You can restore backups made in Plesk 12.5 or in earlier versions of Plesk, but no earlier than Plesk 8.6.
To restore data from backup files, go to Tools & Settings > Backup Manager and in the list of backups click the creation date of the backup you want to restore. Note that the list can contain backups stored both in the Plesk's server storage and in the specified FTP storage - the backups in FTP storage have the corresponding icon in the System notes column. Specify the following parameters in the restoration wizard.
Note: Starting from Plesk 12.0, users can select single objects to restore from a backup. This enables users to restore only what they need to restore, without overwriting other objects and risking damaging their configuration or data. For example, if a user wants to restore only a DNS zone of one domain, example.tld
, there is no need to restore the configurations of all the other domains.
You can restore several objects of one type at the same time. Restoring objects of different types (for example, a mailbox and a database) requires two restoration sessions: one for a mailbox and one for a database.
The restoration of selected objects is possible only from backups created in Plesk 12.0 or later.
To restore all objects:
To restore specific objects of a particular type, such as a mailbox or DNS zone of a domain:
Similarly, when restoring user accounts and websites at the Customer Panel > Account section, users can select objects to restore in the same way as in the Backup Manager wizard.
You can restore the following types of objects from a backup:
You can restore objects of the selected type belonging to only one subscription during one restoration session.
Note: When you restore an incremental backup, Plesk also restores the data from the preceding full backup and all subsequent incremental backups made before the selected incremental backup. To see the details, click the link in the Size column in the list of backups.
Plesk will inform you in any of these cases with a warning. You will be unable to start the restoration until you select the option Restore backup file despite a corrupted signature. We strongly recommend that you do not restore such backups except in the following situations:
In case if any errors or conflicts occur during restoration of data, the wizard will prompt you to select an appropriate resolution. Follow the instructions provided on the screen to complete the wizard.
Note: The Overwrite data restoring mode means that all objects will be restored from the backup files regardless of their current presence in the system. The Overwrite mode works as follows: