Unable to backup some databases via Plesk Backup Manager: database belongs to the other subscription

Symptoms

• Plesk backup manager unable to backup some databases with the following warning message:

  PLESK_WARN: Warning: Database “prestashop_1”
  The database ‘prestashop_1’ belongs to the other subscription ‘example.com’ and cannot be backed up. To fix it reassign the database via the command ‘plesk bin database –assign-to-subscription prestashop_1 -domain subdomain.example.com -server localhost:3306’.

• Executing command from the warning message fails with the error below:

  # plesk bin database –assign-to-subscription prestashop_1 -domain subdomain.example.com -server localhost:3306
  This object can be created only in a subscription.
  exit status 1

Cause

Resolution

Workaround

If update is not possible for some reason you may try the following