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## Migrating User Accounts, Domain Names and Web Sites from Other Hosting Platforms

Migration of user accounts, domain names and web sites from other hosting platforms to Parallels Plesk Panel is performed by Parallels Plesk Migration Manager tool, created for easy and fast migration from other, competitive control panels to Parallels Plesk Panel, and also for migration from older releases of Parallels Plesk Panel and from different platforms of Parallels Plesk Panel.

At the present moment you can migrate the following platforms to Parallels Plesk Panel:

- Confixx 1.65, 2, 3
- CommuniGate Pro
- earlier releases of Parallels Plesk Panel and Slash (for FreeBSD or Linux)
- Cobalt Raq 2, 3, 4, 550, XTR
- cPanel 9, 10, 11
- Ensim 3.5, 4, 10 (experimental, should not be used on production servers)
- Hsphere 2.4.2

To migrate all user accounts, domains, and web sites with applications from other hosting platforms:

1. Go to Home > Migration Manager.
2. Click Start New Migration.
3. Leave the Migration option selected, and specify the following options:
   - The source host. Specify either the IP address or the host name of the server, from which you want to transfer data.
   - The login name and password used for logging in to the remote host you are migrating. You can either use the 'root' login, or use an account with sudo enabled, provided that this account is allowed to run any commands through sudo.

     Note: If you have enabled on the source host the ability to obtain superuser privileges without supplying a password (there is the line `user (ALL)=ALL NOPASSWD:ALL` in the file `/etc/sudoers`), then you do not need to specify any password in the Sudo password box.

4. Make sure that the remote hosting platform is running, and the "iconv" utility is installed in the remote host's operating system.
5. Click Next>>. The migration manager will connect to the specified host and gather information on the business objects of the remote hosting platform.
6. Select the Dump all option in the Migration mode group.
7. If the Migration Manager detected the hosting platform incorrectly, select the platform from the Source platform drop-down box.
8. If you want to specify data compression options, domain templates to be applied during migration, or remote host's hard drive partitions that should be used for storing temporary files, click the Advanced tab, and select the required options.
9. Click Next>>.
10. Once the data are retrieved from the remote host, specify the IP address mapping settings and click Migrate.
11. Once migration is completed, a detailed report will be presented on the screen. Click OK to exit the wizard.

To migrate individual user accounts, domain names and web sites with applications from other hosting platforms:

1. Go to Home > Migration Manager.
2. Click Start New Migration.
3. Leave the Migration option selected, and specify the following options:
   - The source host. Specify either the IP address or the host name of the server, from which you want to transfer data.
   - The login name and password used for logging in to the remote host you are migrating. You can either use the "root" login, or use an account with sudo enabled, provided that this account is allowed to run any commands through sudo.
4. Make sure that the remote hosting platform is running, and the "iconv" utility is installed in the remote host's operating system.
5. Click Next>>. The migration manager will connect to the specified host and gather information on the business objects of the remote hosting platform.
6. Select the Select objects that your wish to migrate from host option.
7. If the Migration Manager detected the hosting platform incorrectly, select the platform from the Source platform drop-down box.
8. If you want to specify data compression options, domain templates to be applied during migration, or remote host's hard drive partitions that should be used for storing temporary files, click the Advanced tab, and select the required options.
9. Click Next>>.
10. Select which objects you wish to migrate to Parallels Plesk Panel:
    - To migrate user accounts, click the Accounts tab and specify which accounts should be migrated by selecting the corresponding check boxes, then click Migrate.
    - To migrate domain names, select the Domains tab and specify which domains should be migrated by selecting the corresponding check boxes, then click Migrate. On the next screen, select which user account on the Parallels Plesk Panel server you want to migrate the domains to. Then, click Migrate.
11. Select the IP address on your Parallels Plesk Panel host, to which the remote host's IP addresses should be mapped.
12. Click Migrate.
13. Once migration is completed, a detailed report will be presented on the screen. Click OK to exit the wizard.

In this section: Performing Migration Within a Single Server