How to restore backupfile from version 8.6 to 9.2

[nuttiwes]

Hi everybody,

I have big problem Restore backupfile from version 8.6 to 9.2 use command line but it have error can't open tar file.

I must restore backup plesk8 to plesk9. please help me too.

Thank you very much,

Nuttiwes.

 

[Silence]

HI there,

please see http://kb.odin.com/en/5864

Regards.

Hope it help!

 

[TroyP]

8.6 server migration to 9.2 planning

I'm planning a migration from "2" RedHat Plesk 8.6 servers to a single 9.2 plesk server.

I understand that you have to do a conversion on the psadump files before import.

My questions are:

What exactly is being migrated by doing a psadump, conversion and restore.

1.) all sites structures are a given.
2.) how is email / qmail handled by this??????
3.) how are shell accounts and ftp accounts handles by this???? /etc/passwd /etc/shadow, etc...
4.) mysql databases, are they migrated as well with psadump???

I'm concerned there might be an overlap in /etc/passwd IDs, but reviewing for migration strategy.

Thanks for any help!

totus

 

[TroyP]

I'm not sure how psadump works, but I can tell you that tar has it limitations in regards to size. How much data are you tarring up?

 

[bskrakes]

How to restore backupfile from version 8.6 to 9.2 - By Brendan Skoreyko

Hi there,

Have you read the documentation "Migration Guide for PPP 9.2?" I am in the process of migrating from P8.4 to P9.2.1, the guide was great.

I think this is what you need to do, assuming our 8.6 server and 9.2 server are different from each other.... If your old 8.6 server has now been converted to 9.X I think you might be in for some fun... Let me know where you at!

1) As per the document provided by Parallels Plesk on your 8.6 server run the following command:

# /usr/local/psa/bin/pleskbackup all /dump.psa

2) Once the dump.psa is complete scp it across to your new 9.2 server

3) Now you need to convert the PPP 8.6 file to the new PPP 9.2 format by running the following command:

/usr/local/psa/bin/pre9-backup-convert convert -d /var/lib/psa/dumps /dump.psa

4) Step 3 will creat an *.xml file in the directory

/var/lib/psa/dumps

This file is now used to migrate/restore your settings from 8.6

5) Now here is where I ran into some fun... the command line didn't work as expected because the restore needed some user input... here is what they tell you to run:

/usr/local/psa/bin/pleskrestore --restore /var/lib/psa/dumps/<BACKUP NAME> -level server

I HOWEVER USED THE PLESK CP... See the guide here http://download1.parallels.com/Plesk/PPP9/Doc/en-US/plesk-9.2-migration-guide.pdf

That should do it. I'd reboot your server after you have confirmed the restore of your clients... I am fairly positive I could get this working but I take zero responsibility for anything you may do or not do to your server.

Cheers and best of luck!

 

[KrityaK]

I have 2 windows reseller account 8.6 & 9.2 how can restore backup from 8.6 to 9.2

 

[bskrakes]

Have you checked any of the documentation that Parallels provides? Here is a link to the back/restore PDF for Plesk 9.2 Windows: http://download1.parallels.com/Plesk/PPP9/Doc/en-US/plesk-9.2-backup-cli-guide.pdf.

The more IMPORTANT document to read is this one: MIGRATION - http://download1.parallels.com/Plesk/PPP9/Doc/en-US/plesk-9.2-migration-guide.pdf

After you read the document post back, the process is fairly straight forward (sadly its not as easy as Linux... maybe I am just so foreign to Windows stuff now that I find Linux that much easier).

The overall process should be backup your old server hosting data and convert it to the new 9.2 version and import.

 

[Yeolegood]

Hello,

Performing backup/restore migration to Plesk Control Panel 9.2.1 from prior versions please be sure to convert backup created on source server to Plesk 9.x backup format as described in this knowledge base article:

http://kb.odin.com/en/5817

This article describes steps to be taken for manual migration:

http://kb.odin.com/en/1152