Performing Migration Within a Single Server

If you wish to migrate to Parallels Plesk Panel 9 from another hosting platform or earlier versions of Parallels Plesk Panel, and cannot afford additional hardware for this operation, you can do it using the data import feature of Parallels Plesk Panel Migration Manager.

To migrate your data using data import feature:

1. Mount the disk with an existing Parallels Plesk Panel installation.
2. Choose the migration agent suitable for your source hosting platform. Migration agents are stored in the directory /parallels_plesk_panel_installation_directory/PMM/agents/ on your Parallels Plesk Panel drive:
   • Alabanza - /parallels_plesk_panel_installation_directory/PMM/agents/AlabanzaX/
   • Confixx 1.65, 2, 3 - /parallels_plesk_panel_installation_directory/PMM/agents/ConfixxX/
   • Ensim 3.5, 4, 10 - /parallels_plesk_panel_installation_directory/PMM/agents/EnsimX/
   • Hsphere 2.4.2 - /parallels_plesk_panel_installation_directory/PMM/agents/HsphereX/
   • Plesk 2.5.x, 5.x, 6.x, 7.x - /parallels_plesk_panel_installation_directory/PMM/agents/PleskX/
   • Slash - /parallels_plesk_panel_installation_directory/PMM/agents/Slash/
   • Cobalt RaQ2 - /parallels_plesk_panel_installation_directory/PMM/agents/RaQ2/
   • Cobalt Raq550 - /parallels_plesk_panel_installation_directory/PMM/agents/RaQ550/
   • Cobalt Raq3 - /parallels_plesk_panel_installation_directory/PMM/agents/RaQ3/
   • Cobalt Raq4 - /parallels_plesk_panel_installation_directory/PMM/agents/RaQ4/
   • cPanel 9, 10, 11 - /parallels_plesk_panel_installation_directory/PMM/agents/cPanel9/
   • CommuniGate Pro - /parallels_plesk_panel_installation_directory/PMM/agents/Cgp/
3. Change to the directory /parallels_plesk_panel_installation_directory/PMM/var/ on your Parallels Plesk Panel drive, copy all agent-related files and subdirectories from /parallels_plesk_panel_installation_directory/PMM/agents/agent_name/ to the current directory.
4. Copy all files and subdirectories from /parallels_plesk_panel_installation_directory/PMM/agents/shared/ to the current directory.
5. Start the migration agent with –get-status option: ./<your platform name>.pl --get-status.
6. If agent suits your platform, you will be able to make a copy of all data using the option –dump-all, or make a copy of selected entities using the option –dump-domains for migrating domains, or –dump-accounts for migrating user accounts (you can run the migration agent with –h option for details). For example: <agent_file_name> --dump-domains=domain1, domain2, domain3.
7. Once agent has finished its job, move the contents of the directory /parallels_plesk_panel_installation_directory/PMM/var/pma to the directory /parallels_plesk_panel_installation_directory/PMM/archives and copy the file /parallels_plesk_panel_installation_directory/PMM/var/<your platform name>.xml to /parallels_plesk_panel_installation_directory/PMM/var/dump.xml.
8. Reboot to the operating system where Parallels Plesk Panel is installed.
9. After successful boot up, log in to the control panel, go to Home > Migration Manager, and then click Start Migration.
10. Select the Import configuration mode option, and follow the instructions presented on the screen.