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How do create a file system on my VPS's additional mount?

Step 1

Login to your VPS with an SSH tool, in this example we are using Bitvise SSH.

Once signed in, run the following command.

lsblk

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image.pngIn the command, you will see two disk mounts, one is VDA which is your primary disk mount since its mounted to /. Your additional disk mount is VDB with 100G in size.

Step 2

SelectRun the VPSfollowing you wishcommand to control.create a file system on that disk.

mkfs.ext4  /dev/sdb

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As you see now there is a file system of mkfs.ext4 created on that mount.

Run the following command.

blkid

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Keep a note of the UUID value of /dev/vdb.


Step 3

OnRun the navigationfollowing bar,commands selectto mount the Backupsfile buttonsystem to view the Backups menu.OS.

mkdir /mnt/data
mount -t ext4 /dev/vdb  /mnt/data

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Step 4

Listed below are 2 VPS backups for the VPS we have selected above.

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On the left-hand side, it will show the date and time when the backup was created, on the right-hand side are the actions available per backup.

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Name
Action
Restore
Selecting this will restore the VPS to that mirror.
Delete
Selecting this will delete the VPS mirror permanently.

Select the restore action for the date and time you want to back up.

Step 5

Select Ok to initiate the restore process in the background.

This can take 1-10 minutes to complete.

This will permanently delete all data on your VPS at the moment and restore all data from the date and time you selected.

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