# Backup restore getting failed from UI

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/backup-restore-getting-failed-from-ui/290609>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Tags:** backups\
**Created:** [January 5, 2024, 10:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backup-restore-getting-failed-from-ui/290609 "2024-01-05T10:03:33Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 5, 2024, 10:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backup-restore-getting-failed-from-ui/290609/2 "2024-01-05T10:18:00Z")

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> [@Srujan\_Madderla](#):
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> EXCEPTION: /var/www/discourse/lib/discourse.rb:138:in `exec’: Failed to decompress archive.
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> gzip: stdin: invalid compressed data–format violated  
> tar: Unexpected EOF in archive  
> tar: Unexpected EOF in archive  
> tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

Either your server is out of space or the archive is corrupted. Check for available space on the target server and try taking a fresh backup to restore.

You’ll need at least 3x backup size to be able to restore the backup successfully.

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