{"id":189,"date":"2020-02-12T10:36:54","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T10:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lcn.com\/support\/knowledge-base\/how-to-use-the-plesk-migration-manager\/"},"modified":"2020-02-12T10:36:54","modified_gmt":"2020-02-12T10:36:54","slug":"how-to-use-the-plesk-migration-manager","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.lcn.com\/support\/articles\/how-to-use-the-plesk-migration-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"How to use the Plesk migration manager"},"content":{"rendered":"

This guide will explain how to use the Plesk migration manager to migrate content between servers running Plesk.<\/p>\n

This guide is suitable for customers migrating from LCN VPS plans running Plesk to new Cloud-servers with Plesk.<\/p>\n

Installing the migrations manager tool<\/h3>\n

Follow these steps to install the Plesk migrator tool:<\/p>\n

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  1. Open the Tools & Settings<\/strong> menu from the left column of the Plesk panel.<\/li>\n
  2. Click the Updates and Upgrades<\/strong> link under the Plesk<\/strong> heading on the Tools & settings page.<\/li>\n
  3. Click Add\/Remove Components<\/strong> for servers running the Service-Provider interface, skip to step 4 if you are using the Power-user interface.<\/li>\n
  4. Click the drop-down for Plesk Migrator<\/strong> and click Install<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  5. Click Continue<\/strong> to install the Plesk migrator tool.<\/li>\n
  6. Wait for the installation to complete and click OK<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  7. Check that the link for Migration & Transfer Manager<\/strong> is now available on the Tools & Settings<\/strong> menu in Plesk.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Using the migration manager<\/h3>\n

    Follow these steps to run the migration manager for Plesk server:<\/p>\n

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    1. Open the Tools & Settings<\/strong> menu from the left column of the Plesk panel.<\/li>\n
    2. Click the Migration & Transfer Manager<\/strong> link on the Tools & Settings page.<\/li>\n
    3. Click Start a new migration<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
    4. Complete the following fields with the details for source server:\n
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      • Panel type:<\/strong> Enter Plesk for Linux for migrations from Plesk servers.<\/li>\n
      • IP address:<\/strong> Enter the IP address of the source server<\/li>\n
      • Username:<\/strong> root<\/li>\n
      • Password:<\/strong> Enter the root password of the source server.<\/li>\n
      • SSH Port:<\/strong> 22<\/li>\n
      • Temp Directory:<\/strong> Leave the default enter in place unless you want to store temporary files used for the migration elsewhere<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
      • Click Prepare Migration<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
      • Wait for the migration preparation to complete.<\/li>\n
      • Once the migration preparation is complete a page will be displayed where you can select the subscriptions\/accounts from the source server that you want to migration. You can select the content to migrate by Plesk subscription\/customer\/reseller\/hosting plan from the source server. Select the check-boxes alongside each listed account that you want to migrate to the new server.<\/li>\n
      • Select the options alongside Content that must be transferred<\/strong> to indicate if mail accounts, website files and databases should be migrated to the new server.<\/li>\n
      • Select if the customer\/reseller settings for the sites should be copied to the new server, or if the sites should be reassigned to existing accounts on the new server.<\/li>\n
      • Click Migrate<\/strong> to start pre-migration checks.<\/li>\n
      • Review any warnings that are provided after pre-migration checks have completed. This should indicate any potential issues with software\/license\/resource mismatches between the 2 servers.<\/li>\n
      • Click Start migration<\/strong> if you are happy to start with copying content between the 2 servers.<\/li>\n
      • 13.Wait for the tasks in the migration queue to complete \u2013 this could take several hours to complete if you are migrating a large amount of data between servers.<\/li>\n
      • 14.Once the tasks in the migration queue have completed the migration should be complete and the content for all migrated domains should now be duplicated on the new server.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Once you have verified that all content has been successfully migrated, you can proceed with re-pointing your domains to the new server.<\/p>\n

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