Performing Backup

To perform backup of Plesk hosting data, you need to execute the pleskbackup utility command composed so that it does the following:

1. defines Plesk data which is going to be backed up
2. defines the way of how the backup process will be performed
3. defines properties of the files that will be contained in backup
4. defines options for exporting backup as a single file

   Note: Only first component is obligatory, others are optional.

The following sub-sections explain each component meaning and implementation in detail.

The pleskbackup utility location is:

• in Plesk for Linux/Unix: /usr/local/psa/bin/pleskbackup
• in Plesk for Windows: %plesk_dir%\bin\pleskbackup
where %plesk_dir% is environment variable for Plesk installation directory. By default, it is "C:\Program Files\Parallels\Plesk"

To see a complete list of the pleskbackup commands and options, refer to the pleskbackup Reference.

If the command execution succeeds, backup is created in the default server backups location or exported to a file in case exporting options were specified. (For details, refer to the Setting Up Backup Export section.) If the command execution fails, backup is not created.

In case domain backup files are set to be included in the statistics on disk space usage (in Plesk GUI: Server Settings > System Preferences) and backups are stored in Plesk backup repository, Plesk works as follows:

• Disk space occupied by a domain backup files is count in the overall domain disk space usage.
• Overall reseller's/client's disk space usage includes disk space occupied by backups of all domains that the reseller/client possesses, stored in the Plesk backup repository.