the date and time Read More >

Posted in Backup Manager, Backups and Restorations

How to Restore a Database With Backup Manager

March 31, 2022 by InMotion Hosting Contributor

InMotion Hosting’s Backup Manager for automated backups has an option to restore databases separately from files and folders. This is similar to restoring backups with Read More >

Posted in Backup Manager, Backups and Restorations, Working with Databases

How to Enable or Disable Backups for Users of your VPS

August 16, 2021 by Arnel Custodio

Backups for a VPS are important for any one who is building a website. However, there are occasions where you may be managing a client Read More >

Posted in Backups and Restorations, VPS Hosting, Website

How to Restore a Backup File/Folder Using the Backup Manager

November 19, 2021 by John-Paul Briones

InMotion Hosting Business Class and Reseller Hosting plans now include an exclusive Backup Manager plugin for cPanel. This application allows users to manage the automated Read More >

Posted in Backup Manager, Backups and Restorations, Website

How to View a Backup Using the Backup Manager

March 31, 2022 by John-Paul Briones

InMotion Hosting’s Backup Manager plugin integrates cPanel with your account’s remote backups. Remote backups are created for files/folders and databases separately. In this guide, you Read More >

Posted in Backup Manager, Backups and Restorations, Website

Restore Backup to an Alternate Folder with Backup Manager

December 30, 2022 by John-Paul Briones

With InMotion Hosting’s Backup Manager, multiple backups are stored on a remote backup server. Instead of submitting a restoration request from AMP to restore data Read More >

Posted in Backup Manager, Backups and Restorations

How to Assign Backup Space to Child Accounts Using the Backup Manager

November 19, 2021 by John-Paul Briones

The Backup Manager plugin integrates cPanel with the InMotion Hosting automatic remote backup system to allow you to maintain your backup data. For example, the Read More >

Posted in Backup Manager, Backups and Restorations, Website

Restoring Moodle from a backup

August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor

Once the backup is created through the Moodle Dashboard, like what was outlined in the Creating a backup of Moodle tutorial, the backup can be Read More >

Posted in Backups and Restorations, Moodle, Website

Joomla 2.5 backup – Downloading a copy of your Akeeba Backup

August 16, 2021 by Brad Markle

Joomla 2.5 has reached its end of life as for 12/31/2014. Please be advised this may be a security risk to your website. You can Read More >

Posted in Backups and Restorations, Joomla, Joomla 2.5, Website Tagged Joomla v2.5

Joomla 2.5 Akeeba Backup configuration

November 19, 2021 by Brad Markle

Joomla 2.5 has reached its end of life as for 12/31/2014. Please be advised this may be a security risk to your website. You can Read More >

Posted in Backups and Restorations, Joomla, Joomla 2.5, Website Tagged Joomla v2.5

Joomla 2.5 Backup – Installing Akeeba Backup

November 19, 2021 by Brad Markle

Joomla 2.5 has reached its end of life as for 12/31/2014. Please be advised this may be a security risk to your website. You can Read More >

Posted in Backups and Restorations, Joomla, Joomla 2.5, Website Tagged Joomla v2.5

How to Create Grav Backups

November 19, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor

Most content management systems (CMSs) have security and backup plugins available to improve performance and security to your preferences. Grav includes these features natively within Read More >

Posted in Backups and Restorations, Website

How to Add Storage Space to Backup Manager in AMP Marketplace

January 9, 2023 by John-Paul Briones

In this guide, you will learn how to add backup storage space using the AMP Marketplace. This will increase your storage limit for data backups Read More >

Posted in Account Management Panel, Backup Manager, Backups and Restorations

How to Restore Backups from Amazon’s S3 Cloud Storage

January 18, 2023 by InMotion Hosting Contributor

Using WHM’s Backup Configuration cPanel can upload its backups to Amazon’s S3 Cloud Storage and later restore backups from Amazon’s S3 as well. This is Read More >

Posted in Backups and Restorations, Website

How to Keep Regular Backups for Reseller Accounts

November 19, 2021 by Christopher Maiorana

InMotion Hosting offers a free backup service for accounts under 10GB on shared, VPS, or Reseller hosting plans. However, we always recommend that you keep Read More >

Posted in Backups and Restorations, Website

Send email alert when backup limit exceeded

October 20, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor

If you’re on a VPS or dedicated server and paying for our automatic backup service, you might like to know when you’ve gone over the Read More >

Posted in Backups and Restorations, Email, Website

How to Create a Backup Using FTP

January 27, 2023 by Arnel Custodio

Backing up your website is a necessary step for all users. When you use an FTP client to backup your files to a local folder Read More >

Posted in Backups and Restorations, Website

ecbiz213 Failure and Recovery

December 15, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor

At 12:30 PM (EST) on Monday, December 13th, 2021, ecbiz213 suffered a hardware failure associated with the hard drives on the server. Despite the best Read More >

