Node stops generating new files in the store folder after backup

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Hi,

Welcome to the forum! I edited the title of your post a bit to make it easier to find for others. Hope you don’t mind.

As I understand the issue is that the node stops generating new files in the store folder after backing it up. This is probably an issue with your backup procedure.

You can find generic information about backups/node migration here:

How to migrate or configure a new node

This is asked many times on Telegram and I think it would be helpful to share the steps required. Migrate an existing node to a new server You want to migrate an existing node to a new server. Do these steps on the old server: Stop the node. Make a backup of the .config/ directory. Do these steps on the new server: Restore your backup of the .config/ directory. Start node. Configure a new node You want to start a new node on a new server and make a config change such as enabling gRPC. O…

And there are a few guides out there with detailed instructions on how to create backups:

Node Runner Guides

The purpose of this topic is to gather links to node runner guides with an eye toward consolidating information that should be the same for all guides in one place (e.g. what files should be backed up). https://quilibrium.guide/ https://docs.quilibrium.one/ https://docs.quilibrium.space/ Kingcaster | Quil Node Running Guide - Mac M2 Mini Please comment to add any I might have missed.

Let me know if this doesn’t resolve your problem please!