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    Question Unzipped Backup Problem

    I have a Plesk backup but it is not zipped as usually do. I zipped all those files as backup_info_1709131439.xml.zip but it gives the following error: Error: Unable to upload backup_info_1709131439.xml.zip to the server storage: Unable to import file as dump: The file you are trying to upload is...
  2. rik

    Resolved Plesk Obsidian Version 18.0.21 update #3 scheduled backups fail.

    Hi there, Plesk Obsidian Version 18.0.21 update #3 scheduled backups fail. The four Plesk I'm using have not been solved yet. Update #1, #2, #3 has the same problem. ERROR: () Unable to create remote backup. Error: Unable to export backup: Transport error: Unable to create the...
  3. M

    Issue Unable to restore selected files of domain from Backup

    "Restoring Individual Objects" is not possible with selection of “Files of domains”. After clicking on "Add Files" there are no folders/files shown. Only "No objects found" is shown. It will not work as descibed here: Restoring Backups
  4. L

    Resolved Backup was created, altough some minor issues occurred.

    Hello everyone, Since a few days i get the following message on the back-up page: The backup Nov 18, 2019 12:12 AM was created and can be restored, although some minor issues occurred. Download the log file View the log Close this message This happens every time a backup has run so when i...
  5. M

    Resolved Hourly backup with Google Drive Backup

    Hello, I'd like to know if is possibile to set a hourly backup (incremental) with the "Google Drive Backup" extension (I've a licence of "Backup to Cloud Pro"). Now I can only set a daily backup on the backup section of Plesk. Thanks.
  6. N

    Resolved plesk Backup Tool - FTP mode

    hello I would like to configure plesk to backup on a FTP server. My distant FTP is run on a distant server on ubuntu 19 with pure-ftpd I can connect on it with filezilla without any problem when I configure the connexion on plesk I get an error Erreur: Unable to operate the storage: Transport...
  7. J

    Issue All backups are gone!

    Hi there, Just logged in to restore a backup and the list is empty! Checked the server status and the disk usage dropped at some point: But the subscription statistic shows there is space used by backup: This is the backup config: Any idea what's going on? Any help is appreciated...
  8. N

    Question Server wide backup to FTP without huge free disk space

    Hello, I want to make scheduled full backup of my server to an external FTP. Just want to backup the system and plesk files / configs without the subscriptions folders. But my server have not enough free space. I didn't found an answer to this question: Is there a way to use the server-wide...
  9. Dirk

    Question Different Filename for Plesk Backup

    Right now Plesk uses the filename backup_xxxxxxxxx.tar Since I am using a remote service (google drive) to upload it, every backup uses space. If there would be a way, that the filename was without the "_xxxxxxxxxxx", it would overwrite the old backups. Since Google-Drive and Dropbox both are...
  10. K

    Question Server backup showing per subscription on client side

    Ok, I may be asking something stupid here, but here it goes, is it possible to have the server backup showing up on each user's subscription individually? If not, how can we schedule that each subscription is made a backup on a daily basis? Thanks guys!
  11. G

    Question Best practices for plesk internal backups with many subs?

    Hi there! I am wondering what the best solution is to set up a proper PLESK full backup. I tried to use digital ocean spaces and also included the plugin to configure it in PLESK. But the big disappointment for me is that PLESK is saving all subscriptions in one file and temporarily keeps that...
  12. CobraArbok

    Question Which folders to exclude in backup

    I'm doing a backup with rsnapshoot excluding some folders like /var/cache or /var/tmp. But I see that there are other cache and tmp folders own to Plesk. Which folders can I exclude without problems?
  13. A

    Question Transfer Subscriptions Data on a corrupted server

    Hi, Our main Plesk server has been broken! Mysql is not working and Plesk doesn't work at all. So Pleask Panel, Plesk Backup CLI tools, Database Dumps and Plesk Migration are not working. We have spent +20 hours to fix it without any success. I only have SSH access to my files. Now we run a new...
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    Question Backup Manager default actions ???

    Hi, something im unsure of and have not managed to clear this issue up via the Plesk help documentation. Can someone tell me if this is whats meant to happen. If we go to a subscription and then to Backup Manager and press the 'Backup Up' button on the top left, we get a dialogue box that has...
  15. M

    Question Plesk backup compatibility across hosting providers

    What are the chances a Plesk backup (of multiple sites and databases) created on one hosting provider (A2 for example) could be restored on a different hosting provider (like GoDaddy?) (You may have heard about the unfortunate catastrophe at A2? This would be fallout from that.) My educated...
  16. D

    Issue Cannot restore a backup from onedrive

    When I try to restore a backup stored in onedrive, with Onedrive backup extension: Unable to import file as dump: Transport error: Extension transport: ext://one-drive-backup/server/: Microsoft OneDrive returns the error: Client error: `GET https://public.bl.files.1drv.com/y4m...
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    The backup was not created. Close this message

    Hi it's been already a week that backups keep failing on a Plesk server, 17.8.11 Update #48. Scheduled and manual backups from the Plesk interface give the error The backup ...date was not created. Close this message The funny thing is that manual backups with the CLI do work. Do you have...
  18. C

    Question How to disable mySQL dumps

    Currently my mySQL dumps have been taking up so much disk space on my server. How do I disable the backups or limit them to only a few days? Example 1.4G: /var/lib/psa/dumps/mysql.daily.dump.0.gz
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    Issue Exclude Folders from Serverwide Backup

    hello there, i am running server wide sceduled backups in plesk interface. i have several subscriptions running on that server. now i want to exclude several folders from several subscriptions. some folders are completly different in names and some include same phrases like "local" in the...
  20. N

    Issue mysqldump fails unknown variable

    Hello , I'm trying to perform a full backup of my content and getting the following error for all of my databases : [WARNING]: Cannot dump database content 'db_hf' of type 'mysql' [Cannot backup content of database 'db_hf'. The mysqldump utility has returned '7'. STDERR: mysqldump: unknown...
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