Copying Databases

Plesk Plesk Panel is the preferred choice for hosting service providers, web designers, and website owners. Plesk Obsidian 18 is the latest release from Plesk and offers a range of new benefits and features for every user type. allows you to copy databases from one database server registered in Plesk to another, as well as to any remote server, provided that the source and the destination servers are of the same type, for example, MySQL MySQL is the world's most used open source relational database management system that runs as a server providing multi-user access to a number of databases..

You can copy a database by running Websites & Domains > Databases > Copy for this database and specifying the destination server, the subscription and the database name.

For a remote server, you should select Other in the Database destination server list and provide the following additional information:

• Host name or IP address An Internet Protocol address (IP address) is a numerical label assigned to each device (e.g., computer, printer) participating in a computer network that uses the Internet Protocol for communication. An IP address serves two principal functions: host or network interface identification and location addressing of the remote database server.
• Username and password of the remote database server’s administrator. For example, the MySQL administrator’s credentials.

Note: When you choose an existing database as a destination, those tables in the destination database whose names also appear in the source database will be fully replaced.

Types of Copy

When you copy a database, you can choose whether to create a full database copy including data in the tables (the Create a full copy option), or to copy only the database structure. In the latter case, Plesk will create tables without data in the destination database.