cPanel stores the backups in backup-dir and they retained locally. As these backups are useful for users, it may be advisable to generate a more current backup of MySQL.
MYSQLBACKUP can return any of the following:
Accounts – All the databases under the cPanel account are back up into the accounts’ backup easily.
Dir- The MySQL data directory backup only if the custom data in directories which taken into account.
Both- Every cPanel account has its databases backed up directly into their backup, and the MySQL data directory backed up separately.