[BlueOnyx:24160] Re: Aventurin{e} and 5210R questions

[Michael Stauber]

Hi Michael,

>  1. VNC Access: I have enabled it and set a password but I am unable to
>     connect with the GUI VNC page or a separate client. I am not sure
>     what to check. I have the FirewallD package installed on the VPS in
>     case that matters.

Yeah, the VNC access is somewhat dicey at times. I also have troubles
accessing VNC on some of my VPS's with an external VNC client. But the
one integrated into the GUI usually works. If it doesn't, then try to
restart the service "webvnc.service" on the 6109R node:

systemct restart webvnc.service

That should fix it. And no, you can have a firewall in the VPS and VNC
will work anyway. In fact you can even use VNC when the VPS doesn't have
network configured yet.

>  2. There does not seem to be any automated backup package like on the
>     5209R. Is that correct? So I can backup and restore a total snapshot
>     of the VPS but I cannot backup and restore individual sites or users
>     any longer? If this is correct can I manually run raqbackup still? I
>     have clients who mess up their email boxes every so often and I need
>     to be able to restore their user folder alone instead of the whole
>     server.

The backup mechanism that's built into the GUI lets you create tarballs
of entire VPS's, which can then either be stored locally, on an USB- or
network connected drive or on another server that's reachable via SSH.

The restores of these tarballs can be done from the GUI as well.

And yes: This only allows to restore the whole VPS, not bits and pieces
of it.

Beyond what's built into the 6109R GUI you can of course use other means
to perform backups. RaQbackup.sh or the "Automated Backup" will do.

Or you can use "prlctl clone <UUID>" to make copy the whole VPS. You can
even use that to copy a running VPS over to another 6109R node for
safekeeping.

If you do that, you can use "prlctl mount <UUID>" on the stopped clone
and can then access individual files and folders by going to
/vz/root/<UUID> on the node.

-- 
With best regards

Michael Stauber