Restore Backups from a different XO
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Hi,
Is it possible to have XO import backups done by a different XO? Just trying to test different scenarios in-case the original XO can't be accessed. Having the ability to build a new XO and then point it to the remote backups (either on our NFS or S3) that were done by the other XO (which can't be accessed) would be very important in a DR event.
Thank You,
SW
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Yes, it works exactly as you mentioned. If you search the forum, you should find some prior discussions on this topic.
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Yes.... I have several XO systems setup. One main one (as a VM in the main pool) that I normally use and has all the jobs and reporting setup. I have three others, one on the backup VM server that I use in case the main pool is unavailable due to upgrades/crash/etc, a test one on a different server. Then another one I use for testing backup restores across a WAN at a different location to a different server from S3 storage (both Wasabi and Minio).
While my test XO systems can access the different pools, all that is needed for the restore is a working XO system than can access hosts to restore to and access to the backup data. It is able to read the information from the backups and restore a working machine. Don't forget to backup pool metadata and XO config so you can rebuild everything.
Build new host... install XO... Configure new host and configure backup data source (ie. S3 keys). Restore what you want.
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Thank you! So I must be doing something wrong as I'm getting the following error when I add in the old NFS mount which has the backups:
The /mnt/Tank/VMs mount contains the previous XO backups as well as some active VM storage:
FreeNAS has two 10Gbe nics which are isolated based on the type of traffic:
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10.10.1.5 is for VM traffic
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10.10.2.3 is for Backups/Migration traffic
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