New version of cPanel released.

**vectro** · Oct 11th, 2009, 9:59 pm

cPanel 11.25 is out with better support for bandwidth tracking. There is only one issue: you might have to re-size your /var partition. If you are not sure how your server's HDD is partitioned, log into your shell as root and type this command:

Code:

df -H

In my case I don't have a separate partition for /var. That directory is part of the / partition.

If your cPanel/WHM updates are not automated, you can update manually by logging into WHM and clicking 'Update to Latest Version' under the 'cPanel' section of the left-side menu.

You can also upgrade from the shell by logging in as root and typing:

Code:

/scripts/upcp

Here is what the cPanel people said about it:

In cPanel 11.25 we have made a few feature improvements to the bandwidth tracking system built into WHM and cPanel. While these new features grants you a much more accurate and granular view of client bandwidth usage, customers with inadequately sized /var partitions may run into issues related to partition size and disk space consumption.

It should also be noted that the creation of these files occurs during the first upcp that results in an upgrade to 11.25 and can require significantly more time than normal upgrades.

The notice for this change was in our release notes for 11.25 which can be found at http://docs.cpanel.net/twiki/pub/AllDocumentation/ReleaseNotes/1125releasenotes.pdf

Change: Bandwidth graph RRD files are split off for each individual service per domain and subdomain and stored in /var/cpanel/bandwidth/ .

Potential Issue: On some machines, depending on the partitioning schema and the number of domains on a server, there may be a disk space issue. This will only effect customers with large numbers of domains and a relatively small /var/ partition, i.e., 8-10G. In these situations, the /var/ partition may become full.

Workaround: For the time being, if you are affected by this issue, we are suggesting the following temporary fixes.

Disabling Bandwidth Stats Generation: ‘touch /etc/rrdtooldisable ’ . This will disable generation of the rrdfiles altogether. Removing this file will result in the graphs being generated again.

or

Symlinking /var/cpanel/bandwidth to a partition with more space.

The below command will create a /home/bwtemp directory, copy the contents of /var/cpanel/bandwidth to it, create a backup in /root/cp-bandwidth-backup.tar.gz, and then symlink the old directory to the new one where there should be more diskspace.

’ mkdir /home/bwtmp; tar -czvf /root/cp-bandwidth-backup.tar.gz /var/cpanel/bandwidth ; mv /var/cpanel/bandwidth/* /home/bwtmp/; rm -rf /var/cpanel/bandwidth ; ln -s /home/bwtmp /var/cpanel/bandwidth ’

If you have issues executing the fix for this change, please submit a ticket via 302 Found and we will assist you with this fix.

**vectro** · Oct 12th, 2009, 7:59 am

Oh boy, more issues...

[cPanel-News] URGENT Update cPanel 11.25 Tech Bulletin: Updated Bandwidth Tracking Requirements

Clients using webmail may experience a newline or space being inserted
in the middle of the shell command that was sent out in the previous
News email. If this shell command is pasted in this format without
removing the space that is inserted between "/" and "var/cpanel/
bandwidth/" it will cause total data loss. Please do not run this
command unless you are able to verify that it has been copied
correctly into your shell.

**grim** · Oct 12th, 2009, 8:19 am

Think I'm gonna wait

**warrichpk** · Oct 12th, 2009, 10:38 am

Hmm realy confused

**vectro** · Oct 13th, 2009, 2:16 pm

Originally Posted by warrichpk

Hmm realy confused

If you're not a server administrator who deals with cPanel you don't have to worry about it.

**vectro** · Oct 13th, 2009, 2:18 pm

Originally Posted by grim

Think I'm gonna wait

I didn't copy and paste the message from my webmail, it was pasted from my regular e-mail program, so that typo is not in the message I pasted. Still, you can use the old version of cPanel since you're not hosting that many sites. The bandwidth tracking system is probably of more concern for servers with a lot of shared hosting accounts.

**grim** · Oct 13th, 2009, 2:25 pm

Yep, I don't really have a need for it myself

**whwmike** · Oct 16th, 2009, 10:09 pm

Good one !Thanks

**andyf** · Oct 25th, 2009, 3:45 am

Yes, it's a good advance step which will help server owner to manage bandwidth consumption by each account hosted on their server

**vectro** · Oct 25th, 2009, 3:52 am

Originally Posted by andyf

What extra advance features they have added in such bandwidth tracking system which we can use on our servers ?

Not really advanced features, just more accurate tracking.

**Jab** · Oct 25th, 2009, 6:32 am

Humm, I just hope the bandwidth and the space acutely to be counted towards the resellers.

**vectro** · Feb 26th, 2010, 3:54 pm

The problem has been resolved by now. The stats in the latest version of cPanel work fine at this point.

**imagetl** · Jan 16th, 2011, 9:07 pm

its really good information!
thanks

**Harmonic** · Jan 17th, 2011, 8:26 pm

WOW. This is a big f'in glitch! Good job i havent updated in a while i guess...

Originally Posted by vectro

Oh boy, more issues...

**simplyamazing12** · Jan 17th, 2011, 8:43 pm

Good upgrade I say. Once they fix all of the glitches and small bugs, I can see the upgrades catching on real quick.

**jessica30** · Mar 19th, 2011, 4:37 pm

For me, the upgrade will benefit all of us. I am pretty much sure that all problems are taken cared of. I just can't imagine how time fly so fast. Change is everywhere, even in hosting and control panels and stuffs like that.

And thank you for posting this reliable information. It helps a lot. Added information means added knowledge. Thanks again.