By default, all backups are created in a backup storage located on the
Plesk-managed server: in a storage specified by the DUMP_D variable
defined in the /etc/psa/psa.conf configuration file
The storage is structured as follows, starting with the content of the
storage root folder (we omit additional files and folders which are
irrelevant for backing up and restoring Plesk data using pleskbackup
and pleskrestore utilities).
![]() |
< info >.xml |
Metadata files of full and server-level backups, one per backup, describe configuration and content of server, admin, and all their descendants. |
|
|---|---|---|---|
![]() |
< content >.<zip|tar|tgz> |
Archives with content of server and admin. | |
![]() |
clients/ |
Directory containing the following backup data:
Organization of the directory is the same as that of |

