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How to restore a backup on another Plesk server

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Kuzma Ivanov
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Applicable to:

  • Plesk for Linux
  • Plesk for Windows

Question

A backup was downloaded via Backup Manager in Plesk.

How to restore this backup on another Plesk server?

Answer

A Plesk backup can be restored either via Plesk or a command-line interface directly from the server. Both methods are described below.

 

Via Plesk 

  1. Go to Tools & Settings > Backup Manager and click Upload.

  2. 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 the backup to upload.


    Screenshot-2018-4-9_Upload_Backup_Files_from_Your_Local_Computer_to_the_Server_Storage_-_Plesk_Onyx_17_8_11.png

  3. After the backup has been uploaded, in Backup Manager click on this backup and select items to restore.

  4. Click Restore to begin the restoration.

 

Via a command-line interface

  1. Connect to a Plesk server where the backup should be restored via SSH/RDP.

  2. Transfer the exported backup (for example, via FTP).

  3. Restore a backup:

    • On Linux run the command below:

      # 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 - a full path to the backup
      • server - a level to restore the server-wide backup. To restore only clients/domains/resellers use the appropriate keys instead: "clients" "domains" "resellers" 
      • backup_password - a 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: Restoration from Backup.

       

    • On Windows Server open Command Prompt and run the command below:

      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 - a full path to the backup
      • server - a level to restore the server-wide backup. To restore only clients/domains/resellers use the appropriate keys instead: "clients" "domains" "resellers" 
      • backup_password - a 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: Restoration from Backup.

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    Hiten Patel (Edited )

    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

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    Kuzma Ivanov

    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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