Unable to import old instasnce backup (ban

Question

Hello I tried to import a backup of an old confluence instance (3 yrs ago). I unfortunately can't remember which version we used back then, but it was a self-hosted instance of Confluence. We also had Team Calendar installed, which probably causes the following error message:

Import failed. Check your server logs for more information. com.atlassian.confluence.importexport.ImportExportException: Unable to complete import because the data does not match the constraints in the Confluence schema. Cause: PSQLException: ERROR: duplicate key value violates unique constraint "bandana_unique_key" Detail: Key (bandanacontext, bandanakey)=(_CALENDAR_com.atlassian.confluence.extra.calendar3.calendarstore.InternalSubscriptionCalendarDataStore_7eb84210-9c5f-4b49-bbe8-40699aea3e71_childSubCalendars, 4cb26844-195b-4fb8-8ae8-ee16a300d228) already exists.

Unfortunately, I don't have access to the DB. Otherwise I would have removed the Index for the moment.

Thanks for your help.

Very best,

Johnny

Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Answer

There are massive problems trying to do this within various versions of 5.x.  You really do need to go to the right version.

Jens Kreier · Answer

No I'm pretty sure it was Confluence 5. I thought the compatibility was still given for this version. No it's a full import. Otherwise I have to run it locally and then hack the DB.

Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Answer

If you're trying to import a full xml backup of Confluence, you need to be importing it into a system of a similar compatible level.  If it were a version 4 system for example, there's no chance of it working in 6.

Or is it just space imports?