SOLVED deleted crontab jobs by mistake

oah

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Hi
I am running CentOS v7.9.2009 STANDARD xen hvm with cPanel Version 106.0.10
We deleted the whole crontab jobs by mistake, can anyone share the default jobs? or is there any way to have the WHM to regenerate them (via forcing a system update or some thing like this)?

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quietFinn

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If you are doing cPanel backups and "Backup System Files" is enabled you find all crontabs in system/dirs/_var_spool_cron.tar.gz
 
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ServerHealers

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I believe a force /scripts/upcp might load them all back again (never tested it anyway) or we could restore it back from a system backup as mentioned in above post. I'd look at a fresh cPanel box which we manage, and these are the root level crons in it (might be useful)


49 2 * * * (/usr/local/cpanel/scripts/fix-cpanel-perl; /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/upcp --cron > /dev/null)
0 2 * * * /usr/local/cpanel/bin/backup
35 * * * * /usr/bin/test -x /usr/local/cpanel/bin/tail-check && /usr/local/cpanel/bin/tail-check
0 6 * * * /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/exim_tidydb > /dev/null 2>&1
30 5 * * * /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/optimize_eximstats > /dev/null 2>&1
5,20,35,50 * * * * /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/eximstats_spam_check 2>&1
45 */4 * * * /usr/bin/test -x /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/update_mailman_cache && /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/update_mailman_cache
15 */6 * * * /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/autorepair recoverymgmt >/dev/null 2>&1
*/5 * * * * /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/dcpumon-wrapper >/dev/null 2>&1
0 */2 * * * /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/shrink_modsec_ip_database -x 2>&1
9 2 * * * /usr/local/cpanel/whostmgr/docroot/cgi/cpaddons_report.pl --notify
30 */4 * * * /usr/bin/test -x /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/update_db_cache && /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/update_db_cache
25 */2 * * * /usr/local/cpanel/bin/mysqluserstore >/dev/null 2>&1
15 */2 * * * /usr/local/cpanel/bin/dbindex >/dev/null 2>&1
5,20,35,50 * * * * /usr/local/cpanel/whostmgr/bin/dnsqueue > /dev/null 2>&1
@reboot /usr/local/cpanel/bin/onboot_handler
09,39 * * * * /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/clean_user_php_sessions > /dev/null 2>&1
 
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oah

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I believe a force /scripts/upcp might load them all back again (never tested it anyway) or we could restore it back from a system backup as mentioned in above post. I'd look at a fresh cPanel box which we manage, and these are the root level crons in it (might be useful)


49 2 * * * (/usr/local/cpanel/scripts/fix-cpanel-perl; /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/upcp --cron > /dev/null)
0 2 * * * /usr/local/cpanel/bin/backup
35 * * * * /usr/bin/test -x /usr/local/cpanel/bin/tail-check && /usr/local/cpanel/bin/tail-check
0 6 * * * /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/exim_tidydb > /dev/null 2>&1
30 5 * * * /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/optimize_eximstats > /dev/null 2>&1
5,20,35,50 * * * * /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/eximstats_spam_check 2>&1
45 */4 * * * /usr/bin/test -x /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/update_mailman_cache && /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/update_mailman_cache
15 */6 * * * /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/autorepair recoverymgmt >/dev/null 2>&1
*/5 * * * * /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/dcpumon-wrapper >/dev/null 2>&1
0 */2 * * * /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/shrink_modsec_ip_database -x 2>&1
9 2 * * * /usr/local/cpanel/whostmgr/docroot/cgi/cpaddons_report.pl --notify
30 */4 * * * /usr/bin/test -x /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/update_db_cache && /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/update_db_cache
25 */2 * * * /usr/local/cpanel/bin/mysqluserstore >/dev/null 2>&1
15 */2 * * * /usr/local/cpanel/bin/dbindex >/dev/null 2>&1
5,20,35,50 * * * * /usr/local/cpanel/whostmgr/bin/dnsqueue > /dev/null 2>&1
@reboot /usr/local/cpanel/bin/onboot_handler
09,39 * * * * /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/clean_user_php_sessions > /dev/null 2>&1
Thank you this one really helped