Feature Suggestions
Please provide here your suggestion for new functionality for Plesk. We encourage you to review and vote for suggestions of others. The top-ranked suggestions are likely to be included in the next versions of Plesk.
Please write in English so that voters from all over the world can read and support your request.
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1 vote
You can do this by “Add to Archive” button in File Manager.
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Restore a single domain or mail account (transfer domain)
Restore a single domain or mail account to the same or a other subscription (transfer domain)
7 votesWe believe that meanwhile this feature became available. For one it is possible to "move" domains between subscriptions, and it is also possible to restore domain or mailbox content from a backup to another subscription once a domain has been moved. For these reasons we are changing the status of this request to "already available". If this should not fit your needs, please open a new request and describe in detail what you would like to see in Plesk.
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Kindly give the option to backup the database file from server
In the server there is no any database backup option available.
This features is available in the others plesk pannels. So kindly provide the options to backup the database and also to backup the website in one backed up file also1 voteThis functionality is already implemented - https://docs.plesk.com/en-US/12.5/administrator-guide/website-management/website-databases/exporting-and-importing-database-dumps.69538/ To solve your issue, please contact your hosting provider (the company that hosts your website) and request support from them directly. We are the authors of the software you and your hosting provider are using, and unfortunately, we cannot help with this particular request because we do not host your website. We are closing your request as it doesn't include any software improvement proposal. -- IG
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FTP Backup directly to storage
Actual backups are safed local and then thei are commited to the FTP Backup Storage.
This means every Backup uses the Space also local (temporary). This can be a Problem with limited VMs etc.It would be good if backups can be done directly to FTP Storage (optional setting).
11 votesIn common it is not possible due to several of technical restrictions, especially on Windows. But in version Plesk 17.0 Onyx we will use new backup process schema. Content will be backuped one-by-one by services of domain hosting. For instance, first part of backup – web content – will be compressed locally and sent to ftp server. After that this dump will be removed and mail content will be compressed to local dump and sent to ftp, then mail dump deleted and databases dump created, sent, deleted, etc. This schema will dramatically decrease disk space usage during backup procedure.
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Provide the ability to script checking backup status
We have several Plesk servers. I would like to create a script that would be run daily on a separate monitoring server (Nagios) to check the status of the backups on each Plesk server we have. I think its not a good idea to only be notified by Plesk if Plesk thinks the backups had an error. If the task fails to run for any reason, no notification would be sent and we would not know that the backups didn't run. I would like Nagios to know that the backups were successful and alert me if they were not.
1 votePlease refer to Plesk Documentation https://docs.plesk.com/en-US/12.5/api-rpc/reference/managing-backups/retrieving-backup-task-status.44539/ to know how to get backup task status by API.
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Allow Backups without including Mail
Either allow all stored mail to be scanned for viruses because established web sites may have mail stored before appropriate software was avaiable to remove it, or alow backups to not include any mail, because I cannot rid the problem from my backups without deleting my entire mail system for several web sites and starting over.
1 voteYou can backup your domain with the disabled option “Mail configuration and content” in Plesk Onyx 17.8
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resume ftp backup upload on fail
when plesk got error to upload backup to ftp, add an option to retry uploading to ftp
33 votesAs correctly mentioned in the comments, this feature has long been available. On some FTP configurations (target FTP repository) it can also help to avoid timeouts by splitting the backup into separate volumes using the "Multivolume" option in the Plesk Backup Manager.
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Download File from Backup
Download File from Backup
1 voteFrank, there is already possibility to download a file from backup. When in Backup Manager and entered into specific backup, click on drop-down “Type of object to restore” then choose “files or domains” and subscription, then click “add files”. Then will be pop-up that will show all files available for specified subscription.
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Add the possibility to exclude one or any domains from server backup.
Hi,
Plesk 12.5 user
The backup manager in Tools $ Ressources do the job.
It backup all my domains and databases. OK
But, i have 2 domains (with 10 go of data) that I dont' want to include in this backup.
I would prefer to create a dedicated backup task for these domains (only one backup per month for example)
So, it woud be great to exclude some domains from the backup managerThanks !
2 votesJust use exclude-domain option for pleskbackup utility – http://docs.plesk.com/en-US/12.5/advanced-administration-guide-linux/backing-up-restoring-and-migrating-data/backing-up-data/specifying-data-for-backing-up.68839/
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Allow backing up only mail configuration but not content
This was available in previous Plesk releases.
1 voteYou can still backup only mail configuration without content with —only-mail —configuration options for pleskbackup utility. More detail you can find here – http://docs.plesk.com/en-US/12.5/advanced-administration-guide-linux/backing-up-restoring-and-migrating-data/backing-up-data/specifying-data-for-backing-up.68839/
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SnapShot Backup & Restore for Admin and Domain Owners
No sure how viable this is in terms of technology. But id like to see a snapshot backup and restore feature in plesk for when admins or domain owners are tweaking, changing or upgrading files or editing or testing settings.
This would be far better than having to restore a full backup should things go wrong.
0 votesPlesk 12.5 should cover your needs:
1. Server-level and subscription-level backup
2. You can use excludes to avoid backing up stuff you don’t want
3. Gradual restore means you don’t have to restore everything if things go wrong.If there is a specific scenario that cannot be addressed by the points above, please let us know.
Since Plesk has the functionality to address scenarios mentioned in this request, we’re closing it as already done.
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Backup Manager
When the admin backup the whole server in server repository, every subcription increases its disk space. I don't think this the right way.
It must not affects subscription's disk spaceYou must fix this.
1 voteUncheck ‘backup files created by the administrator’ option on ‘Tools & Settings → Server settings’ screen
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Serverbackups not include to Customer Quota
There is an issue in the quota calculation in the following point:
If i create a customer Hosting Plan with 5GB Quota.
The Customer have 2GB Data in his Hosting, and I create a Serverbackup via the Plesk Backupmanager as root.No the Customer Quota are increased to 4GB.
If the Customer creates self backups - it is okay to include them in the Quota Calculation.
But i don't think that the root-Serverbackup should be calculated in okay thanks for help
3 votesThe feature is available in Plesk 12.0. You can find the settings if you open “Tools & Settings” > “General Settings” > “Server Settings”.
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1 vote
Actually Plesk does have support for Chinese version (languages) and also special discounted pricing for Chinese version.
You can contact our Chinese office via info.cn@odin.com
Let us know if any problems
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backup e-mail data
please integrate the option to backup (export) e-mail accounts and import e-mail data to plesk.
2 votesHi, Plesk already can backup all content (including email) and restore it back. Please clarify your proposal if it is not exactly what you needed.
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Automated way of removing all Plesk Restore notifications in the panel
We do automated backup/restores of trial accounts, and the panel always displays restore notifications right in the Plesk Backup manager. Sometimes this goes up to dozens if not hundreds of notifications. We need an automated way of getting rid of those, either with a single "close all" (and ideally "close all successful") button, but we could live with a command line. Each notification can take a minute to delete, overheads the system, and an accumulation slows down the loading of the Backup Manager page a great deal.
1 voteNew backup error handling is already available since version 12.5. Let us know if it doesn’t help.
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backup compatibility with new server
In my past experience, when I tried loading a passworded domain backup (created via Plesk) to a new Plesk server, the backup wasn't accepted, with a msg stating that only backups created on same Plesk server can be restored.
Maybe I wasn't doing something right, and it is actually possible to restore a plesk created domain backup to a new server, however, it created a considerable mess and seemed a very unnecessary situation.
If it isn't possible to presently restore backups on a new Plesk server, please can you add this to the to-do list, as this really is essential…
2 votesDue security reason only Plesk administrator can restore backups from another Plesk server.
Corresponding documentation available by link: http://download1.parallels.com/Plesk/PP12/12.0/Doc/en-US/online/plesk-installation-upgrade-migration-guide/71256.htm#- SU
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Dropbox overwriting the old backups.
Hi
No way to specify how many are created before overwriting the old back ups
I back up my website daily and I want to have at least 7 backups available in dropbox.
It should not overwrite my 7 old backups of same website.
Is there any other way?
Thank you
1 voteDropbox has a Version History feature that allows to recover any version of a file within past 30 days (for free account).
The feature’s advantage is that previous files are not counted in quota.
Dropbox Backup extension allows to restore it directly from Plesk.
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Export Data from Filesystem
i.e. as the Backupfunction of Plesk.
But with the functionality to download a (zip/tar/...) archive with the files in it.For Example: I choose a folder to backup, click backup and get a compressed archive with the files.
1 voteWe think this function is available already
You can have two options:
1) Go Files, pick a folder and then do More > Add to Archive. It will give you .zip file you want
2) Do normal backup and then pick a required file or folder when restoringLet us know if you were looking for something else
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Auto backup mysql
auto backup mysql support with user control panel.
7 votesThe feature is available in Plesk 12.0.
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