diff --git a/clients/backup/backup.go b/clients/backup/backup.go
index d38a8d6..6df8f26 100644
--- a/clients/backup/backup.go
+++ b/clients/backup/backup.go
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ func (c *Client) Backup(ctx context.Context, params *Params) error {
 		return err
 	}
 	c.baseName = time.Now().UTC().Format(backupFilenamePattern)
+	c.manifest.Version = br.ManifestVersion
 
 	// The APIs we use to back up metadata depends on the server's version.
 	legacyServer, err := br.ServerIsLegacy(ctx, c.HealthApi)
@@ -228,7 +229,7 @@ func (c *Client) downloadMetadataLegacy(ctx context.Context, params *Params) err
 
 	// Extract the metadata we need from the downloaded KV store, and convert it to a new-style manifest.
 	log.Println("INFO: Extracting bucket manifest from legacy KV snapshot")
-	c.bucketMetadata, err = extractBucketManifest(tmpKv)
+	c.bucketMetadata, err = br.ExtractBucketMetadata(tmpKv)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to extract bucket metadata from downloaded KV snapshot: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -283,7 +284,7 @@ func (c *Client) downloadBucketData(ctx context.Context, params *Params) error {
 		if !params.matches(b) {
 			continue
 		}
-		bktManifest, err := ConvertBucketManifest(b, func(shardId int64) (*br.ManifestFileEntry, error) {
+		bktManifest, err := br.ConvertBucketManifest(b, func(shardId int64) (*br.ManifestFileEntry, error) {
 			return c.downloadShardData(ctx, params, shardId)
 		})
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/clients/backup/bolt.go b/clients/backup/bolt.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 804e9c4..0000000
--- a/clients/backup/bolt.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,349 +0,0 @@
-package backup
-
-import (
-	"encoding/json"
-	"errors"
-	"fmt"
-	"time"
-
-	"github.com/gogo/protobuf/proto"
-	"github.com/influxdata/influx-cli/v2/api"
-	br "github.com/influxdata/influx-cli/v2/internal/backup_restore"
-	"go.etcd.io/bbolt"
-)
-
-//go:generate protoc --gogo_out=. internal/meta.proto
-
-// NOTE: An unfortunate naming collision below. Bolt calls its databases "buckets".
-// These are the names that were used in the metadata DB for 2.0.x versions of influxdb.
-var (
-	bucketsBoltBucket       = []byte("bucketsv1")
-	organizationsBoltBucket = []byte("organizationsv1")
-	v1MetadataBoltBucket    = []byte("v1_tsm1_metadata")
-	v1MetadataBoltKey       = []byte("meta.db")
-)
-
-// influxdbBucketSchema models the JSON structure used by InfluxDB 2.0.x to serialize
-// bucket metadata in the embedded KV store.
-type influxdbBucketSchema struct {
-	ID                 string        `json:"id"`
-	OrgID              string        `json:"orgID"`
-	Type               int           `json:"type"`
-	Name               string        `json:"name"`
-	Description        *string       `json:"description,omitempty"`
-	RetentionPeriod    time.Duration `json:"retentionPeriod"`
-	ShardGroupDuration time.Duration `json:"ShardGroupDuration"`
-}
-
-// influxdbOrganizationSchema models the JSON structure used by InfluxDB 2.0.x to serialize
-// organization metadata in the embedded KV store.
-type influxdbOrganizationSchema struct {
-	ID   string `json:"id"`
-	Name string `json:"name"`
-}
-
-// influxdbV1DatabaseInfo models the protobuf structure used by InfluxDB 2.0.x to serialize
-// database info in the embedded KV store.
-type influxdbV1DatabaseInfo struct {
-	Name                   string
-	DefaultRetentionPolicy string
-	RetentionPolicies      []influxdbV1RetentionPolicyInfo
-}
-
-// influxdbV1RetentionPolicyInfo models the protobuf structure used by InfluxDB 2.0.x to serialize
-// retention-policy info in the embedded KV store.
-type influxdbV1RetentionPolicyInfo struct {
-	Name               string
-	ReplicaN           int32
-	Duration           int64
-	ShardGroupDuration int64
-	ShardGroups        []influxdbV1ShardGroupInfo
-	Subscriptions      []influxdbV1SubscriptionInfo
-}
-
-// influxdbV1ShardGroupInfo models the protobuf structure used by InfluxDB 2.0.x to serialize
-// shard-group info in the embedded KV store.
-type influxdbV1ShardGroupInfo struct {
-	ID          int64
-	StartTime   time.Time
-	EndTime     time.Time
-	DeletedAt   time.Time
-	Shards      []influxdbV1ShardInfo
-	TruncatedAt time.Time
-}
-
-// influxdbV1ShardInfo models the protobuf structure used by InfluxDB 2.0.x to serialize
-// shard info in the embedded KV store.
-type influxdbV1ShardInfo struct {
-	ID     int64
-	Owners []influxdbV1ShardOwnerInfo
-}
-
-// inflxudbV1ShardOwnerInfo models the protobuf structure used by InfluxDB 2.0.x to serialize
-// shard-owner info in the embedded KV store.
-type influxdbV1ShardOwnerInfo struct {
-	NodeID int64
-}
-
-// influxdbV1SubscriptionInfo models the protobuf structure used by InfluxDB 2.0.x to serialize
-// subscription info in the embedded KV store.
-type influxdbV1SubscriptionInfo struct {
-	Name         string
-	Mode         string
-	Destinations []string
-}
-
-// extractBucketManifest reads a boltdb backed up from InfluxDB 2.0.x, converting a subset of the
-// metadata it contains into a set of 2.1.x bucket manifests.
-func extractBucketManifest(boltPath string) ([]api.BucketMetadataManifest, error) {
-	db, err := bbolt.Open(boltPath, 0666, &bbolt.Options{ReadOnly: true, Timeout: 1 * time.Second})
-	if err != nil {
-		// Hack to give a slightly nicer error message for a known failure mode when bolt calls
-		// mmap on a file system that doesn't support the MAP_SHARED option.
-		//
-		// See: https://github.com/boltdb/bolt/issues/272
-		// See: https://stackoverflow.com/a/18421071
-		if err.Error() == "invalid argument" {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to open boltdb: mmap of %q may not support the MAP_SHARED option", boltPath)
-		}
-
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to open boltdb: %w", err)
-	}
-	defer db.Close()
-
-	// Read raw metadata needed to construct a manifest.
-	var buckets []influxdbBucketSchema
-	orgNamesById := map[string]string{}
-	dbInfoByBucketId := map[string]influxdbV1DatabaseInfo{}
-
-	if err := db.View(func(tx *bbolt.Tx) error {
-		bucketDB := tx.Bucket(bucketsBoltBucket)
-		if bucketDB == nil {
-			return errors.New("bucket metadata not found in local KV store")
-		}
-
-		if err := bucketDB.ForEach(func(k, v []byte) error {
-			var b influxdbBucketSchema
-			if err := json.Unmarshal(v, &b); err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-			if b.Type != 1 { // 1 == "system"
-				buckets = append(buckets, b)
-			}
-			return nil
-		}); err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("failed to read bucket metadata from local KV store: %w", err)
-		}
-
-		orgsDB := tx.Bucket(organizationsBoltBucket)
-		if orgsDB == nil {
-			return errors.New("organization metadata not found in local KV store")
-		}
-
-		if err := orgsDB.ForEach(func(k, v []byte) error {
-			var o influxdbOrganizationSchema
-			if err := json.Unmarshal(v, &o); err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-			orgNamesById[o.ID] = o.Name
-			return nil
-		}); err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("failed to read organization metadata from local KV store: %w", err)
-		}
-
-		v1DB := tx.Bucket(v1MetadataBoltBucket)
-		if v1DB == nil {
-			return errors.New("v1 database info not found in local KV store")
-		}
-		fullMeta := v1DB.Get(v1MetadataBoltKey)
-		if fullMeta == nil {
