How to start the System Backup manually in SolusVM?

Question

How to start the System Backup manually in SolusVM?

Answer

1. Login to the Master server via SSH.
2. Run the following command:

   # php /usr/local/solusvm/system/systembackup.php

Check the System messages in Logs if the system backup is configured using FTP method to find the status.

If it fails to start with the following error, it means that the process is already running:

SVM_ERROR: /usr/local/solusvm/tmp/ftpbackup.pid already exists

Need to wait till the process completes. Otherwise, remove all autoftpbackup processes, ftpbackup.pid file and restart the backup process again.