Plesk can backup the following data:
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Account configuration. Such backups have small size and are
convenient for restoring account settings in case of configuration
problems. -
Account configuration and website content. This type of backup
requires more disk space and system resources because Plesk also
saves the content of all websites, including databases. Such backups
are the best way to prevent data loss.
You can perform backup manually at any time, or schedule it for a
specific time. For example, make the full backup once a day at night
time when the number of site visits is minimal. To get the details on
scheduling backups, refer to the section Scheduling
Backups.
Full and Incremental Backups
Plesk supports two types of backup:
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Full. Each time you create a backup, the backup includes all data
regardless of the time when the data was last updated. -
Incremental. An incremental backup contains only data that was
changed since the time of the last previously created backup.Using incremental backups significantly reduces the duration of a
backup operation and the disk space occupied by backup files.
Plesk includes in incremental backups the following data:
- Web hosting data changed since the time of the last previously
created backup (full and incremental). - Mail data changed since the time of the last previously created
backup (full and incremental). - Full backup of database data
Storing Backups
There are two ways of storing backups in Plesk:
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On the Plesk-managed hosting server. All backup files are stored on
your Plesk server along with other account content. Note that in this
case backup files occupy the disk space provided by your
subscription. -
On a remote FTP server. All backup files are stored on a remote FTP
storage. In this case, backup files do not occupy the disk space
provided by your subscription. The instructions on how to configure
Plesk to save backups to an FTP account are provided below in this
section.
Creating Password-protected Backups
You can secure sensitive data in your backups by protecting them with a
password. Protection makes it impossible for an attacker to reveal
backup data if the security of your external backup storage is
compromised.
You can specify a backup password in the following circumstances:
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