# Unable to migrate to S3, therefore unable to restore from backup

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**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [March 9, 2022, 2:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-migrate-to-s3-therefore-unable-to-restore-from-backup/220484 "2022-03-09T02:21:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![michaeld](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/michaeld/32/1594_2.png) [@michaeld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/michaeld)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2022, 5:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-migrate-to-s3-therefore-unable-to-restore-from-backup/220484/3 "2022-03-09T05:43:27Z")

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What often works in these kind of situations is temporarily disabling s3 uploads on the original instance before taking a backup. After restoring you can enable s3 again.

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