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Nextcloud version: 16.0.3.0
Operating system and version: NextcloudPi 1.15.3
Apache or nginx version: Apache 2.4.38
PHP version: php7.3
The issue you are facing:
I would like to restore a backup I have taken on a previous server I had on a raspberry pi but I wasn’t using NextclouPi. I’m unable to restore it because the format of the backup directory seems to be different. For instance, NextclouPi asks for a .tar archive while I only have a backup of the data directory and one of the database
Is this the first time you’ve seen this error?
Y
Steps to replicate it:
- Set up NextcloudPi
- Try to restore backup