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Can I automate backups on my server?

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Last Updated: May 12, 2010 10:07 AM

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Certainly. Your backup is completely self-managed, and you have control over the scripts and programs you run on your dedicated server. To automatically back up your data, you can create a scheduled task in Windows or a cronjob in Linux.

You can also use the Parallels Plesk Panel control panel to schedule your backups. For more information about the backup/restore utilities in Parallels Plesk Panel, see the Backing Up and Restoring Domains section of the Plesk 7.5 Reloaded documentation, or the Plesk Backup-Restore guide.