224 Backing Up and Restoring Your Data
Backing Up the Entire Server
To backup the server configuration settings and all user data you have on your
hosting machine:
1 Log in as root to your server.
2 Change to the directory, where Plesk is installed:
cd /plesk_installation_directory/bin
3 Run the following command:
./pleskbackup all <filename>
Where the <filename> is a target backup file name with absolute or relative path.
The data will be backed up without disruption of hosting services and downtime.
The resulting backup archive will be placed in the directory you specified.
Backing Up Individual User Accounts with
User's Domains
To back up a user account with domains:
1 Click the Clients shortcut in the navigation pane.
2 Click the client name you need.
3 Click the Back Up icon in the Tools group.
4 If you want to back up and store the backup file on an FTP server,
click the FTP repository tab, then click FTP Account Properties to specify the
destination FTP server (as described in the section Configuring
Control Panel for Using FTP Repository (see page 233)), if you have
not done so yet.
5 Click the Backup Now icon in the Tools group.
6 Specify the backup file name and give a description to the backup file.
7 To create a multivolume backup, select the respective check box and
specify volume size in megabytes.
8 Select the repository where you would like to store the backup file.
9 To save the user account settings, select the Back up client's preferences
and account details check box.
10 Select the domains to back up.
To back up individual domains, select the corresponding check boxes in the list
of domains.
To back up all user's domains, select the check box in the upper left corner of
the list of domains.
