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Bring from JetBackup

Bring from JetBackup is the assistant that moves a server from JetBackup to Salvo without leaving it without backups at any moment. It is in WHM › Plugins › Salvo Backup › Bring from JetBackup (menu Server).

It has 8 steps in two phases. You approve each step, and you can stop and come back days later.

StepWhat it doesStatusPage
Phase A · Import (minutes)
1 · Find the JBreads what JetBackup has (only reads)● availableImport
2 · Destinationschecks the storage key, the Salvo folder and the access● availableImport
3 · Jobsdecides how each job comes in: paused, active or out● availableImport
4 · Review and importwrites only what you approved● availableImport
Phase B · Take over (days or weeks)
5 · CoexistenceJetBackup and Salvo side by side, night by nightplanned
6 · Take over a jobSalvo owns the job; JetBackup's job is turned off● availableTake over a job
7 · Recycledeletes JetBackup's old backups past the retention● availableRecycle
8 · Disable the JBstops the JetBackup service, then uninstallsplanned

What the assistant guarantees​

  • Until step 4, Salvo only reads JetBackup: nothing is deleted, moved or turned off.
  • Salvo writes to the same storage, in a folder of its own (salvo/), and never touches the jetbackup_* folders.
  • A job is turned off in JetBackup only at step 6, one job at a time, and Give back to JB undoes it.

Between step 4 and step 6, run the first backup and turn on the schedules.