Unable to fully restore/migrate Multisite installation

  • Resolved MrOG

    (@mrgrownupgeek)


    8 years, 5 months ago

    I have been unable to restore (actually, migrate) a Multisite installation.
    I understand that the ‘basic’ UpdraftPlus will “backup everything” which is what I want, but it does not appear to be backing up/restoring all of the sites in the MultiSite install. When I restore (migrate) to the new location, the primary site is restored normally, and I can see the other sites in the dashboard, but none are accessible (server error/nothing there).

    What are the correct steps to install UpdraftPlus (network activate, etc??) and then get a full backup of all sites on a Multisite setup?

    How can I confirm that all sites have been backed-up? When I look at the backupfiles I only see files with the primary site name. Should I see files named for each site, or are they contained in the primary-site files?

    What are the steps to restore/migrate to the new location? The migrate part I know, but in the new location, setup already as a multisite install, is there a special way to install UpdraftPlus or certain way to do the restore?

    https://wordpress.org/plugins/updraftplus/

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  • Plugin Author David Anderson

    (@davidanderson)

    8 years, 5 months ago

    Hi Randy,

    When you say, “to the new location”, are you saying that you’re trying to clone your WordPress install at a new URL? The free edition of UpdraftPlus doesn’t support this; it supports backing up and restoring of your WP install at the same URL – it does not include features for cloning WP installs to a new URL; that’s a feature of the paid version.

    David

    Thread Starter MrOG

    (@mrgrownupgeek)

    8 years, 5 months ago

    Yes, trying to Clone/migrate with the Migrate paid add-on..
    But forget that for a second, how can I confirm that the multisite backup is properly created? when looking at the files created by the backup, should I see 6 files for each domain or would the entire multisite backup be contained in the files created with the ‘main’ name on the backup files?

    Plugin Author David Anderson

    (@davidanderson)

    8 years, 5 months ago

    Hi,

    WordPress.org rules don’t allow commercial queries to be dealt with on their website – https://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#Commercial_Products – so please post here instead: https://updraftplus.com/paid-support-requests/

    Best wishes,
    David

    Plugin Author David Anderson

    (@davidanderson)

    8 years, 5 months ago

    Regarding the bit about a multisite in general (that’s not specific to a paid product) – there’s only one backup set. i.e. There isn’t one backup set per site. There’s one backup set per WordPress install of whatever type, not per site within a multisite.

    Thread Starter MrOG

    (@mrgrownupgeek)

    8 years, 5 months ago

    Thank you.
    Turns out the issues were DNS related, and not related to UpdraftPlus.

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