As a restore is server agnostic (i.e. you can restore to a totally different host than the backup was taken from) hat shouldn't be the problem. Also a collection as such has no leader, only shards have.
Do you have any kind of logs stating the errors encountered? Venlig hilsen/Best regards *Jon Kjær Amundsen* Developer Phone: +45 7023 9080 E-mail: j...@udbudsvagten.dk Web: www.udbudsvagten.dk Parken - Tårn D - 5. Sal Øster Allé 48 | DK - 2100 København <http://dk.linkedin.com/in/JonKjaerAmundsen/> Intelligent Offentlig Samhandel *Før, under og efter udbud* *Følg UdbudsVagten og markedet her Linkedin <http://www.linkedin.com/groups?groupDashboard=&gid=1862353> * Den tor. 17. okt. 2019 kl. 10.06 skrev Koen De Groote < koen.degro...@limecraft.com>: > Yes, both servers back up to a network drive. > > However, that is not the point of my question. > > The point of my question is: If I execute the curl command, that contacts > the collections API, to perform the backup, does it matter that the leader > is on a different host from the one where the backup command was executed? > > > > On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 9:30 AM Jon Kjær Amundsen <j...@udbudsvagten.dk> > wrote: > > > Hi Koen > > > > A quick sanity check: > > Do you use a network drive accessible from both servers to make the > backup > > to? > > If you've backed up server2's collection to a local disk, then when > you're > > trying to restore it via server1 it does not know anything about the > > backup. > > > > Venlig hilsen/Best regards > > > > *Jon Kjær Amundsen* > > Developer > > > > > > Phone: +45 7023 9080 > > E-mail: j...@udbudsvagten.dk > > Web: www.udbudsvagten.dk > > Parken - Tårn D - 5. Sal > > Øster Allé 48 | DK - 2100 København > > > > <http://dk.linkedin.com/in/JonKjaerAmundsen/> > > > > Intelligent Offentlig Samhandel > > *Før, under og efter udbud* > > > > *Følg UdbudsVagten og markedet her Linkedin > > <http://www.linkedin.com/groups?groupDashboard=&gid=1862353> * > > > > > > Den ons. 16. okt. 2019 kl. 17.42 skrev Koen De Groote < > > koen.degro...@limecraft.com>: > > > > > I'm trying to restore a couple of collections, and 1 keeps feeling. > This > > > happens to be the only one who's leader isn't on the host that the > backup > > > was taken from. > > > > > > > > > The backup was done on server1, for all collections. > > > > > > For this collection that is failing, the Leader was on server2. All > other > > > collections had their leader on server1. All collections had 1 replica, > > on > > > the other server. > > > > > > I would think that having the replica there would be enough to perform > a > > > restore. > > > > > > Or does the backup need to happen on the actual leader? > > > > > > Kind regards, > > > Koen De Groote > > > > > >