Posted in Backups and Restorations, News / Announcements

How to use Google’s cache to restore a web page

February 16, 2021 by Carrie Smaha

In the event that you need a file restored and you have no local backup, you may be able to use Google’s cache as an Read More >

Posted in Backups and Restorations, Google Tools, Website

How to Restore a File from your Own Backup

June 1, 2021 by John-Paul Briones

Backing up your website is a necessary step for all users. There may be times that you need to restore a file on your website Read More >

Posted in Backups and Restorations, Website

Backup / Export a Database from SSH

August 16, 2021 by John-Paul Briones

In this tutorial we will show you how to export a database from SSH. This is useful for many things such as when you are Read More >

Posted in Backups and Restorations, Website, Working with Databases

Backup a file before editing

August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor

In this article I’m going to go over a few ways in which you can backup a file for your website. That way if you Read More >

Posted in Backups and Restorations, Website

Restore a copy of your database

August 16, 2021 by John-Paul Briones

Once you have created a new blank database in your InMotion Hosting cPanel, you will want to import the copy of your database from your Read More >

Posted in Backups and Restorations, Website, Working with Databases

Restoring a Database Backup in OpenCart 1.5

August 16, 2021 by Carrie Smaha

At times, you may need to restore your database for your OpenCart website. By now, you’ve learned how to create backups and backed up your Read More >

Posted in Backups and Restorations, OpenCart, Website, Working with Databases

Creating your first Akeeba Backup

November 19, 2021 by Brad Markle

Joomla 2.5 has reached its end of life as for 12/31/2014. Please be advised this may be a security risk to your website. You can Read More >

Posted in Backups and Restorations, Website

Creating a Database backup in PrestaShop 1.5

August 16, 2021 by Scott Mitchell

Continuing in our Advanced Parameters course, we come to the Database Backup section. This section allows you create database backups and adjust the settings for Read More >

Posted in Backups and Restorations, Prestashop, Website, Working with Databases

Downloading a Database backup in PrestaShop 1.5

August 16, 2021 by Scott Mitchell

Our previous article discussed creating database backups in PrestaShop 1.5. Our next article in the Advanced Parameters course focuses on how to download your backup. Read More >

Posted in Backups and Restorations, Prestashop, Website, Working with Databases

How to delete a Database backup in PrestaShop 1.5

August 16, 2021 by Scott Mitchell

After learning how to download your database backup for safe keeping, our next article in our Advanced Parameters course will show you how to remove Read More >

Posted in Backups and Restorations, Prestashop, Website, Working with Databases

Recovering After a Hack

October 6, 2022 by Brad Markle

Recovering from a hack can be overwhelming. Not only do you have to deal with restoring your site to a good working state, you also Read More >

Posted in Backups and Restorations, Troubleshooting Hacked Websites

Maintenance ecbiz111 failover to backup hardware

August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor

Issue: Server ecbiz111 server maintenance Status: Fully restored to original hardware. Who is impacted? Those users on ecbiz111.inmotionhosting.com.You can find what server you are on Read More >

Posted in Backups and Restorations, News / Announcements, Website

Using Akeeba Kickstart to Restore a Backup

August 16, 2021 by Arnel Custodio

If you need to review your backups, go to the Akeeba Backup by clicking on the COMPONENTS menu item near the top of the screen. Read More >

Posted in Backups and Restorations, Website

Backup files

August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor

When it comes to making a backup of your website files, there are many options available. If you just wanted your email and website files Read More >

Posted in Backups and Restorations, Website

Using the Backup/Restore option in OpenCart 1.5

August 16, 2021 by John-Paul Briones

OpenCart has an option available to easily perform Backups and Restorations of your OpenCart database in the Dashboard. We recommend maintaining your own regular backups, Read More >

Posted in Backups and Restorations, OpenCart, Website

Emergency File System Recovery on ld143

August 16, 2021 by Scott Mitchell

Issue: Emergency Filesystem Recovery on ld143 Status: Our Systems team is having to perform emergency filesystem recovery on the ld143 server. Who is impacted? Users Read More >

Posted in Backups and Restorations, News / Announcements

Emergency File System Recovery on biz112

July 17, 2014 by Scott Mitchell

Issue: Emergency Filesystem Recovery on biz112 Status: Our Systems team has successfully completed emergency filesystem recovery on the biz112 server. Who is impacted? No one Read More >

Posted in Backups and Restorations, News / Announcements

Emergency File System Recovery on biz123

August 16, 2021 by Scott Mitchell

Issue: Emergency Filesystem Recovery on ld123 Status: Our Systems team is having to perform emergency filesystem recovery on the ld123 server. Who is impacted? Users Read More >

Posted in Backups and Restorations, News / Announcements

Storing Your Backups with Amazon S3 via WHM

August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor

Note that you will need root access in order to use these directions. Backups are a vital part of any healthy website configuration. Unfortunately, valid Read More >

