Restoring Multisite

  • Resolved technomad42

    (@technomad42)


    6 years, 4 months ago

    For some time, I’ve been running the free version of Updraftplus and it’s been backing up my multisite installation. It warns me that doing it this way means that any admin can read any site, which is fine, as I’m the only admin.

    Today I tried to restore after a server crash, only to be told that a) it wouldn’t restore because it’s a multisite and b that it’s not a restore anyway as the site base is different – it’s only different because I need to restore the thing to get the original settings back

    What can I do here?

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  • Plugin Contributor DNutbourne

    (@dnutbourne)

    Hi,

    These messages should just be warnings. You should be able to ignore the warnings and proceed with the restoration.

    Alternatively, you can restore the backup manually. We have a guide on doing so here:
    https://updraftplus.com/faqs/i-want-to-restore-but-have-either-cannot-or-have-failed-to-do-so-from-the-wp-admin-console/

    For Multisites, we recommend UpdraftPlus Premium or the Multisite add-on. Details on these can be found on our site: https://updraftplus.com

    Thread Starter technomad42

    (@technomad42)

    Had I but known that, I could have saved myself two days work this week. As it was, the messages from the plugin on a fresh WP install were so unhelpful and damning that I simply reverted to my second-level SQL backups (NOT Updraft) and managed recover the data directory from the faulty EBS volume.

    Here’s an irony – on a successful restore, i’d immediately have gone out and taken out a sub to the full version: as it is, you’ve turned off this potential customer for life.

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