How To: Back up and download all data in your Davidson Domains account

Making periodic backups of your site is a recommended security measure, and may be required if you want to move your hosting to a third party service when leaving the College.

  1. Log in to http://domains.davidson.edu.
  2. Hover your cursor over "Manage Your Account" from the top menu in the black navigation bar and click "Migration Information".
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  3. Under Backups, click "Add Backup" to make a full backup of your cPanel environment. This means everything -- domains, subdomains, applications, databases, email, etc. -- you are using in the dashboard for Davidson Domains.
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  4. You'll be notified that the backup is in progress.
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  5. Download that backup file (link will be below that button when completed). If you are leaving the College and changing to third-party hosting, you can take this to any other hosting service that supports cPanel.
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