--enable

<hourly|daily|weekly|monthly>

Enables the specified scheduled backup task.

To enable the daily scheduled backup task on the Plesk server:

--disable

<hourly|daily|weekly|monthly>

Disables the specified scheduled backup task.

To disable the monthly scheduled backup task on the Plesk server:

--configure

<hourly|daily|weekly|monthly>

Configures the specified scheduled backup task.

To configure running of the weekly scheduled backup task on the Plesk server at 01:15 a.m.:

--run

<hourly|daily|weekly|monthly>

Runs the specified scheduled backup task.

To run the hourly scheduled backup task on the Plesk server:

--list

Shows the list of scheduled backup tasks.

To see the list of scheduled backup tasks on the Plesk server:

--help or --h

<hourly|daily|weekly|monthly>

Displays the help reference for the utility.

To see the utility help:

-server

Specifies a server-level scheduled backup task. This is the default option.

Used only with the --enable, --disable, --configure, --run, --list commands.

To enable the monthly scheduled backup task for the whole Plesk server:

-reseller

<login_name>

Specifies the reseller whose scheduled backup tasks will be affected by the command.

Used only with the --enable, --disable, --configure, --run, --list commands.

To run the hourly scheduled backup task of the reseller John Doe:

-customer

<login_name>

Specifies the customer whose scheduled backup tasks will be affected by the command.

Used only with the --enable, --disable, --configure, --run, --list commands.

To disable the weekly scheduled backup task of the customer John Doe:

-subscription

<domain_name>

Specifies the domain's subscription whose scheduled backup tasks will be affected by the command.

Used only with the --enable, --disable, --configure, --run, --list commands.

To enable the monthly scheduled backup task of the domain “example.com”:

-all

Specifies all scheduled backup tasks of the Plesk server.

Used only with the --list command.

To see the list of all scheduled backup task on the Plesk server:

-storage

<server|ftp|google-drive-backup>

Specifies where backup files will be stored.

Used only with the --configure command.

To store daily backup files on the Plesk server:

-keep-in-server-storage

<true|false>

Enables/disables storing of backup files both on the Plesk server and the remote storage.

Used only with the --configure command.

To enable storing daily backup files both on the Plesk server and the remote storage:

-backup-hourly-period

<1|2|3|4|6|8|12>

Specifies the frequency (in hours) of creating hourly scheduled backups.

Used only with the --configure command.

To make Plesk create an hourly backup every 3 hours:

-backup-time

<hours:minutes>

Specifies the exact time of the day for creating a scheduled daily, weekly, or monthly backup.

Used only with the --configure command.

To make the Plesk server create daily backups at 5:30 a.m.:

-backup-weekday

<sunday|monday|tuesday|wednesday|thursday|friday|saturday>

Specifies the day of the week for creating a scheduled weekly backup.

Used only with the --configure command.

To make the Plesk server create weekly backups on Saturdays:

-backup-day

<day of the month|first|last>

Specifies the day of the month for creating a scheduled monthly backup.

Used only with the --configure command.

To make the Plesk server create monthly backups on the last day of the month:

-incremental

<true|false>

Enables/disables creating scheduled incremental backups.

Used only with the --configure command.

To disable creating scheduled daily incremental backups on the Plesk server:

-full-frequency

<daily|weekly|monthly|yearly>

Specifies the frequency of creating a scheduled full server backup.

Used only with the --configure command.

To make the Plesk server create full server backups every month:

-full-retention

<number_of_periods>

Specifies the number of periods, during which a full server backup is stored. A period is the time between creating scheduled full server backups. For example, if a full server backup is created every week and the specified option value is 4, then the full server backup will be removed after 4 weeks.

Used only with the --configure command.

To store full server backups created on a monthly basis for 3 months:

-exclude-mail

<true|false>

Enables/disables backing up of emails during scheduled backup tasks.

Used only with the --configure command.

To disable backing up of emails on a daily basis:

-exclude-user-files

<true|false>

Enables/disables backing up of user files during scheduled backup tasks.

Used only with the --configure command.

To disable backing up of user files on a daily basis:

-exclude-databases

<true|false>

Enables/disables backing up of databases during scheduled backup tasks.

Used only with the --configure command.

To disable backing up of databases on a weekly basis:

-exclude-log-file

<true|false>

Enables/disables backing up of log files during scheduled backup tasks.

Used only with the --configure command.

To disable backing up of log files on a daily basis:

-exclude-files-list

<httpdocs/file[,httpdocs/prefix*[,...]]>

Specifies the list of files that must not be backed up during scheduled backup tasks.

Used only with the --configure command.

To prevent temporary files and draft documents from being backed up during daily scheduled backup tasks:

-multivolume

<true|false>

Enables/disables splitting backups stored on remote storage into multiple volumes.

Used only with the --configure command.

To enable splitting daily backups on remote storage into multiple volumes:

-volume-size

<size>

Specifies the size of each multi-volume backup file in megabytes.

Used only with the --configure command.

To set the volume size of daily backups to 1024 megabytes:

-send-email-on-errors

<true|false>

Enables/disables sending email notifications about errors during execution of scheduled backup tasks.

Used only with the --configure command.

To enable sending emails about errors during execution of scheduled daily backup tasks:

-email

<user@example.com>

Specifies the email address to which notifications about errors during execution of scheduled backup tasks must be sent.

Used only with the --configure command.

To send emails about errors that occurred in scheduled daily backup tasks to jdoe@mail.com:

-use-mssql-native-backup

<true|false>

If true, a backup is created using the native Microsoft SQL functionality.

Used only with the --configure command.

To configure running of the weekly scheduled backup task on the Plesk server at 01:15 a.m using the native Microsoft SQL functionality:

-json

Displays the output in the JSON format (if true) or in plain text format (if false).

Used only with the --list command.

To display the list of scheduled backup tasks in the JSON format: