Backup restore questions

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Hey all, I’m having real issues with the backup and restore (both on v 1.7.9) , the backup on my Raspberry Pi works fine using the instructions on the [Backing up and restoring in InfluxDB OSS | InfluxDB OSS 1.7 Documentation] then trying to use the -newdb <temp_db_name> option to then sideload it into the existing database, and I get the same error that the database already exists. Anyone able to tell me what stupid mistake I am making ?

paul@miniberry:~$ influxd restore -portable /home/paul/influxrestore/
2019/12/20 17:33:40 error updating meta: DB metadata not changed. database may already exist
restore: DB metadata not changed. database may already exist
paul@miniberry:~$ influxd restore -portable -newdb temp_bak /home/paul/influxrestore/
2019/12/20 17:34:13 error updating meta: DB metadata not changed. database may already exist
restore: DB metadata not changed. database may already exist
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I may be wrong but does influx not need to be offline for any restore option?

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I’m having this exact same problem (although source is 1.7 and target is 1.8)

Did you ever figure this out?

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I did, and as soon as I figure out where I wrote it down, I will let you know. From what I remember it was a relatively simple thing where you left off one of the switches and it did it without any issues. Sorry, I know this doesn’t help much