These steps would help users to migrate data and objects from Plesk’s version 7.5 and 8 to version 9. In web hosting these steps are applicable to both Linux as well as Windows.
Plesk is one of the control panels used to manage activities of a server. To learn more about Plesk check Benefits of Plesk . Web Hosting providers provide customers with either Plesk, cPanel etc. for the purpose server management.
The Plesk Migration Manager is not available with Parallels Plesk Panel Beta, Plesk 9 release and the first patch 9.0.1. But it is possible to manually migrate Parallels Plesk Panel version 8.x using Plesk Backup Manager.
It is possible to migrate Plesk panel as a separate domain and clients or as a whole.
Follow the below procedure for the same:
A] Server Migration
- Log onto a secure server and create a complete back up of Plesk using pleskbackup:
/usr/local/psa/bin/pleskbackup all BACKUP.FILE
2. Now copy the dump to the destination server using Parallel Plesk panel version 9 and convert the back-up to version 9 with pre9-backup-convert.
/usr/local/psa/bin/pre9-backup-convert -v convert -d /var/lib/psa/dumps/ BACKUP.FILE
Here /var/lib/psa/dumps is the Back-up directory on the destination Plesk panel 9.
This creates number of backup XML files and subdirectories with data under /var/lib/psa/dumps/
3. Log in to Plesk as administrator and change to the server backup repository
HOME >>> BACK-UP MANAGER >>> SERVER REPOSITORY
There is a list of back up files in the server repository.
4. Select the back-up name to enter Back up details page.
5. Select the necessary restoration options and Click restore to initiate the process of restoration.
B] Clients Migration
1. Log onto the source server and take a backup of clients that need to be migrated or complete server back-up :
/usr/local/psa/bin/pleskbackup clients CLIENT.LOGIN BACKUP.FILE
OR
/usr/local/psa/bin/pleskbackup all BACKUP.FILE
2. Now Copy the dump to destination Plesk panel 9 and convert to version 9 with pre9-backup-convert.
/usr/local/psa/bin/pre9-backup-convert -v convert -d /var/lib/psa/dumps/ BACKUP.FILE
This creates number of back-up XML files and the sub-directories with data under /var/lib/psa/dumps/.
3. Now log in to Plesk as an administrator and create new client with the same login of migrated client.
4.Now access local backup repository of the new client.
Clients >>> Client Name >>> Back Manager.
As the login of the new created client coincides with login of the client from the dump, the converted back up should be shown in repository.
5.Click the back-up name to enter Back-up details page.
6.As per requirement select the restoration options and hit Restore to initiate the restoration process.
C] Domain Migration
1. Login to the source server and create back up of the domain that needs to be migrated or the the entire server back-up with pleskbackup:
/usr/local/psa/bin/pleskbackup domains DOMAIN.NAME BACKUP.FILE
OR
/usr/local/psa/bin/pleskbackup all BACKUP.FILE
2. Copy the dump to destination Plesk panel 9 and convert the back up to version 9 with pre9-backup-convert.
/usr/local/psa/bin/pre9-backup-convert -v convert -d /var/lib/psa/dumps/ BACKUP.FILE
This creates the number of backup XML files and subdirectories with data under /var/lib/psa/dumps.
3. Login to Plesk panel as an administrator and create new domain that coincides with name of the migrated domain from backup
4. Access local backup repository of the domain
Domains >>> Domain.name >>> Backup Manager.
As the new domain coincides with domain from the backup the converted backup should be shown in the repository.
5. Click the back-up name to enter Back-Up Details page.
6. Select the required restoration options and click Restore to initiate the restoration process.
The migration of objects from Parallels Plesk panel version 7.5 one should first convert the back-up to version with the utility back-up convert. After successfully doing so one may convert the backup to version 9 with pre9backup-convert and then restore it through BackUp Manager in the control panel.
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