Failed restore - You should migrate first?

Installation
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Im trying to move from one server to a new server.

The are having the same edition of discourse:

I get this error

> [2022-10-15 06:12:50] [STARTED]
> [2022-10-15 06:12:50] 'frold' has started the restore!
> [2022-10-15 06:12:50] Marking restore as running...
> [2022-10-15 06:12:50] Making sure /var/www/discourse/tmp/restores/default/2022-10-15-061250 exists...
> [2022-10-15 06:12:50] Copying archive to tmp directory...
> [2022-10-15 06:12:52] Unzipping archive, this may take a while...
> [2022-10-15 06:13:00] Extracting dump file...
> [2022-10-15 06:13:08] Validating metadata...
> [2022-10-15 06:13:08]   Current version: 20221004122343
> [2022-10-15 06:13:08]   Restored version: 20221014005208
> [2022-10-15 06:13:08] EXCEPTION: You're trying to restore a more recent version of the schema. You should migrate first!
> [2022-10-15 06:13:08] /var/www/discourse/lib/backup_restore/meta_data_handler.rb:31:in `validate'
> /var/www/discourse/lib/backup_restore/restorer.rb:112:in `validate_backup_metadata'
> /var/www/discourse/lib/backup_restore/restorer.rb:43:in `run'
> /var/www/discourse/script/spawn_backup_restore.rb:23:in `restore'
> /var/www/discourse/script/spawn_backup_restore.rb:36:in `block in <main>'
> /var/www/discourse/script/spawn_backup_restore.rb:4:in `fork'
> /var/www/discourse/script/spawn_backup_restore.rb:4:in `<main>'
> [2022-10-15 06:13:08] Trying to rollback...
> [2022-10-15 06:13:08] There was no need to rollback
> [2022-10-15 06:13:08] Cleaning stuff up...
> [2022-10-15 06:13:08] Removing tmp '/var/www/discourse/tmp/restores/default/2022-10-15-061250' directory...
> [2022-10-15 06:13:09] Marking restore as finished...
> [2022-10-15 06:13:09] Notifying 'frold' of the end of the restore.'

Why the migration error? Why two different versions? They should use the same…

The new server

Skærmbillede 2022-10-15 kl. 08.19.08
Skærmbillede 2022-10-15 kl. 08.19.081114×682 79 KB

The old server

Skærmbillede 2022-10-15 kl. 08.23.40
Skærmbillede 2022-10-15 kl. 08.23.401148×653 78.1 KB

2

You should upgrade the recipient system before upgrading

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3

How?

As shown per images it should be the same version

4

They are on different commits of beta10 (check the blue text below the installed version)

Just rebuild the recipient instance and then the migration should work.

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The old server: Welcome to Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (GNU/Linux 4.15.0-194-generic x86_64)

The new server: Welcome to Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (GNU/Linux 5.15.0-50-generic x86_64)

Could it be related to that?

I try to rebuild the new server by

cd /var/discourse
./launcher rebuild app
6

No, host system doesn’t matter.

Yes, that should be enough

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7

It wasnt enough

Im getting the same error :frowning:

[2022-10-15 06:59:36] [STARTED]
[2022-10-15 06:59:36] 'frold' has started the restore!
[2022-10-15 06:59:36] Marking restore as running...
[2022-10-15 06:59:36] Making sure /var/www/discourse/tmp/restores/default/2022-10-15-065936 exists...
[2022-10-15 06:59:36] Copying archive to tmp directory...
[2022-10-15 06:59:38] Unzipping archive, this may take a while...
[2022-10-15 06:59:46] Extracting dump file...
[2022-10-15 06:59:53] Validating metadata...
[2022-10-15 06:59:53]   Current version: 20221004122343
[2022-10-15 06:59:53]   Restored version: 20221014005208
[2022-10-15 06:59:53] EXCEPTION: You're trying to restore a more recent version of the schema. You should migrate first!
[2022-10-15 06:59:53] /var/www/discourse/lib/backup_restore/meta_data_handler.rb:31:in `validate'
/var/www/discourse/lib/backup_restore/restorer.rb:112:in `validate_backup_metadata'
/var/www/discourse/lib/backup_restore/restorer.rb:43:in `run'
/var/www/discourse/script/spawn_backup_restore.rb:23:in `restore'
/var/www/discourse/script/spawn_backup_restore.rb:36:in `block in <main>'
/var/www/discourse/script/spawn_backup_restore.rb:4:in `fork'
/var/www/discourse/script/spawn_backup_restore.rb:4:in `<main>'
[2022-10-15 06:59:53] Trying to rollback...
[2022-10-15 06:59:53] There was no need to rollback
[2022-10-15 06:59:53] Cleaning stuff up...
[2022-10-15 06:59:53] Removing tmp '/var/www/discourse/tmp/restores/default/2022-10-15-065936' directory...
[2022-10-15 06:59:54] Marking restore as finished...
[2022-10-15 06:59:54] Notifying 'frold' of the end of the restore...
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You should install the discourse-chat plugin on your new server before restoring.
That migration belongs to chat, not to discourse core.

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