Kopia Disaster Recovery Instructions?

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The worst case scenario is Kopia is reliably kept all backups on the repository of your choice then one day the server machine is toast. You have to insert a new server and install Kopia new.

What are the logical steps from there forward to be in a position to restore your data?

Is the only piece of historical data we need the encryption --password ?

If anyone has been there and can document a 1,2,3 I’m sure this will be of value to the community as a whole as well as myself.

What sayeth the group?

Jay

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You need the following things:

  • Backup
  • Kopia GUI or CLI
  • Password

The steps to restore:

  • Install KopiaGUI or CLI on new machine.
  • Access your backup (eg with KopiaGUI) and restore your desired snapshots or only certain files of it (you can also mount a snapshot for easier search or quick access to specific files).
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Thank you for the response.

So let’s say I have completely reinstalled Kopia on a brand new server or client machine.

The backup drive that holds the repositories I wish to restore is attached to the new machine.

At that point in the case of the GUI I would go to the Repository tab and simply click ‘Connect’ and point it to the original repository location ?

At that point it would load all repository data snapshots and they should be able to be restored from as normal?

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Yes you simply click connect and enter your password.
Connecting to a repository will load all the settings (snapshot locations, policies), this means new backups and retention might immediately start.
For this reason it’s recommended to connect with read-only mode (under “show advanced options” in the connecting window).

[I don’t know if any changes to “username” and “hostname” are needed.]

From this point you can just browse your snapshots, restore them directly or mount them to your local filesystem.

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