# "Invalid or missing backup id" after moving from tray to service

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**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [September 22, 2017, 9:05pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/invalid-or-missing-backup-id-after-moving-from-tray-to-service/778 "2017-09-22T21:05:47Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 23, 2017, 1:41am UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/invalid-or-missing-backup-id-after-moving-from-tray-to-service/778/2 "2017-09-23T01:41:23Z")

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Did you set the service up to use the correct sqllite databases? I haven’t (yet) installed on Linux, but on Windows it uses different paths for the databases when installed as an app versus as a service.

It might work to just move them around manually. For windows, see [Changed from app to service: backup no longer found](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/changed-from-app-to-service-backup-no-longer-found/704/2)  
I think the key is to use --portable-mode so the databases are in the duplicati 2/data dir.

But again, I haven’t looked into this on Linux, I’m still working on protecting windows stuff via a service.

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