Posted in Backups and Restorations, WebHost Manager (WHM), Website

Fixing BoldGrid Backup Email Notification Problems

February 16, 2018 by Arnel Custodio

The BoldGrid Backup plugin works with email notifications that work either with phpMail with no authentication or using an SMTP mail plugin using authentication. Due Read More >

Posted in Backups and Restorations, BoldGrid, Email, Website

How to Backup Emails with Horde

June 22, 2022 by InMotion Hosting Contributor

You can create data backups at every level of web hosting – Webhost Manager (WHM) on VPS Hosting, cPanel on all Shared Hosting plans, and Read More >

Posted in Backups and Restorations, Email, Horde Webmail, Website

The Complete Guide to cPanel Backups

November 4, 2022 by InMotion Hosting Contributor

cPanel comes with an extensive suite of built-in backup tools. Below, we cover how to use these cPanel Backup utilities to both backup and restore Read More >

Posted in Backups and Restorations, cPanel

Scheduling cPanel Backups in WHM

February 13, 2023 by John-Paul Briones

With our VPS and Dedicated Hosting plans you can automatically perform cPanel backups. This allows you to schedule and save regular backups of your accounts Read More >

Posted in Backups and Restorations, cPanel, WebHost Manager (WHM), Website

The Value of Different Types of Backups

November 19, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor

Should you use WordPress backups, a database backup, or something more comprehensive like Backup Manager or WHM scheduled cPanel backups? The answer is yes! Different Read More >

Posted in Backups and Restorations

Optimize Backup Settings in Backup Manager

December 30, 2022 by InMotion Hosting Contributor

If you’ve recently purchased Backup Manager or added it to your account, you may wonder how to use it most effectively. If you have a Read More >

Posted in Backup Manager, Backups and Restorations

Backup Manager cPanel Guide for VPS/Dedicated Servers

August 16, 2021 by Arnel Custodio

The cPanel Backup Manager feature allows you to automatically make backups of your account’s files. This includes your database files and the website files within Read More >

Posted in Backup Manager, Backups and Restorations

Backup Manager WHM Guide for VPS/Dedicated Servers

November 19, 2021 by John-Paul Briones

In this guide, we will show you how to access the Backup Manager settings in Web Host Manager (WHM) then go over the available settings. Read More >

Posted in Backup Manager, Backups and Restorations

How to Restore a File from Trash in File Manager

August 16, 2021 by John-Paul Briones

Did you accidentally delete a file in cPanel? Your file may be in the “Trash” folder instead of permanently deleted. In this tutorial, we will Read More >

Posted in Backups and Restorations

How to Recover your Content from Wayback Machine (Internet Archive)

May 16, 2022 by John-Paul Briones

If your website was lost or hacked, you might have the unfortunate task of recovering the content. We always recommend making regular backups of your Read More >

Posted in Backups and Restorations

How to Restore a Previous Version of a Page or Post

November 19, 2021 by Christopher Maiorana

WordPress saves unlimited revisions and iterations of a page or post. This means you can always look into the past to see changes that were Read More >

Posted in Backups and Restorations

Account Migrations

November 29, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor

In this article, we’ll discuss the basic process of an account migration or move from one server to another. Sometimes this is necessary if your Read More >

Posted in Backups and Restorations

AWS Transfer Guide

November 19, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor

In this article we will outline how you can transfer data from the Amazon Web Services (AWS) hosting platform to your InMotion Hosting hosting platform. Read More >

Posted in Backups and Restorations

How to Install Nextcloud on CentOS 8

August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor

When using CentOS 8, you may find yourself looking for an open source cloud storage solution that you can use to set up your own Read More >

Posted in Backups and Restorations

How to Install Nextcloud on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor

When setting up a new server running the Linux operating system Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, you may find yourself looking for an open-source cloud storage solution Read More >

Posted in Backups and Restorations

How to create a database backup in PHP-Nuke

August 16, 2021 by Scott Mitchell

When creating a website with PHP-Nuke, or any other CMS for that matter, it is always a good idea to make and keep backup copies Read More >

Posted in Backups and Restorations, PHP-Nuke, Website, Working with Databases

Protect an Archived Backup

November 19, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor

Up-to-date backups are important for a proactive security plan in case you need to migrate your BoldGrid site. However, there may be a specific scheduled Read More >

Posted in Backups and Restorations, BoldGrid, Website

How to Set Up Backups on Cloud Server Hosting

November 19, 2021 by Arnel Custodio

Creating Automatic Backups in Cloud Server Hosting can easily be done through a few different methods: Snapshots, Scheduled Backups, and Version-control software/services. Automatic backups are Read More >

Posted in Backups and Restorations, Website

How to Restore Just One Part of Your Site From a Website Backup

November 19, 2021 by Christopher Maiorana

In this article, we’re going to show you how to restore just one part of your site using a website backup. Remember, when it comes Read More >

Posted in Backups and Restorations, Website
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