Migrating Data

You can migrate data from other hosting platforms, or use a data import feature for importing to Plesk the data gathered by migration agent (this is useful when you are migrating data within a single server).

To migrate data from other hosting platforms, select the Remote migration mode option. To import data, select the Import configuration mode option.

Migrating from other hosting platforms

The agent will upload to the specified remote host and acquire its status. You will proceed to the progress page where you can view the migration progress and to stop it.

Note: if you use sudo for migration, make sure that the user account you selected is given all necessary permissions for operating the specified temporary directory on the remote host.

Importing configuration

If you are migrating accounts from another hosting platform installed on another partition on the same server, and have completed all the pre-migration steps (as described in the Migration Manager chapter of user's manual), select the Import configuration option and click Next>>.
A page will open allowing you to select the accounts and domains you wish to migrate. When done, click Next>> and proceed with migration as usual.

Note: by default, during migration all archive files are stored in the directory /usr/local/psa/PMM/archives/. If you do not have enough disk space on this partition, you can specify another directory to be used for that purpose. To do this, you need to define the MIGRATION_STORAGE_D parameter in /etc/psa/psa.conf.