-			return errors.New("v1 database info not found in local KV store")
-		}
-
-		var pb br.Data
-		if err := proto.Unmarshal(fullMeta, &pb); err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("failed to unmarshal v1 database info: %w", err)
-		}
-		for _, rawDBI := range pb.GetDatabases() {
-			if rawDBI == nil {
-				continue
-			}
-			unmarshalled := unmarshalRawDBI(*rawDBI)
-			dbInfoByBucketId[unmarshalled.Name] = unmarshalled
-		}
-
-		return nil
-	}); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	manifests := make([]api.BucketMetadataManifest, len(buckets))
-	for i, b := range buckets {
-		orgName, ok := orgNamesById[b.OrgID]
-		if !ok {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("local KV store in inconsistent state: no organization found with ID %q", b.OrgID)
-		}
-		dbi, ok := dbInfoByBucketId[b.ID]
-		if !ok {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("local KV store in inconsistent state: no V1 database info found for bucket %q", b.Name)
-		}
-		manifests[i] = combineMetadata(b, orgName, dbi)
-	}
-
-	return manifests, nil
-}
-
-func unmarshalRawDBI(rawDBI br.DatabaseInfo) influxdbV1DatabaseInfo {
-	dbi := influxdbV1DatabaseInfo{
-		Name:                   rawDBI.GetName(),
-		DefaultRetentionPolicy: rawDBI.GetDefaultRetentionPolicy(),
-		RetentionPolicies:      make([]influxdbV1RetentionPolicyInfo, 0, len(rawDBI.GetRetentionPolicies())),
-	}
-	for _, rp := range rawDBI.GetRetentionPolicies() {
-		if rp == nil {
-			continue
-		}
-		dbi.RetentionPolicies = append(dbi.RetentionPolicies, unmarshalRawRPI(*rp))
-	}
-	return dbi
-}
-
-func unmarshalRawRPI(rawRPI br.RetentionPolicyInfo) influxdbV1RetentionPolicyInfo {
-	rpi := influxdbV1RetentionPolicyInfo{
-		Name:               rawRPI.GetName(),
-		ReplicaN:           int32(rawRPI.GetReplicaN()),
-		Duration:           rawRPI.GetDuration(),
-		ShardGroupDuration: rawRPI.GetShardGroupDuration(),
-		ShardGroups:        make([]influxdbV1ShardGroupInfo, 0, len(rawRPI.GetShardGroups())),
-		Subscriptions:      make([]influxdbV1SubscriptionInfo, 0, len(rawRPI.GetSubscriptions())),
-	}
-	for _, sg := range rawRPI.GetShardGroups() {
-		if sg == nil {
-			continue
-		}
-		rpi.ShardGroups = append(rpi.ShardGroups, unmarshalRawSGI(*sg))
-	}
-	for _, s := range rawRPI.GetSubscriptions() {
-		if s == nil {
-			continue
-		}
-		rpi.Subscriptions = append(rpi.Subscriptions, influxdbV1SubscriptionInfo{
-			Name:         s.GetName(),
-			Mode:         s.GetMode(),
-			Destinations: s.GetDestinations(),
-		})
-	}
-	return rpi
-}
-
-func unmarshalRawSGI(rawSGI br.ShardGroupInfo) influxdbV1ShardGroupInfo {
-	sgi := influxdbV1ShardGroupInfo{
-		ID:          int64(rawSGI.GetID()),
-		StartTime:   time.Unix(0, rawSGI.GetStartTime()).UTC(),
-		EndTime:     time.Unix(0, rawSGI.GetEndTime()).UTC(),
-		DeletedAt:   time.Unix(0, rawSGI.GetDeletedAt()).UTC(),
-		Shards:      make([]influxdbV1ShardInfo, 0, len(rawSGI.GetShards())),
-		TruncatedAt: time.Unix(0, rawSGI.GetTruncatedAt()).UTC(),
-	}
-	for _, s := range rawSGI.GetShards() {
-		if s == nil {
-			continue
-		}
-		sgi.Shards = append(sgi.Shards, unmarshalRawShard(*s))
-	}
-	return sgi
-}
-
-func unmarshalRawShard(rawShard br.ShardInfo) influxdbV1ShardInfo {
-	si := influxdbV1ShardInfo{
-		ID: int64(rawShard.GetID()),
-	}
-	// If deprecated "OwnerIDs" exists then convert it to "Owners" format.
