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How to get just a file/directory from huge backup file [message #64682]

Fri, 15 May 2009 07:53

hosting51

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Registered: January 2009

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How can we get just a file (just one .tar) extracted from the whole huge server backup file? Sometimes we dont need to restore the client on the server, but we need just few files from the backup (and dont wanna to restore back on the server, just for download).

Trying to extract the huge backup file is very time and CPU consuming -> this slows down whole server for hour or more.

Trying to download the huge archive from LxAdmin file manager leads to LxAdmin falling. It download only approx fifty megabytes and the lxadmin service always fall down, we have to connect to the server via SSH and restart lxadmin service, but we are not able to download the backup file at all from server to our desktop pc for extracting...

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Re: How to get just a file/directory from huge backup file [message #64846 is a reply to message #64682]

Fri, 15 May 2009 17:31

hosting51

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no reply?

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Re: How to get just a file/directory from huge backup file [message #64854 is a reply to message #64682]

Fri, 15 May 2009 19:54

lxbhargava

Messages: 597
Registered: May 2009

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Hello,

We suggest you to upgrade to Kloxo and try. What is the error message you are getting.

On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 11:53:35AM -0000, hosting51 wrote:
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> How can we get just a file (just one .tar) extracted from the whole huge server backup file? Sometimes we dont need to restore the client on the server, but we need just few files from the backup (and dont wanna to restore back on the server, just for download).
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> Trying to extract the huge backup file is very time and CPU consuming -> this slows down whole server for hour or more.
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> Trying to download the huge archive from LxAdmin file manager leads to LxAdmin falling. It download only approx fifty megabytes and the lxadmin service always fall down, we have to connect to the server via SSH and restart lxadmin service, but we are not able to download the backup file at all from server to our desktop pc for extracting...
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Thanks and Regards

S Bhargava
Lxlabs Support

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Re: How to get just a file/directory from huge backup file [message #64867 is a reply to message #64846]

Sat, 16 May 2009 01:41

Lxhelp
Messages: 23691
Registered: July 2006

The Champion

You will need to untar the entire thing into another directory and find the file you need.

If you want to know the kloxo backup structure I can tell you.

The files are taken on a per client basis. So the web files of a client is in client-clientname-any.tar.gz inside the backup file. You have to first extract this archive out of the backup, and then untar it in a directory.

The backup file is kept in /home/kloxo/client/admin/__backup/ and you can download it using ftp or ssh.

On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 09:31:35PM -0000, hosting51 wrote:
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