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- Alma Linux 9.7
- Plesk version and microupdate number
- 18.0.75
Using Dropbox Backup v 4.4.2-8333
We have remote Dropbox backups set up in the Backup Manager. We use a Dropbox Business plan whereby file changes are saved for 90 days.
I have found that it's impossible to select dates for backup restoring from the Dropbox via the Plesk GUI. So what we do is move backed up files on dropbox to their own date specific folder:
eg:
When a backup is stored in Dropbox it is visible in the Plesk Backup Manager GUI.
We then move this file to another part of Dropbox as shown in the example above ^^ .
Now, we have a backup from older (eg 01-01-2026) so we copy the backup files from
and place this file back inside
. BUT this never shows inside the Plesk Backup Manager GUI.
How can we get Plesk to work with installing parts from a previous full server backup on Dropbox?
The plesk GUI can't upload the file directly because their limit is 2Gb and the backup files in Dropbox are ~200Gb . This also makes it problematic downloading the files to our local machine because it's such a large download the Browser doesn't deal well with it. (This is a Dropbox issue, and I think they may have an SFTP ability we have yet to look into) .
The point is; Plesk recognises backup files that were saved on Dropbox by Plesk but they do not recognise the backup files that are placed there otherwise. How do we make Plesk Backup Manager recognise previous backups? (Because they also can't recognise backup file history within Dropbox )
We have remote Dropbox backups set up in the Backup Manager. We use a Dropbox Business plan whereby file changes are saved for 90 days.
I have found that it's impossible to select dates for backup restoring from the Dropbox via the Plesk GUI. So what we do is move backed up files on dropbox to their own date specific folder:
eg:
When a backup is stored in Dropbox it is visible in the Plesk Backup Manager GUI.
We then move this file to another part of Dropbox as shown in the example above ^^ .
Now, we have a backup from older (eg 01-01-2026) so we copy the backup files from
Code:
/older/backups/our-server.co.uk/01-01-2026/full-server-backup.tar
Code:
/app/server/full-server-backup.tarHow can we get Plesk to work with installing parts from a previous full server backup on Dropbox?
The plesk GUI can't upload the file directly because their limit is 2Gb and the backup files in Dropbox are ~200Gb . This also makes it problematic downloading the files to our local machine because it's such a large download the Browser doesn't deal well with it. (This is a Dropbox issue, and I think they may have an SFTP ability we have yet to look into) .
The point is; Plesk recognises backup files that were saved on Dropbox by Plesk but they do not recognise the backup files that are placed there otherwise. How do we make Plesk Backup Manager recognise previous backups? (Because they also can't recognise backup file history within Dropbox )
