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		<title>Rootadminacc: Created page with &quot;== How to take them ==  Go to the following area for &#039;&#039;&#039;domain level backup&#039;&#039;&#039;s to do a manual one:  * Domains * pick a domain * Manage hosting * Websites and Domains tab * Ba...&quot;</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Created page with &amp;quot;== How to take them ==  Go to the following area for &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;domain level backup&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;s to do a manual one:  * Domains * pick a domain * Manage hosting * Websites and Domains tab * Ba...&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;== How to take them ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Go to the following area for &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;domain level backup&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;s to do a manual one:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* Domains&lt;br /&gt;
* pick a domain&lt;br /&gt;
* Manage hosting&lt;br /&gt;
* Websites and Domains tab&lt;br /&gt;
* Backup Manager (*)&lt;br /&gt;
* Backup&lt;br /&gt;
* Select Domain Configuration and Content&lt;br /&gt;
* Click OK&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
To &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;set them up automatically&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (Scheduled Backup Settings) go to:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* Star/asterix above&lt;br /&gt;
* Scheduled Backup Settings&lt;br /&gt;
* Activate this backup task&lt;br /&gt;
* Set the time you want it to run&lt;br /&gt;
* Set &amp;quot;Maximum number of backups in repository&amp;quot; to 10&lt;br /&gt;
* Untick &amp;quot;Suspend domain until backup task is completed&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
* Click OK&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
To do &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;server level domain backups&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, go to:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* Home Page of Plesk&lt;br /&gt;
* Sever Management - Tools &amp;amp; Settings&lt;br /&gt;
* Tools &amp;amp; Resources&lt;br /&gt;
* Backup Manager&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Use the same settings as the domain level backups.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;For this server level backup there are also different Backup Settings under Tools &amp;amp; Resources.&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Plesk 10 ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== [http://www.webfusion.co.uk/support/answers/how-do-i-set-up-backups-on-my-vps-vps-3-0-plesk-10-2368/ Manual or Scheduled] ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Backup via SSH:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;cd /usr/local/psa/bin&lt;br /&gt;
pleskbackup --help&amp;lt;/pre&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Restore ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Restore: http://myhosting.com/kb/How_to_use_the_Backup_Manager_in_Plesk_10&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Restore via SSH: &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;cd /usr/local/psa/bin&lt;br /&gt;
backuprestore --help&amp;lt;/pre&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== [http://www.webfusion.co.uk/support/answers/VPS-3-0-%28Plesk-10%29/Databases/how-do-i-backup-my-database-on-my-vps-%E2%80%93-vps-3-0-plesk-10-2559 Database] ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== [http://download1.parallels.com/Plesk/PP10/10.3.1/Doc/en-US/online/plesk-linux-advanced-administration-guide/index.htm?fileName=68837.htm Advanced/Alternate Guide] ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Alternate guide: http://myhosting.com/kb/How_to_use_the_Backup_Manager_in_Plesk_10&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== [http://download1.parallels.com/Plesk/PPP9/Doc/en-US/plesk-9.0-backup-cli-guide/index.htm?fileName=62079.htm Plesk 9 Manual Backup] ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Current Backup Tasks do not finish ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In [[SSH]] do ps aux | grep backup and then kill the processes running from the start date, normally the eighth/column value below:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
root     19665  0.0  0.6  70024 25332 ?        S    &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Jul13&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
July 13th in this case.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Then do /opt/psa/admin/sbin/backupmng enable&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== [http://download1.swsoft.com/Plesk/Plesk8.2/Doc/plesk-8.2-unix-backup-restore-guide/index.htm Plesk 8 Backup and Restore] ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== [http://kb.parallels.com/en/9578 Convert &amp;amp; restore backups from v.8/9 to v.10] ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Domain restore fails ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
If you have created a domain backup and when attempting to restore receive an error along the lines of&amp;quot;Unable to restore as mail accounts, databases and ftp user still exist&amp;quot; create a backup on Virtuozzo to ensure no data loss. You will need to remove all content except the domain itself then restore the backup. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
SSH access is under Domain &amp;gt; Control Panel &amp;gt; Websites and Domains tab &amp;gt; Show advanced operations &amp;gt; SSH/Shell access&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Limit Disk Space usage ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
To prevent backup processes from consuming all available disk space, edit /opt/psa/admin/share/pmmcli/pmmcli-rc&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;!-- PRODUCT_ROOT_D/admin/share/pmmcli/pmmcli-rc --&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
== Linux location ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
/var/lib/psa/dumps/&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== [http://kb.parallels.com/en/8487 Verify backup integrity]==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Windows location ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
To be updated&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;C:\Backup\Parallels\Plesk&lt;br /&gt;
C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Plesk\Backup&amp;lt;/pre&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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