# Restore from backup fails due to S3 migration

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/restore-from-backup-fails-due-to-s3-migration/127409>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [September 2, 2019, 2:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restore-from-backup-fails-due-to-s3-migration/127409 "2019-09-02T14:12:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![gerhard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/gerhard/32/119479_2.png) [@gerhard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gerhard)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2019, 6:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restore-from-backup-fails-due-to-s3-migration/127409/5 "2019-09-02T18:14:32Z")

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That’s a known problem. As a workaround, you could temporarily disable the `enable_s3_uploads` site setting **before** creating the backup. You can re-enable on the new server after the restore.

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