Restore marklogic database by extracting config from backup

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I have been given a copy of a Marklogic v9 database backup which was taken from a Marklogic server running on linux.

I now need to restore the database from the backup dump, onto a windows 2016 server, but the MarkLogic database on the destination windows server doesnt exist.

Is it possible to somehow extract the MarkLogic database configuration from the backup dump , create a database on the destination server then restore over that database? In the backup dump I have a forests directory and all the XML/cfg/label files in the root directory of backup dump.

Or do I need a MarkLogic admin to extract the config of prod database that was backed up, then create an empty database on the destination server ( using the extracted prod database config ), then restore over that? I notice you cant restore without an existing database to restore over.

Or do I alternatively create a dummy database on my destination server of the same name as the prod database, then restore over that? The disk layout obviously will be different.

Any help appreciated.

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You cannot restore a backup from a different architecture. If you need to move from Linux to Windows, I'd recommend using MLCP export/import, or maybe even copy. In any case you will need to have a target database up and running. You could export the configuration from one system, and import it in the other using our REST apis, like Configuration Management API or Management API. Our community tool ML-Gradle could be of help with that.

HTH!

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