Backing Up Your Account with Your Domains

To back up your account with domains:

1. On your Home page, click Backup Manager.
2. Click Back Up.
3. Specify the following:
   • Backup file name prefix and description. You cannot specify an arbitrary file name, however, you can set the control panel to add a prefix to backup file names. Note that the control panel automatically adds the date and time of backup file creation (in Universal Time) to backup file names.
   • Splitting of the backup file. To create a multivolume backup, select the respective check box and specify volume size in megabytes.
   • Location where to store the backup file. Select the repository where you would like to store the backup file.
   • What data to back up. You can back up only the settings related to your account and Web sites, or the settings with all Web site content.
   • E-mail notification on backup completion. If you want to be notified of the backup completion, type your e-mail address.
4. Click Back Up. The backup process will start and the progress will be shown under the Current Back Up Tasks tab. You can use the Refresh button to update the information on the screen. When backing up is finished, the backup file will be saved to the repository you selected.

To back up a domain (Web site):

1. Go to Domains > domain name > Backup Manager.
2. Click Back Up.
3. Specify the following:
   • Backup file name prefix and description. You cannot specify an arbitrary file name, however, you can set the control panel to add a prefix to backup file names. Note that the control panel automatically adds the date and time of backup file creation (in Universal Time) to backup file names.
   • Splitting of the backup file. To create a multivolume backup, select the respective check box and specify volume size in megabytes.
   • Location where to store the backup file. Select the repository where you would like to store the backup file.
   • What data to back up. You can back up only Web hosting settings, or the Web hosting settings and all site content.
   • E-mail notification on backup completion. If you want to send an e-mail notice on the backup completion, type the required e-mail address.
   • Suspend the Web site until backing up is finished. If you do not want anybody to make any changes to the site content or settings during backing up, select the corresponding check box.
4. Click Back Up Now. The backup process will start and the progress will be shown under the Current Back Up Tasks tab. You can use the Refreshbutton to update the information on the screen.

When backing up is finished, the backup file will be saved to the repository you selected, and will be accessible either from the FTP server, or from the location Domains >domain name> Backup Manager.

Backing Up Databases

To back up a database:

1. Go to Domains > domain name > Databases.
2. Select a check box corresponding to the database you want to back up and click Back Up.
3. Specify the name of the backup file and click OK.
4. If you want to download the resulting backup file, click the file name on the next page after the backup process was finished. Specify the location where you want to save the file and click Save.
5. Click OK.

To back up all databases on your domain:

1. Go to Domains > domain name > Backup Manager > Database Backup Repository, make sure that All domain repositories is selected in theDatabase field, and click Back Up.
2. Specify the name of the backup file and click OK.
3. If you want to download the resulting backup file, click the file name on the next page after the backup process was finished. Specify the location where you want to save the file and click Save.
4. Click OK.

Scheduling Backups

To schedule backing up of data:

1. Go to the backup files repository corresponding to the type of data you want to back up:
   • To back up your account settings and Web site content, go to Home > Backup Manager.
   • To back up a Web site, go to Domains > domain name > Backup Manager.
2. Click Scheduled Backup Settings.
3. Select the Activate this backup task check box and specify the following:
   • When and how often to run the backup.
   • Backup file name.
   • Splitting of the backup file. To create a multivolume backup, select the respective check box and specify volume size in megabytes. Note that volume size cannot exceed 4095 megabytes.
   • Location where to store the backup file. Select the repository where you would like to store the backup file.
   • Maximum number of backup files stored in the repository. Type a number if you want to recycle backup files: When this limit is reached, the oldest backup files are removed.
   • E-mail notification on backing up errors. If you want to send an e-mail notice when something goes wrong during backing up, type the e-mail address you need.
   • What data to back up. You can back up only the settings, or settings and Web site content.
4. Click OK.

Restoring Data From Backup Archives

To restore data from a backup file:

1. Go to the backup files repository where the backup file is located:
   • To restore your account settings and Web site content, go to Home > Backup Manager.
   • To restore a Web site, go to Domains > domain name > Backup Manager.
2. Click the backup file name.
3. Specify the following settings:
   • Types of data to be restored.
   • Suspend domain (Web site) until restoration task is completed. Select this if you want to avoid possible conflicts that may occur when users modify site content or settings while they are being restored.
   • Send an e-mail notice when restoration task is completed. Type your e-mail address if you want the control panel to notify you when restoring is completed.
   • Conflicts resolution policy. Specify what to do if any conflicts occur during restoration.
4. Click Restore.

   In case if any errors or conflicts occur during restoration of data, the wizard will prompt you to select an appropriate resolution. Follow the instructions provided on the screen to complete the wizard.

   Note: The Overwrite data restoring mode means that all objects will be restored from the backup files regardless of their current presence in the system. The overwrite mode works as follows:

   • If an object or settings from the backup file are not present in the Parallels Plesk Panel, then they are created or set in the Parallels Plesk Panel.
   • If an object or settings from the backup file are present in the Parallels Plesk Panel, then the object or settings from the backup file replace the corresponding object or settings that are present in the Parallels Plesk Panel.
   • If an object or settings are present in the Parallels Plesk Panel, but are missing from the backup file, then the object or settings currently present in the Parallels Plesk Panel are not changed.

Restoring Databases

If the database already exists and you only need to restore its contents:

1. Go to Domains > domain name > Databases > database name > Database Backup Repository, select the required backup file from the list and click Restore.

   If you do not have the backup file on your server, you can upload the backup file to the server repository from your local machine. Refer to Uploading Database Backup Files To Server section for more information.

2. Confirm the restoration by selecting the corresponding check box and click OK.

   If you are restoring MS SQL database, there is a possibility that some database users will be orphaned. In order to provide the ability to access and use the database for these users, you need to repair them. Refer to Recovering Orphaned Database Users section for more information.

If the database does not exist and you need to recreate it from scratch:

1. Go to Domains > domain name > Databases and click Add New Database.
2. Specify the database name, type and server for the database you are restoring.

   Note. You can specify a new database name, but you must choose the correct database type: for example, if you are trying to restore a MySQL database, choose MySQL database type.

3. Select the Restore database from backup file check box.
4. Specify the location of the database backup file. You can upload a backup file from your local machine or specify a file located on the server.
5. Provide the default username and password for the restored database.
6. Click OK.

   If you are restoring MS SQL database, there is a possibility that some database users will be orphaned. In order to provide the ability to access and use the database for these users, you need to repair them. Refer to Recovering Orphaned Database Users section for more information.

Uploading Backup Files to Server

To upload a backup file to the backup repository within the control panel:

1. Go to Domains > domain name > Backup Manager.
2. Click Upload Files to Server Repository.
3. Click Browse and select the required backup file.
4. Click OK.

   The backup file will be uploaded to the backup repository.

Uploading Database Backup Files To Server

To upload a backup file to backup repository:

1. Go to Domains > domain name > Backup Manager > Database Backup Repositoryand click Upload Backup File.
2. Select the database in which repository you want to upload the backup file to in the Database name menu.
3. Click Browse... and select the required backup file.
4. Leave the Restore database backup immediately upon uploading check box selected if you want the database contents to be restored immediately after the backup file is uploaded.
5. Click OK.

The database backup file will be uploaded to the backup repository of the specified database.