This page last changed on Apr 26, 2007 by ganand.

Confluence will only allow you to restore a space if a space by that name does not already exist on the site. If you already have a space with the identical name, you will need to delete (or rename) the existing space before restoring the new one.

Before you begin

Confluence only supports Forward Compatibility and Backward Compatibility for individual space import and export when executed within the same major version of Confluence instances.
This means that a space export created in a newer major version of Confluence cannot be imported into an older major version of Confluence. For example, if you create a Space export in Confluence v2.4.5, it cannot be imported into a Confluence v2.2.2. It can be however imported into 2.4.6. (because 2.2.2 and 2.4.5 are two different 'major' versions) Similarly, a space export created in v 2.2.2 can not be imported into v 2.4.5. Yet it can be restored in 2.2.10. (2.2.2 and 2.2.10 belong to the same major version release )
If such an operation is carried out, an error message similar to the one below will be displayed and the import action will be stopped.



To restore a space,

Go to the 'Administration Console' and click on 'Backup and Restore' in the left panel.

You can restore data in one of two ways:

  1. Upload a zipped backup to Confluence
    • Browse for the backup file.
    • Uncheck 'Build Index' if you want to create the index at a later stage.
    • Click 'Upload and Restore'.


  2. Restore a backup from the filesystem
    • Select the backup file from the form field displayed. If you do not see your backup file, make you sure that it has been copied into the /opt/java/src/confluence/deployments/conf.atlassian.com/home/restore directory.
    • Click 'Restore'.
RELATED TOPICS
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Manually Backing Up The Site
Restoring a Site
Restoring a Space
Restoring Data from the Administration Console


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Document generated by Confluence on May 01, 2007 19:27