jimb

Here, I have cut/pasted all the documenation you need from the Cpanel.net site.

If you only have cpanel access:
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Generating a full backup

Overview

A full backup will backup all files needed to restore your account if it is corrupted, deleted, or moved to another server. Generating a full backup and saving it to a remote location can be a very safe move in case of problems with your account.






Steps

1 To access the Backup Menu, click on the icon above the words Backup on the main screen of your cPanel interface.

2 Click on Generate/Download a Full Backup

3 Select the destination you wish to save the backup to from the drop box next to Backup Destination:

4 Enter your email address in the field next to Email Address:. An email will be sent to this address when the backup is completed.

5 If you are backing up to a remote server, place the server's name, your username, and your password on that server in the appropriate fields.

6 Click on Generate Backup to start the backup process.

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If you have WHM Access:
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Steps

1 To access the Backup Menu, click on Backup, on the main screen of your WebHost Manager interface.

2 Click on Configure Backup.

3 Click on the radio button next to the following items to enable or disable the specified functionality:

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Backup Status - Turns the automatic backup function on or off. The Restore Only radio button allows site restoration from old backups to occur, but does not create new backups.
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Backup Interval - Specify the interval used by the backup process.
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Days to run backup - Click on the tick boxes of the days on which you want to run backups.
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Remount/Unmount backup drive - Mounts and unmounts the backup drive when a backup is created. This requires a separate drive mount to operate.
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Bail out if the backup drive cannot be mounted - Stops the backup if the drive can not be mounted. Recommended if the Remount/Unmount backup drive option is enabled.
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Incremental Backup - Backup process only copies what has changed since the last backup. This creates a much smaller backup file, but changes are gradual and the backup files are not compressed.
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Backup Accounts - Backup process copies all account information for your customers.
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Backup Config Files - Includes config files in the backup process.
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SQL Databases - Includes MySQL databases in the backup process. You can choose to backup up databases in separate accounts, the master MySQL directory, or both.
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Backup Raw Access Logs - Includes the Apache raw access logs in the backup.
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Backup Type - Select what type of backup you need.
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FTP Backup Host - Enter the domain name of the FTP backup host (only required if Remote FTP Server is enabled).
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FTP Backup User - Enter the user name to use on the FTP backup host (only required if Remote FTP Server is enabled).
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FTP Backup Pass - Enter the password to use on the FTP backup host (only required if Remote FTP Server is enabled).
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Backup Destination - Enter the location of backups in the available field. This should be a dir/NFS/coda mount with at least twice the space of all your /home* partitions.

WARNING: Do not set this to your /home directory.

4 Click on Save.

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To Use Restore with Cpanel:
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Overview

You can use the Backup Menu to restore a Home, MySQL, filter, or alias backup. To do this, you must have that backup on the computer that you are accessing cPanel from.




Steps

1 To access the Backup Menu, click on the icon above the words Backup on the main screen of your cPanel interface.

2 Click on the Choose button below the backup type you wish to restore.

3 Once you have selected the file you wish to restore, click on Upload

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To Use Restore With WHM:
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Overview

This feature allows you to restore full backups, cPanel backups and cPanel move files. You can use this feature to restore a single account that has been backed up, or a cpmove file from another server that has been transferred to your server.



The files will need to be in the following form(s): cpmove-user.tar.gz, user.tar.gz, or backup-date_time_user.tar.gz






Steps

1 To access the Backup Menu, click on Backup, on the main screen of your WebHost Manager interface.

2 Click on Restore a full Backup / cpmove file.

3 Type the username of the account you wish to restore in the blank field next to Enter the username for the account you wish to restore:

4 Click Restore.


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Jim