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# sk166500 - "Import of a primary database into a secondary database is not supported" error during import

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Solution ID | sk166500 |
| Date Created | 2020-04-27 |
| Last Modified | 2025-02-09 |
| Technical Level | Advanced |
| Products | Cloud Firewall, Multi-Domain Security Management Server |
| Versions | R81 (EOS), R81.10 (EOS), R81 (EOS), R81.10 (EOS), R81.20, R82, R81.20, R82 |
| OS | Gaia |

## Symptoms

- Importing R80.10 export file into a R80.30 Management server fails.   
Errors include:   
`Management on the machine is secondary. `  
`
Import of a primary database into a secondary database is not supported.`  
In R82, import from a Primary Multi-Domain Server to a Secondary Multi-Domain Server shows this error:   
"` The source and target machine are not the same type.`  
`
A database exported from Primary MDS cannot be imported to Secondary MDS.`"

## Cause

There may have been an error in identifying the primary and secondary Management servers during the export process. As a result, the database from the primary R80.10 Management Server was mistakenly imported into a secondary R80.30 Management Server.

## Solution

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