topic Re: Restore portal error in ArcGIS Enterprise Portal Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-portal-questions/restore-portal-error/m-p/559367#M7680 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>This is due to a bug with the Web GIS DR tool that it requires a hosted server. &nbsp;You can extract the portal backup, (the portalsite file), from the webgissite file using 7-Zip or another similar program and use Import Site through the&nbsp;Portaladmin API to restore your portal.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 05 Dec 2016 22:48:15 GMT JonathanQuinn 2016-12-05T22:48:15Z Restore portal error https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-portal-questions/restore-portal-error/m-p/559366#M7679 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P></P><P>I have reinstalled the ArcGIS portal due to some specific reasons. Before uninstalling i have created a backup of my portal using webgisdr utility. After reinstalling the gis portal i cannot restore the portal. While running the utility it throws an exception and ended the process.</P><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive_macro_quote jive-quote jive_text_macro"><P>Unzipping the backup file at C:\...\..</P><P>The back up file has been unzipped in hr:min: sec</P><P>starting the restore process wit the webgisdr utility</P><P></P><P>Exception : null</P><P>Stopping the webgisdr utility</P></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Anyone please help me with this. My last &nbsp;months work is gonna spoiled because of this.&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 28 Nov 2016 11:03:14 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-portal-questions/restore-portal-error/m-p/559366#M7679 user1portal 2016-11-28T11:03:14Z Re: Restore portal error https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-portal-questions/restore-portal-error/m-p/559367#M7680 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>This is due to a bug with the Web GIS DR tool that it requires a hosted server. &nbsp;You can extract the portal backup, (the portalsite file), from the webgissite file using 7-Zip or another similar program and use Import Site through the&nbsp;Portaladmin API to restore your portal.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 05 Dec 2016 22:48:15 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-portal-questions/restore-portal-error/m-p/559367#M7680 JonathanQuinn 2016-12-05T22:48:15Z