How to remove Plesk backup files and their logs

How to remove Plesk backup files and their logs

Via Plesk

1. In Plesk, go to Tools & Settings > Backup manager (server-wide backups) or Websites & Domains > Backup Manager (domain backups).

2. Choose a backup that should be deleted and click Remove. Backup files will be also removed from the system.

   Via a command-line interface

    

   • For Plesk on Linux

     1. Connect to a Plesk server via SSH.

     2. Find the backup_infoXXXX.xml file using a backup creation date:

        # /usr/local/psa/admin/bin/pmm-ras --get-dump-list | grep .xml:

        In this example, the domain level backup was created on 10.08.2019 (19.08.10):

        # /usr/local/psa/admin/bin/pmm-ras --get-dump-list | grep .xml:
        <message>domains/example.com/backup_info_1908101555.xml: </message>

     3. Delete the backup by specifying the corresponding *.xml file. For example:

        # /usr/local/psa/admin/bin/pmm-ras --verbose --debug --delete-dump --dump-specification=backup_info_1908101555.xml --session-path=/var/log/plesk/PMM

    

   • For Plesk Obsidian on Windows Server

     1. Connect to a Plesk server via RDP.

     2. Start a command prompt as an Administrator.

     3. Find the backup_infoXXXX.xml file using a backup creation date:

        C:> "%plesk_bin64%"pmm-ras.exe --get-dump-list | findstr .xml:

        In this example, the domain level backup was created on 22 July 2020:

        C:> "%plesk_bin64%"pmm-ras.exe --get-dump-list | findstr .xml:
        <message>backup_info_2007220826.xml: </message>

        If Plesk was installed into a custom location, replace C:Program Files (x86) in the command above with the custom location

     4. Remove the backup by specifying the corresponding *.xml file. For example:

        C:> "%plesk_bin64%"pmm-ras.exe --verbose --debug --delete-dump --dump-specification=backup_info_2007220826.xml

   • For Plesk Onyx or earlier on Windows Server

     1. Connect to a Plesk server via RDP.

     2. Start a command prompt as an Administrator.

     3. Find the backup_infoXXXX.xml file using a backup creation date:

        C:>"%plesk_bin%/pmm-ras" --get-dump-list | findstr .xml:

        In this example, the domain level backup was created on 10.08.2019 (19.08.10):

        C:>"%plesk_bin%/pmm-ras" --get-dump-list | findstr .xml:
        <message>domains/example.com/backup_info_1908101555.xml: </message>

     4. Remove the backup by specifying the corresponding *.xml file. For example:

        C:> "%plesk_bin%pmm-ras.exe" --verbose --debug --delete-dump --dump-specification=backup_info_1908101555.xml --session-path="%plesk_dir%PMM"

1. Connect to a Plesk server via SSH.

2. Delete directories with old backup files created before a desired date from /var/log/plesk/PMM/:

   # find /var/log/plesk/PMM/ -name 'backup*' -type d -ctime +XX -exec rm -rf {} +;

   where XX is a number of days before the current date.

1. Connect to a Plesk server via SSH.

2. Delete backup directories and files created before a desired date from /var/log/plesk/PMM/ and /var/lib/psa/dumps:

   • Remove backup logfiles:

     # find /var/log/plesk/PMM/ -name 'backup*' -type d -ctime +XX -exec rm -rf {} +;

   • Remove backup files:

     # find /var/lib/psa/dumps -name 'backup*' -ctime +XX -exec rm -rf {} +;

     where XX is a number of days before the current date.