How to restore individual domains using Backup Manager?

[svaughan]

Hi,

I can't see how it's possible to restore a single domain from an entire server backup using the Backup Manager. Am I missing something? Whenever you go to restore, it simply tries to restore the entire server, which is every single domain instead of giving you the option to restore individual domains.

 

[Bruno Heim]

Hello. You need to restore a single domain by using the command line. Go to your Windows Server Remote Desktop, after that open the cmd and type this:

cd C:\Program Files\Parallels\Plesk\bin

when you be in C:\Program Files\Parallels\Plesk\bin directory you will need to type:

pleskrestore --restore YOURBACKUPDIR\backup.xml -level domains -filter list:domain.com

NOTE: Remember to remove the domain first before restore it and be sure that you have a backup of the related domain. Nerver try to restore a domain or a client account if it is current created. You need to remove it before restore or you will crash the restoration and all your domains and clients will be restored too :/

Good luck on there man ^^

 

[mikelegg]

Hello. You need to restore a single domain by using the command line. Go to your Windows Server Remote Desktop, after that open the cmd and type this:

cd C:\Program Files\Parallels\Plesk\bin

when you be in C:\Program Files\Parallels\Plesk\bin directory you will need to type:

pleskrestore --restore YOURBACKUPDIR\backup.xml -level domains -filter list:domain.com

NOTE: Remember to remove the domain first before restore it and be sure that you have a backup of the related domain. Nerver try to restore a domain or a client account if it is current created. You need to remove it before restore or you will crash the restoration and all your domains and clients will be restored too :/

Good luck on there man ^^

Any idea how to do this if your backup is stored on a remote FTP server?

 

[IgorG]

Just upload it to your local backups repository. You have special button in Plesk backup interface.

 

[mikelegg]

Just upload it to your local backups repository. You have special button in Plesk backup interface.

Yes that's what I clicked ... 4 hours later and I'm still staring at a "Loading Please wait" screen so I closed my browser.

I'm going to install an FTP client on the web server and bypass Plesk which doesn't appear to be able to retrieve the backup file from the remote server.

Is it just me or does having to copy a 20Gb file to the web server in order to restore a 2Mb web site seem a little tedious?