# Failed when using backups to restore **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-when-using-backups-to-restore/248913 **Category:** Support **Tags:** backups **Created:** [December 14, 2022, 1:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-when-using-backups-to-restore/248913 "2022-12-14T13:59:16Z") **Posts on this page:** 3 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![mikeguo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mikeguo/32/278830_2.png) [@mikeguo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mikeguo) #### Post date: [December 14, 2022, 1:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-when-using-backups-to-restore/248913/1 "2022-12-14T13:59:16Z")
To avoid loss of data, before importing data completely by script, I make production instance backup, download it to local, and try to restore it in local temporary instance, however failed. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/3/a/0/3a095627ee9eb5a17863f624d6a9fdc4ac4211da.png) And logs as below ```plaintext [2022-12-14 21:58:40] 'm11' has started the restore! [2022-12-14 21:58:40] Marking restore as running... [2022-12-14 21:58:40] Making sure /Users/mike/otherprojects/discourse/tmp/restores/default/2022-12-14-135840 exists... [2022-12-14 21:58:40] Copying archive to tmp directory... [2022-12-14 21:58:40] Unzipping archive, this may take a while... [2022-12-14 21:58:40] Extracting dump file... [2022-12-14 21:58:40] Validating metadata... [2022-12-14 21:58:40] Current version: 20221205225450 [2022-12-14 21:58:40] Restored version: 20221212234948 [2022-12-14 21:58:40] EXCEPTION: You're trying to restore a more recent version of the schema. You should migrate first! [2022-12-14 21:58:40] /Users/mike/otherprojects/discourse/lib/backup_restore/meta_data_handler.rb:31:in `validate' /Users/mike/otherprojects/discourse/lib/backup_restore/restorer.rb:112:in `validate_backup_metadata' /Users/mike/otherprojects/discourse/lib/backup_restore/restorer.rb:43:in `run' /Users/mike/otherprojects/discourse/script/spawn_backup_restore.rb:23:in `restore' /Users/mike/otherprojects/discourse/script/spawn_backup_restore.rb:36:in `block in
' /Users/mike/otherprojects/discourse/script/spawn_backup_restore.rb:4:in `fork' /Users/mike/otherprojects/discourse/script/spawn_backup_restore.rb:4:in `
' [2022-12-14 21:58:40] Trying to rollback... [2022-12-14 21:58:40] There was no need to rollback [2022-12-14 21:58:40] Cleaning stuff up... [2022-12-14 21:58:40] Removing tmp '/Users/mike/otherprojects/discourse/tmp/restores/default/2022-12-14-135840' directory... [2022-12-14 21:58:40] Marking restore as finished... [2022-12-14 21:58:40] Notifying 'm11' of the end of the restore... [2022-12-14 21:58:42] Finished! ``` ---
### Author: ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger) #### Post date: [December 14, 2022, 2:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-when-using-backups-to-restore/248913/2 "2022-12-14T14:05:32Z")
> [@mikeguo](#): > > ```plaintext > [2022-12-14 21:58:40] Current version: 20221205225450 > [2022-12-14 21:58:40] Restored version: 20221212234948 > [2022-12-14 21:58:40] EXCEPTION: You're trying to restore a more recent version of the schema. You should migrate first! > > ``` You need to update the instance you’re restoring the back-up to to the latest version before doing the restore. 👍 ---
### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system) #### Post date: [January 13, 2023, 2:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-when-using-backups-to-restore/248913/3 "2023-01-13T14:06:29Z")
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