Backing Up Data

To perform backup of Plesk hosting data, you need to execute the
pleskbackup.exe utility command composed so that it does the
following:

1. Defines the data that need to be backed up.

2. Defines the way of how the backup process will be performed.

3. Defines properties of the files that will be contained in backup.

4. Defines options for exporting backup as a single file.

   Note: Only the first component is obligatory, others are optional.

The following sections explain each component meaning and implementation
in detail.

To see a complete list of the pleskbackup commands and options,
refer to the Reference for Command-Line Utilities, Plesk for Microsoft
Windows guide.

If the command execution succeeds, backup is created in the default
server backups location or exported to a file in case exporting options
were specified. For details on exporting options, refer to the section
Exporting Backup Files. If the command execution fails,
backup is not created.

You can perform advanced configuration of the backup operation through
the file %plesk_dir% /admin/share/pmmcli/pmmcli-rc. For more
details, refer to the section Defining How the Backup Process Is
Performed.

If a backup process fails, you can use its logs for troubleshooting.
Each backup process’s logs are stored in
%plesk_dir%PMMlogsbackup-YYYY-MM-DD-hh-mm-nnn, where
YYYY-MM-DD-hh-mm is the date and time when the backup was performed
and nnn is a randomly generated number.