Migration/Restore Failed

Hello @marwanezzat ,

Thank you for sharing the debug code. Based on the log and the point of failure (95% during the search & replace on the postmeta table), the most likely cause is very large serialized data entries generated by your page builder. Serialized data makes search & replace operations heavier, and when handled via a web server (browser-based restoration), it can hit limits such as execution timeouts or memory restrictions. That’s why the process stops at this stage.

To address this, I recommend restoring the backup using our PHP CLI tool. Running the restoration via CLI bypasses all web server limits (PHP max_execution_time, memory_limit, Apache/Nginx request timeouts, etc.), so it can process large serialized entries without interruption.

Here are the steps:

Navigate to the plugin includes directory

From your WordPress root folder, go to:

cd wp-content/plugins/backup-backup/includes

Run the restoration via CLI

Use the bmi_restore command with your backup file name, for example:

php -f cli-handler.php bmi_restore
BMI_12-12-12_nameOfMySite_nameOfBackup.zip

⚠ Please also ensure that server B has enough free disk space (we recommend at least 25% more than the backup size).

Running the restoration this way should resolve the issue and allow the process to complete successfully.

Let me know how it goes or if you run into any further difficulties — I’ll be glad to assist.

Thank you!