Plesk Dedicated Servers : Steps to Automate backup
You can use Plesk control panel to automatically back up your domains for this you will have to enable FTP Backup on your dedicated server.
You will need to specify your FTP server settings in Plesk, and after that you can schedule automated backups.
Steps to configure Your FTP Server Settings in Plesk are as follows:-
1) First log in to Plesk control panel as administrator.
2) On the Domain administration page for the domain you want to back up, click the Backup icon.
3) Now click the FTP Account Properties icon.
4) In the FTP server field, type in the IP address for your FTP Backup server.
5) Type in the user name (login) and password for your FTP Backup server.
6) Click OK.
Steps to schedule Automated Backups in Plesk control panel:-
1) Click the Scheduled Backup Settings icon.
2) Now select how often you want to create a backup (daily, weekly, or monthly).
3) Select the location for your backup files.
4) Specify the maximum number of backups. When you reach the maximum number of backups, Plesk will automatically remove the oldest backups.
5) Enter the name the backup files should begin with.
6) Click OK.
Backup Configurations can easily be done on Plesk Dedicated Server
Tags: Dedicated Server Hosting