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. EX…

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 20…

Did you rename the backup file?

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

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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Thanks a ton man.

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