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#37020 Using Backup files from live server

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Latest post by nicholas on Tuesday, 26 April 2022 06:41 CDT

Tuesday, 26 April 2022 05:42 CDT

cjirik

Please help me with the following question.


I have a live and a test site under the same domain, the test site is in a subdomain.


Because I want to actualize the test site periodically, I would like to use a backup from the live site and restore it on the test site. The structure is exactly the same, exept the database is another database, but with exactly the same structure.

How can I do that? If I copy a backup from the live site to the test site, Akeeba is not recognizing it as a backup.

Would you please give me a hint? I do not want all the times to remove the whole folder and use kickstart, I would prefer to use the restore function in Akeeba Backup.

Best regards,

Dr. Christian Jirik

Tuesday, 26 April 2022 06:41 CDT

nicholas

I believe this is a duplicate of your ticket https://www.akeeba.com/support/akeeba-backup-3x/36881-using-backup-on-a-backup-site.html. If this is the case please let me know and I will close this ticket as a duplicate.

Thank you!

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

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