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### Importing Data From Linux/Unix-based Servers

To transfer your data using the data import function:

1. Locate the following folders on your Parallels Plesk Panel 9 server, and copy all files from them to a single directory on the server, from which you want to transfer data.
   - On Windows platforms, you need to copy all files from the following folders: `C:\Program Files\Parallels\Plesk\PMM\Migration\Platforms\UnixShared\PleskX\` and`C:\Program Files\Parallels\Plesk\PMM\Migration\Platforms\UnixShared\shared\`
   - On Linux/Unix platforms, you need to copy all files from the following folders: `<parallels_plesk_panel_installation_directory>/PMM/Agents/PleskX/ and <parallels_plesk_panel_installation_directory>/PMM/Agents/shared`.
2. On the source server, run the `PleskX.pl` utility with the appropriate command line options:
   - To make a copy of all data, issue the command

     # PleskX.pl –dump-all

   - To make a copy of specific domains, issue the command

     # PleskX.pl –dump-domains=<comma-separated list of domain names>

   - To make a copy of specific user accounts, issue the command

     # PleskX.pl –dump-resellers=<comma-separated list of resellers' IDs assigned by the source Parallels Plesk Panel system>

     or

     # PleskX.pl –dump-clients=<comma-separated list of clients' IDs assigned by the source Parallels Plesk Panel system>

   - To read about additional command line options supported by the PleskX utility, issue the command

     # PleskX.pl ––help

3. Once all the required files are created, open the file `content-list.xml` to see what files were created. Move all these files, including `dump.xml`, to the destination server.
4. In a Web browser, log in as administrator to your Parallels Plesk Panel, go to Home > Migration Manager (in the Help & Support group), and then click Start Migration.
5. Select the option Transfer data already processed by the migration agent and located on the local host.
6. In the Migration data file location box, type the path to the directory where you saved the data at the step 3.
7. Click Next >>.

   If the XML file with information about business objects of the source host is found in the specified directory, then the data import starts.