Can the backups created by one XO be restored inside another XO?
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Let’s say something happens and I lose my XO VM. Let’s also say my XO Config backups are unavailable. If I create a fresh XO install, will this XO be able to recognize VM backups created in the previous XO and restore them?
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Yes.
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@Kajetan321 said in Can the backups created by one XO be restored inside another XO?:
Let’s say something happens and I lose my XO VM. Let’s also say my XO Config backups are unavailable. If I create a fresh XO install, will this XO be able to recognize VM backups created in the previous XO and restore them?
Yes, as long as you have a backup of the XO configuration, and ideally the metadata.
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@DustinB Not even needed. If you just connect to a previously used backup repository, even a fresh XOA without any other config will be able to restore all the VMs.
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@olivierlambert said in Can the backups created by one XO be restored inside another XO?:
@DustinB Not even needed. If you just connect to a previously used backup repository, even a fresh XOA without any other config will be able to restore all the VMs.
Hrm, I've always just reattached to the backup repo so I could see everything. Must've been a misunderstanding on my part.
Having the XO configs and metadata makes the setup of a new XO way easier, just importing the config file reattaches to everything.
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Hrm, I've always just reattached to the backup repo so I could see everything. Must've been a misunderstanding on my part.
That's what I meant. Even a fresh XO without any previous config could restore backup if you add the backup repository at the same path where you had your backups before
Sure, it's even easier to restore XO metadata because you don't have to remember where are you backups, but still, worst case scenario (losing everything except the BR), it's possible to restore.
