To back up the Plesk server:

Backs up all data of the resellers whose logins you specify. Separate the logins with spaces.

Can be used with the -from-file option.

If you specify neither logins nor the -from-file option, all the server resellers are backed up.

To back up the reseller with the login name reseller1:

Backs up all data of the resellers whose IDs you specify. Separate the IDs with spaces.

Can be used with the -from-file option.

If you specify neither IDs nor the -from-file option, all the server resellers are backed up.

To back up the reseller with the ID 1:

Backs up all data of the customers whose logins you specify. Separate the logins with spaces.

Can be used with the -from-file option.

If you specify neither logins nor the -from-file option, all the server customers are backed up.

To back up all data of the customers with the logins user1 and user2:

Backs up all data of the customers whose IDs you specify. Separate the IDs with spaces.

Can be used with the -from-file option.

If you specify neither IDs nor the -from-file option, all the server customers are backed up.

To back up the customer with the ID 1:

Backs up all data of the subscriptions whose names you specify. Separate the subscription names with spaces.

Can be used with the -from-file option.

If you specify neither subscription names nor the -from-file option, all the server subscriptions are backed up.

To back up the subscription with the name example.com:

Backs up all data of the subscriptions whose IDs you specify. Separate the IDs with spaces.

Can be used with the -from-file option.

If you specify neither IDs nor the -from-file option, all the server subscriptions are backed up.

To back up the subscription with the ID 1:

To see the help on the utility usage:

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Backs up resellers | customers | subscriptions listed in the specified file ignoring those specified in the command line as arguments.

The file must be in plain text and must contain the list of resellers | customers | subscriptions, one per line.

Used only with the --resellers-name, --resellers-id, --clients-name, --clients-id, --domains-name, --domains-id commands.

Depending on the command, resellers | customers | subscriptions are listed in the file by either logins, IDs, or domain names.

To back up the subscriptions whose names are specified in the domains.txt file:

To back up the Plesk server and show the backup process in most detail:

To back up only configurations of Plesk objects on the Plesk server:

Specifies how fast and how well Plesk compresses the data being backed up.

You can specify the following compression levels: fastest, fast, normal, maximum, or no compression. The faster the compression level, the bigger the backup size and the lower CPU load is.

If you do not specify the -compression-level option, Plesk will use the compression level specified in the server backup settings.

To back up the Plesk server using the maximum compression level (the smallest backup size, the slowest backup speed, the highest CPU load):

Splits backup files into parts of the specified size. The parts are numbered by appending numerical suffixes starting with .1.

You can specify the size in bytes, KB, MB, GB, or TB. If you specify no unit, the size is interpreted as being in bytes.

If you specify no arguments, the default size of 2 GB is used.

To back up the Plesk server and split the backup into parts of 3 GB:

Backs up only mail configuration and content of the selected objects.

When used with the --resellers-name, --resellers-id, --clients-name, --clients-id, --domains-name, --domains-id commands, backs up configuration of the domain-level mail system plus content and configuration of mail accounts.

When used with the --server command, also backs up the server-wide mail configuration.

Cannot be used with the -only-hosting option.

To back up the configuration and content of mail accounts and the configuration of the domail-level mail system of the subscription example.com:

Backs up only hosting configuration and website content including website applications, databases, and subdomains.

Cannot be used with the -only-mail option.

To back up the hosting configuration and content of the subscription example.com:

Adds the specified prefix to the backup file name.

Used to customize backup file names, which have the “backup” prefix by default.

To back up the Plesk server and add the “main” prefix to the backup file name:

To create an incremental backup of the Plesk server:

Adds a description to a backup. The description will be displayed in the “Comments” column in the Plesk interface.

To add the description, enclose it in quotes.

To back up the Plesk server and add the description “This is my first backup” to the backup file:

To back up the Plesk server and store the backup on the FTP server with the IP address 192.168.0.1:

To back up the Plesk server and log in to the FTP server using the ftp_login login to store the backup:

To back up the Plesk server and store the backup on the FTP server in the /tmp directory:

To back up the Plesk server and connect to the FTP server in passive FTP mode to store the backup file:

To back up the Plesk server and connect to the FTP server using FTPS to store the backup file:

Skips the resellers with the specified logins during backup.

Separate the logins with commas. If no logins are specified, no resellers are backed up.

To back up the Plesk server excluding all the resellers:

Skips resellers listed in the specified file during backup.

The file must be in plain text and must contain the list of reseller logins, one per line.

To back up the Plesk server excluding the resellers specified in the resellers.txt file:

Skips customers with the specified logins during backup.

Separate the logins with commas. If no logins are specified, no customers are backed up.

To back up the Plesk server excluding the customers with the login names user1 and user2:

Skips customers listed in the specified file during backup.

The file must be in plain text and must contain the list of customer logins, one per line.

To back up the Plesk server excluding the customers listed in the customers.txt file:

Skips subscriptions with the specified names during backup.

Separate the subscription names with commas. If no subscription names are specified, no subscriptions are backed up.

To back up the Plesk server excluding the subscriptions example.com and example.net:

Skips subscriptions listed in the specified file during backup.

The file must be in plain text and must contain the list of subscription names, one per line.

To back up the Plesk server excluding the subscriptions listed in the domains.txt file:

Skips files and directories with the specified paths during backup. You can only exclude files within subscriptions.

Specify the path or paths relative to the subscription root separating individual files with commas. You can use the mask character (*).

To back up the Plesk server excluding files with the names starting with log in the /somedir directory:

Skips files and directories listed in the specified file during backup. You can only exclude files within subscriptions.

Specify the path or paths relative to the subscription root in the file, one per line. You can use the mask character (*), for example /somedir/log*.

To back up the Plesk server excluding files and directories listed in the patterns.txt file:

To back up the Plesk server excluding log files:

To back up the subscription with the ID 1 and export the backup to stdout:

Exports a backup as a single file to the specified directory on a local file system and removes the backup from the Plesk server storage.

As an argument, you can specify either the path to the directory (and then the backup file name will be automatically generated) or the path to the directory and the desired backup file name.

To create an incremental backup of the subscription with the ID 1 and export the backup to the /tmp directory (the backup file name will be automatically generated):

To back up the subscription with the ID 1 and export the backup as the domain1.tar file to the /tmp directory:

Exports a backup as a single file to the specified FTP server and removes the backup from the Plesk server storage. You can use FTP options to specify the FTP server credentials and FTP connection settings (for example, FTPS usage).

As an argument, you can specify either the path to the directory (and then the backup file name will be automatically generated) or the path to the directory and the desired backup file name.

To back up the subscription with the ID 1 and export the backup as a file to the /storage/backups directory on the FTP server: (the backup file name will be automatically generated):

To back up the subscription with the ID 1 and export the backup as the domain1.tar file to the /storage/backups directory on the FTP server:

Exports a backup as a single file to remote cloud storage (for example, Amazon S3 Backup or Google Drive Backup) and removes the backup from the Plesk server storage.

To back up the Plesk server to Dropbox to the storage directory /dropbox-backup/server configured in the Plesk interface (Tools & Settings > Backup Manager (under “Tools & Resources”) > Remote Storage Settings):

To back up the subscription with the ID 19 to Google Drive Backup to the storage directory /google-drive-backup/subscription/19 configured in the Plesk interface (Websites & Domains > the subscription > Backup Manager > Remote Storage Settings):

To back up the subscription with the ID 1, export the backup as the domain1.tar file located in the /tmp directory, and keep the backup in the Plesk server storage: