Getting the below error when I try to restore data from backup. Pls help. Copying archive to tmp directory... Unzipping archive, this may take a while... tar: meta.json: Not found in archive tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors No metadata file to extract. EXCEPTION: Migration version is missing from the filename. /var/www/discourse/lib/backup_restore/restorer.rb:226:in `extract_metadata' /var/www/discourse/lib/backup_restore/restorer.rb:54:in `run' script/discourse:136:in `restore' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/thor-0.19.4/lib/thor/command.rb:27:in `run' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/thor-0.19.4/lib/thor/invocation.rb:126:in `invoke_command' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/thor-0.19.4/lib/thor.rb:369:in `dispatch' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/thor-0.19.4/lib/thor/base.rb:444:in `start' script/discourse:277:in ` ' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/bundler-1.17.1/lib/bundler/cli/exec.rb:74:in `load' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/bundler-1.17.1/lib/bundler/cli/exec.rb:74:in `kernel_load' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/bundler-1.17.1/lib/bundler/cli/exec.rb:28:in `run' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/bundler-1.17.1/lib/bundler/cli.rb:463:in `exec' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/bundler-1.17.1/lib/bundler/vendor/thor/lib/thor/command.rb:27:in `run' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/bundler-1.17.1/lib/bundler/vendor/thor/lib/thor/invocation.rb:126:in `invoke_command' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/bundler-1.17.1/lib/bundler/vendor/thor/lib/thor.rb:387:in `dispatch' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/bundler-1.17.1/lib/bundler/cli.rb:27:in `dispatch' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/bundler-1.17.1/lib/bundler/vendor/thor/lib/thor/base.rb:466:in `start' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/bundler-1.17.1/lib/bundler/cli.rb:18:in `start' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/bundler-1.17.1/exe/bundle:30:in `block in ' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/bundler-1.17.1/lib/bundler/friendly_errors.rb:124:in `with_friendly_errors' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/bundler-1.17.1/exe/bundle:22:in ` ' /usr/local/bin/bundle:23:in `load' /usr/local/bin/bundle:23:in ` ' Trying to rollback... There was no need to rollback Cleaning stuff up... Removing tmp '/var/www/discourse/tmp/restores/default/2018-12-07-125822' directory... Unpausing sidekiq... Marking restore as finished... Notifying 'system' of the end of the restore... Finished! [FAILED] Restore done.

Open the backup file and extract the dump.sql file from the dump.sql.gz. Open the dump.sql file and look for a block of numbers that gets inserted into the schema_migrations table. COPY public.schema_migrations (version) FROM stdin; 20000225050318 20120311163914 20120311164326 ... 20181031165343 20181112013117 20181120140552 \. Take the highest number and append it to your backup file. Make sure to prefix the number with -v. For example, it might look like this: mybackup-v20181120140552.tar.gz

Did you rename the backup file?

Yes, it stops the restore from working. That’s why you’re seeing the following error message. EXCEPTION: Migration version is missing from the filename. Can you rename it back to the original filename?

[image] gerhard: Can you rename it back to the original filename? I don’t know the original filename. Also, I don’t have access to old server. I’ve the .gz backup file only. Any way to find the filename or any other way resolve this?? Thank you.

Thanks a ton man. :pray: :pray: :pray: :pray:

Failed to restore from backup because backup file was renamed

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SMT December 7, 2018, 2:13pm 3

I’m not sure about renaming. Maybe. Does it affects?

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