Applicable to:
- Plesk for Linux
- Plesk for Windows
Question
A Plesk xml.tar backup file has been downloaded via Plesk Backup Manager.
How to restore this backup on another Plesk server?
Answer
A Plesk backup can be restored either via Plesk interface or a command-line interface directly on a server.
Limitations:
A restoration server must have the same or a higher Plesk version.
A restoration server must have the same or higher Plesk license edition than the server where the backup has been created.
The maximum size of an uploaded backup file is limited to 2Gb. If a backup file size is larger than 2Gb, upload this backup file via a command-line interface.
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Go to Tools & Settings > Backup Manager and click Upload.
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Tick the option Upload backup files without a valid signature (by default, this option is available only for Plesk administrators, see this KB article for reference) and click Browse... to select a backup to upload.
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After the backup has been uploaded, in Backup Manager, click on this backup.
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Select:
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Selected objects - to restore some objects
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All objects (entire system) - to restore the whole backup file
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Click Restore to begin the restoration.
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Connect to a Plesk server where a backup should be restored via SSH (Linux)/RDP (Windows Server).
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Transfer the exported backup (for example, via any FTP agent).
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Restore the backup:
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On Linux, adjust the command below and run it:
# plesk bin pleskrestore --restore /root/backup_info_1712180545.xml.tar -level server -ignore-sign -backup-password "backup_password"
where:
- /root/backup_info_1712180545.xml.tar - the full path to the backup
- server - the level to restore the server-wide backup. To restore only clients/domains/resellers use the appropriate keys instead: "clients" "domains" "resellers"
- backup_password - the password that was specified when downloading the backup from another Plesk server. If the password was not specified or is missing, remove -backup-password "backup_password" from the command
For more restoration options, see pleskrestore: Restoration from Backup.
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On Windows Server, start a command prompt as an Administrator, adjust the command below and run it:
C:\> plesk bin pleskrestore.exe --restore "C:\backup_info_1712180545.xml.zip" -ignore-sign -level server -backup-password "backup_password"
where:
- C:\backup_info_1712180545.xml.zip - the full path to the backup
- server - the level to restore the server-wide backup. To restore only clients/domains/resellers use the appropriate keys instead: "clients" "domains" "resellers"
- backup_password - the password that was specified when downloading the backup from another Plesk server. If the password was not specified or is missing, remove -backup-password "backup_password" from the command
For more restoration options, see Plesk Documentation: pleskrestore.exe: Restoration from Backups.
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Comments
2 comments
Hi Kuzma Ivanov,
I have backup of 12.5 and wants to restore on 17.x. i am getting migration error.
Error: Unable to upload the backup file (sc-holding-backup_info_1712291120.xml.zip). The file either contains modified or corrupted data, or it was created on another server or in an older Plesk version. To restore data from this file, contact your hosting provider.
I can not see "Upload backup files without a valid signature" in 17.x plesk panel..
Please suggest
Thanks
Hi Hiten!
Thanks for your question.
By default, the option Upload backup files without a valid signature is available only for Plesk administrators.
I'd suggest you to contact your Plesk administrator and ask him to enable this option for resellers and customers. Here is our KB article for reference:
After this option is enabled, you will be able to upload a backup file from another Plesk server.
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