{"id":5272,"date":"2018-07-27T13:40:41","date_gmt":"2018-07-27T17:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=5272"},"modified":"2025-06-17T11:49:06","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T15:49:06","slug":"how-to-take-database-backups-in-the-acc","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/how-to-take-database-backups-in-the-acc\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Take Database Backups in the ACC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span class=\"s1\"><a style=\"color:#fff; text-decoration:none!important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/tags\/shared-hosting\/\"><p style=\"background-color:#1a3d6e !important;color:#fff;padding:6px; display:inline-block!important;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold; border-radius:3px;\">Shared<\/p><\/a> <a style=\"color:#fff; text-decoration:none!important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/tags\/vps\/\"><p style=\"background-color:#1a3d6e !important;color:#fff;padding:6px; display:inline-block!important;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold; border-radius:3px;\">VPS<\/p><\/a> <a style=\"color:#fff; text-decoration:none!important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/tags\/qs-dedicated\/\"><p style=\"background-color:#1a3d6e !important;color:#fff;padding:6px; display:inline-block!important;font-size:12px; font-weight:bold; border-radius:3px;\">Dedicated<\/p><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can create backups for your database in the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/my.pair.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Account Control Center (ACC)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Creating backups of your databases provides a rollback point in case any databases need to be reverted to a previous version. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to Take Database Backups<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Choose the tutorial that reflects your ACC interface type:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#if-you-are-using-the-legacy-interface\">Legacy Interface<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#if-you-are-using-the-new-acc-interface\">New ACC Interface<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Not sure what the difference is? See<a href=\"http:\/\/pair.com\/support\/kb\/which-acc-interface-am-i-using\/\"> Which ACC Interface Am I Using?&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">If you are using the Legacy Interface:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>Log in to the Account Control Center (ACC) at <a href=\"https:\/\/my.pair.com\/\">my.pair.com<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>Databases <\/strong>in the left sidebar, then click <strong>Manage Your Databases<\/strong> in the drop-down<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the \u201cDatabase Name\u201d column, click the name of the database you would like to backup<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the page navigation bar, click the <strong>Back Up<\/strong> button<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Next to F<strong>ull User Password<\/strong>, enter your database\u2019s full access password<br><br>You would have been supplied with this password when the database was first created. If you don\u2019t remember your password, you can <a href=\"https:\/\/pairnet.zendesk.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/17998024338455\">change the database password<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click the <strong>Create Backup Of Database<\/strong> button<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>You will be taken back to the database management page. If the backup is successfully started, a green banner will appear at the top of the page and tell you that the backup is running.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can check to see if the backup has been completed by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>Going to your <strong>Home <\/strong>directory<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Navigating to the <strong>backups<\/strong> subdirectory<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Look for your database's name in the directory's contents. If you took more than one backup of the databases, also check the dates for the time you took the backup. If you find the backup, the backup has completed. If you cannot locate the backup, it is likely still running.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">If you are using the New ACC Interface:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>Log in to the Account Control Center (ACC) at <a href=\"https:\/\/my.pair.com\/\">my.pair.com<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the top navigation bar, click <strong>Databases<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Find your database and click its <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXcjFqO0fPsKz0IgFxGZfdYcVhqeg5-q7EHUGZd4_7092W8UT5o3lO9xjzXG1xmAw7By75lkYOKfH_GPrqcfLAunLxLsF8HoFxnwOCS9ZHIphroa5DTi7NgAG70yWsjJ2bDwXFJ5?key=M0AraEQq37vkhj0gvibwwzSZ\" width=\"25\" height=\"23\"> Create a Backup icon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Next to <strong>Full User Password<\/strong>, enter your database\u2019s full access password<br><br>You would have been supplied with this password when the database was first created. If you don\u2019t remember your password, you can <a href=\"https:\/\/pairnet.zendesk.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/17998024338455\">change the database password<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click the<strong> Create Backup Of Database<\/strong> button<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>You will be returned to the database management page. You can check to see if the backup has been completed by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>Going to your hosting account files directory<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Navigating to the \u201cbackup\u201d subdirectory<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Look for your database's name in the directory's contents. If you took more than one backup of the databases, also check the dates for the time you took the backup. If you find the backup, the backup has completed. If you cannot locate the backup, it is likely still running.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can create backups for your database in the Account Control Center (ACC). Creating backups of your databases provides a rollback point in case any databases need to be reverted to a previous version. How to Take Database Backups Choose the tutorial that reflects your ACC interface type:&nbsp; Not sure&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"ht-kb-category":[4,23],"ht-kb-tag":[178,176,177],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to Take Database Backups in the ACC - Knowledge Base - Pair Networks<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"You can create backups for your database in the ACC. 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