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Hi Everyone

I have been playing with FreePBX for sometime now as a test rig in my office. I am now wanting to backup and restore the setup from the test server to our virtual server. I have found this impossible to do. I have made sure that both machines are running the same PBX and system versions. I backup the system on to a USB. The connect that USB to my VM Server, I then try to perform a restore using that backup file. Nothing happens, no error message, nothing. HELP!!! Please!!

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For large backup files, I had to place the file on the server itself. Winscp works well for this. If your destination server doesnā€™t have a backup folder yet, run a backup first.

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We had to upload the file via ssh to the server then let it spend forever to process it.

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Hi Guys

Can you expand on this, Iā€™m a complete newb when it comes to linux and asterisk. I can cope with the GUI but when it comes to the SSH side of things Iā€™m stuck, got by with a little help from google but this one has stumped me. Iā€™m worried as this is a massive feature that I will need if Iā€™m to start installing them.

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Can I make a suggestion to the Tech wizards at FreePBX (If anyone can add them to this chat) Upon first installation can we either create a new installation or restore from backup, this can be from USB drive? This is how 3CX operate and it works beautifully

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FreePBX installs clean then allows for restores from any medium. This simplifies the installation by separating these two critical operation and allowing for error-checking on the way, as well as giving positive ā€œpilot proofā€ controls to the install.

Not saying what youā€™re asking for is bad, just that you might want to expand on your suggestion a little bit to get some discussion flowing.

Oh, and code helps. This is still a free Open Source project.

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Hi Dave

I have been trying for days to restore a PBX on to a newly installed FreePBX distro with no joy. Any pointers as to where I am going wrong. I backup current FreePBX on to USB, then take that USB to New Server running Win Server 2016 with a virtual instance of FreePBX installed. Select restore on the new server, select USB and select backup file, press OK, then nothing, nothing at all happens.

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As long as the version numbers are the same, that should work exactly as you describe.

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Hi Dave version numbers where the same, do I have to use the same Deployment ID?

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Shouldnā€™t be required - thereā€™s a document out on the Wiki that talks about the ā€œwarm spareā€ backup strategy. In that, the ā€˜backup and restoreā€™ methodology is used to do pretty much exactly what you are describing.

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OK, Ill have a look in to this, thanks!!

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Iā€™m still yet to have a go at this as its been one of those weeks, as soon as I have a spare 30 mins, Iā€™ll have a bash at it.

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Hi Guys

Thanks for all of your advice, eventually got it working with Winscp and creating a backup on the warm server to create the folder.

Once again thanks!!