I have made a support version of my Mikrotik server through the following tutorial:
https://vpsmakers.com/how-to-ensure-data-protection/
But I don’t know why after restoring the backup in another server, I can’t connect to my Mikrotik VPS. Can you guide me so that I know where the problem is?
The type of backups that article talks about are called “binary backups,” and they include every last configurable detail RouterOS allows you to change, including things like MAC addresses! Restoring a binary backup to another machine entirely often does cause problems because the two machines don’t have identical hardware or aren’t fully interchangeable at some level.
I expect another problem going on here is that a binary restore takes the IPs the VPS cloud provider assigned you and applies them to a different machine without telling the cloud provider. That will either create an IP conflict (within the same broadcast domain) or will confuse the data center’s routers.
The other option, which this article doesn’t talk about at all despite its reference to “multiple methods” is the text backup, based on various forms of the “/export” command. This type of backup leaves some details out, so it isn’t a superior option across the board, but it does at least have the virtue of letting you edit the text before attempting a restore. That lets you customize which elements to restore and which to leave at their defaults.
The documentation for my RouterOS backup script goes into these details and more. You don’t have to use my script to benefit from its advice. If all you want is ideas for better backups, skip down to this section in the docs and start there.