Knowledge Base

Scheduling Backups

To schedule backing up of data:

Go to Tools & Settings > Backup Manager > Schedule.
Select Activate this backup task and specify the following:
- When and how often to run the backup (Run this backup task).
- To reduce the disk space usage and the duration of backup process,
  select Use incremental backup (for details, refer to Incremental
  Backup). Specify how often full backups will be
  made (Perform full backup). The list of allowed values depends on
  the time period selected in Run this backup task.
- To make Plesk automatically remove old backups, specify for how
  long the backups should be stored (Keep backup files for).
  
  If you do not use incremental backing up, then the unit of time is
  the same as the one selected in Run this backup task (days,
  weeks, or months).
  
  If you use incremental backups, then the unit of time depends on
  the time period selected in Perform full backup (weeks,
  months, or years).
- What data to back up (Back up). You can back up only settings,
  or settings and user data. To learn what is included in backups,
  refer to the Backing Up and Restoration section.
- Location where to store the backup file (Store in).
- Splitting of the backup file. To create a multi-volume backup,
  select the respective checkbox and specify volume size in
  megabytes.
  
  Note: Multiple volumes are supported for backups stored in the
  personal FTP storage.
- Exclude log files. Select this option if you want all log
  files (including the logs from the system directory) to be
  excluded from backup.
- Exclude certain files from the backup. Select this option if
  you do not want to include some files or directories into backup.
  For example, you may want to exclude log files or temporary file
  directories from backup. If you have no access to some files, you
  can also exclude these files from backup in order to avoid errors.
  Specify the files or directories according to the following rules:
  - Separate files by the new line or the “,” symbol.
  - The “*” mask can be used to replace any symbol except “/” in
    the file or directory name.…