Multichain Backup and Restore

Question

Hello. We are testing different scenarios for backup and restore. We would like to try the following:

• Restore a chain to a new node (by using the full backup / restore directory method) - This works fine.
• We would like to then clone this chain to a new "name" using the clone feature - This works fine.
• We fire up the cloned chain - This works fine
• Inside, the streams present in the original restore and not present in the clone

Basically our question is (that may go against the secure principles of Blockchain):

 

• Can we backup a chain, restore it to a complete new node and rename the chain while all streams, items and keys within the backed up chain persist?

Thanks

 

Answer 1

Using the chain clone method only copies the parameters, not the chain contents.

I'm afraid it's not possible to fully rename a chain and all of its contents – the name is 'baked in' to the blockchain itself.