Out of support server / issue in restoring server

[Thomas Beck]

Dear all, 

I was running a confluence server (onPrem).

The server had HW issues, so I have to restore from a backup.

As the support period has expired, I'm not entitled to reinstall a new instance of the confluence server to restore my data. 

I'm missing something? can it restore from the XML backup also without having a running instance first? If not (what I expect), shouldn't there be a way to get it up and running at least to import the backup file? 

Thank you guys!

regards, 

Thomas  

[Thomas Beck · Accepted solution]

thank you both for your feedback. I found the issue in the Version of the confluence Server I was trying to restore. I had to use an older one, then I was able to restore it. 

regards, 

Thomas

[Aron Gombas _Midori_]

@Thomas Beck Server back ups can be restored to Data Center (of the same Confluence version).

Therefore you could just set up a DC instance, start a trial, and restore to that instance.

[Ste Wright]

Hi @Thomas Beck 

Depending on the error, this answer might help (which was in relation to starting up a Server instance).

I'm not an expert here, but thought it was worth mentioning :)

Ste