Restoring the backed up configuration information and data

Full data restore

You can restore the entire Plesk server: the control panel configuration and server settings along with client accounts and domains.

To perform a full data restore follow these steps:

Run Plesk Restore.

Specify the path to backup file or click the Browse button to locate it. Once the backup file is selected you can view the information clicking the Show backup file info shortcut.

Select the Full option.

Select the Restore control panel configuration and server settings checkbox and click Next.

Select the ip addresses from the backup file to be restored. To add or remove mapping, right-click an IP address, and select Add Mapping or Remove Mapping option respectively. For IP mapping you can choose to either map to existing IP address, or create a new one.

Click Next.

Specify the restore options.

NOTE
To make sure that the restore can be performed without errors, you can use the Test mode. The actual restore will not be performed but should any errors or collisions appear, you would be notified of them.

Click Start.

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Selective restore

You can choose to restore only the data associated with certain client accounts or domains.

Restoring selected client accounts
To perform the selective data restore follow these steps:

Run Plesk Restore.

Specify the path to backup file or click the Browse button to locate it. Once the backup file is selected you can view the information clicking the Show backup file info shortcut.

Select the By clients option, and click Next.

Select the client accounts from the backup file to be restored. To add or remove mapping, right-click an item, and select Add Mapping or Remove Mapping option respectively. For account mapping you can select an existing destination client account to map to.

Click Next.

Select the ip addresses from the backup file to be restored. To add or remove mapping, right-click an IP address, and select Add Mapping or Remove Mapping option respectively. For IP mapping you can choose to either map to existing IP address, or create a new one.

Click Next.

Specify the restore options.

NOTE
To make sure that the restore can be performed without errors, you can use the Test mode. The actual restore will not be performed but should any errors or collisions appear, you would be notified of them.

Click Start.

Restoring selected domains
To perform the selective data restore follow these steps:

Run Plesk Restore.

Specify the path to backup file or click the Browse button to locate it. Once the backup file is selected you can view the information clicking the Show backup file info shortcut.

Select the By domains option, and click Next.

Select the domains from the backup file to be restored. To add or remove mapping, right-click a domain name, and select Add Mapping or Remove Mapping option respectively. For domain name mapping you can select an existing destination domain name to map to.

Click Next.

Select the ip addresses from the backup file to be restored. To add or remove mapping, right-click an IP address, and select Add Mapping or Remove Mapping option respectively. For IP mapping you can choose to either map to existing IP address, or create a new one.

Click Next.

Specify the restore options.

NOTE
To make sure that the restore can be performed without errors, you can use the Test mode. The actual restore will not be performed but should any errors or collisions occur, you would be notified of them.

Click Start.

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Restoring client backups

Plesk allows clients to individually back up particular domain's data from the control panel. In order to ensure security of the system such backup files are digitally signed. This prevents illegal modification of the backup file contents and thus protects the system from possible misuses.

IMPORTANT The digitally signed client backups can be restored by clients (through the control panel) only at the same server. This is due to the fact that a key, which is used for signing, is generated when the backup/restore utilities are installed on the server.

See the Plesk 6.5 User Manual for instructions on creating and restoring domain data from the control panel.

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