Performing Migration

To perform a migration:

1. Go to Home > Migration Manager (in the Help & Support group).
2. (Optional) Click Synchronize.

   This updates Migration Manager, which may include migration agents used for migrations from hosting platforms other than Parallels Plesk Panel.

3. Click Start New Migration.
4. Leave the Transfer data from another server option selected, and specify the following options:
   • IP address or the host name of the source server
   • login and password of Administrator/power user of the source server.

     Note: The option Transfer data already processed by the migration agent and located on the local host is used to migrate data from a dump already created on the source server. This is useful, for example, in cases when the dump transfer from source server to target fails, or deploying the dump on target server fails. For more information and instructions, refer to the Troubleshooting section.

5. Select the type of operating system running on the source host.

   This option is available if you are using Parallels Plesk Panel 9 for Windows.

6. Specify directory where temporary files will be stored.
7. Specify whether you want to transfer all domain and user accounts, or only specific accounts.
8. Select the data compression option, if you pay per the amount of transferred data, or if you want to save bandwidth. Data compression saves bandwidth, but consumes more disk space.
9. Click Next>>.

   The Migration Manager connects to the specified server and gathers information about the migration objects.

10. (Optional) Select the version of the migration agent and then click Next >>.

    This step is performed only if migrating from hosting platforms other than PPP and several versions of migration agent are available.

    Parallels Plesk Panel automatically selects the appropriate agent version. However, if the migration fails, you can try selecting another version of migration agent.

11. (Optional) Select the check boxes corresponding to the user and domain accounts you want to transfer.

    This step is performed if migrating specific objects.

    Also, specify what types of data should be transferred:

    • all settings and content
    • all settings and content except mail
    • only mail accounts with e-mail messages
12. Click Next >>.
13. Once the data are retrieved from the source server, specify new IP addresses that should be assigned to the transferred objects.

    If you have a great number of IP addresses, at this step, you can download the current IP mapping file, correct it using a text editor or running a custom find-and-replace script, and then upload it back to the server.

14. Click Next >>.

    The data transfer process starts immediately. However, if some of the selected items cannot be transferred because of possible configuration or resource usage conflicts, you will be taken to the next step and prompted to specify the conflict resolution policies.

15. If prompted, specify how to resolve the following types of conflicts:
    1. Timing conflicts that occur when a migration object already exists on the destination server and has a more recent modification date. You can choose any of the following options:
       • Use the configuration and data from the source server. This will overwrite the configuration and data currently present in the destination server.
       • Use the configuration from the destination server, and the data from the source server.
       • Do not transfer items with timing conflicts.
    2. Resource usage conflicts that occur when a migration object would exceed the resource usage limits defined on the destination server. You can choose any of the following options:
       • Migrate the object and allow resource overuse.
       • Do not migrate the object.
    3. Configuration conflicts that occur when the settings of migration object are neither allowed nor available on the destination server. You can choose to:
       • Migrate the object and allow the required configuration options and settings.
       • Do not migrate the object.
16. Click Next >>.

    Once the migration is completed, a detailed report will be presented on the screen.

17. Click OK to exit the wizard.