-	//lint:ignore SA1019 we need to check for the presence of the deprecated field so we can convert it
-	oldStyleOwnerIds := rawShard.GetOwnerIDs()
-	if len(oldStyleOwnerIds) > 0 {
-		si.Owners = make([]influxdbV1ShardOwnerInfo, len(oldStyleOwnerIds))
-		for i, oid := range oldStyleOwnerIds {
-			si.Owners[i] = influxdbV1ShardOwnerInfo{NodeID: int64(oid)}
-		}
-	} else {
-		si.Owners = make([]influxdbV1ShardOwnerInfo, 0, len(rawShard.GetOwners()))
-		for _, o := range rawShard.GetOwners() {
-			if o == nil {
-				continue
-			}
-			si.Owners = append(si.Owners, influxdbV1ShardOwnerInfo{NodeID: int64(o.GetNodeID())})
-		}
-	}
-	return si
-}
-
-func combineMetadata(bucket influxdbBucketSchema, orgName string, dbi influxdbV1DatabaseInfo) api.BucketMetadataManifest {
-	m := api.BucketMetadataManifest{
-		OrganizationID:         bucket.OrgID,
-		OrganizationName:       orgName,
-		BucketID:               bucket.ID,
-		BucketName:             bucket.Name,
-		DefaultRetentionPolicy: dbi.DefaultRetentionPolicy,
-		RetentionPolicies:      make([]api.RetentionPolicyManifest, len(dbi.RetentionPolicies)),
-	}
-	if bucket.Description != nil && *bucket.Description != "" {
-		m.Description = bucket.Description
-	}
-	for i, rp := range dbi.RetentionPolicies {
-		m.RetentionPolicies[i] = convertRPI(rp)
-	}
-	return m
-}
-
-func convertRPI(rpi influxdbV1RetentionPolicyInfo) api.RetentionPolicyManifest {
-	m := api.RetentionPolicyManifest{
-		Name:               rpi.Name,
-		ReplicaN:           rpi.ReplicaN,
-		Duration:           rpi.Duration,
-		ShardGroupDuration: rpi.ShardGroupDuration,
-		ShardGroups:        make([]api.ShardGroupManifest, len(rpi.ShardGroups)),
-		Subscriptions:      make([]api.SubscriptionManifest, len(rpi.Subscriptions)),
-	}
-	for i, sg := range rpi.ShardGroups {
-		m.ShardGroups[i] = convertSGI(sg)
-	}
-	for i, s := range rpi.Subscriptions {
-		m.Subscriptions[i] = api.SubscriptionManifest{
-			Name:         s.Name,
-			Mode:         s.Mode,
-			Destinations: s.Destinations,
-		}
-	}
-	return m
-}
-
-func convertSGI(sgi influxdbV1ShardGroupInfo) api.ShardGroupManifest {
-	m := api.ShardGroupManifest{
-		Id:        sgi.ID,
-		StartTime: sgi.StartTime,
-		EndTime:   sgi.EndTime,
-		Shards:    make([]api.ShardManifest, len(sgi.Shards)),
-	}
-	if sgi.DeletedAt.Unix() != 0 {
-		m.DeletedAt = &sgi.DeletedAt
-	}
-	if sgi.TruncatedAt.Unix() != 0 {
-		m.TruncatedAt = &sgi.TruncatedAt
-	}
-	for i, s := range sgi.Shards {
-		m.Shards[i] = convertShard(s)
-	}
-	return m
-}
-
-func convertShard(shard influxdbV1ShardInfo) api.ShardManifest {
-	m := api.ShardManifest{
-		Id:          shard.ID,
-		ShardOwners: make([]api.ShardOwner, len(shard.Owners)),
-	}
-	for i, o := range shard.Owners {
-		m.ShardOwners[i] = api.ShardOwner{NodeID: o.NodeID}
-	}
-	return m
-}
diff --git a/clients/backup/manifest.go b/clients/backup/manifest.go
deleted file mode 100644
index e88bdc9..0000000
--- a/clients/backup/manifest.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,108 +0,0 @@
-package backup
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-
-	"github.com/influxdata/influx-cli/v2/api"
-	br "github.com/influxdata/influx-cli/v2/internal/backup_restore"
-)
-
-func ConvertBucketManifest(manifest api.BucketMetadataManifest, getShard func(shardId int64) (*br.ManifestFileEntry, error)) (br.ManifestBucketEntry, error) {
-	m := br.ManifestBucketEntry{
-		OrganizationID:         manifest.OrganizationID,
-		OrganizationName:       manifest.OrganizationName,
-		BucketID:               manifest.BucketID,
-		BucketName:             manifest.BucketName,
-		Description:            manifest.Description,
-		DefaultRetentionPolicy: manifest.DefaultRetentionPolicy,
-		RetentionPolicies:      make([]br.ManifestRetentionPolicy, len(manifest.RetentionPolicies)),
-	}
-
-	for i, rp := range manifest.RetentionPolicies {
-		var err error
-		m.RetentionPolicies[i], err = ConvertRetentionPolicy(rp, getShard)
-		if err != nil {
-			return br.ManifestBucketEntry{}, err
-		}
-	}
-
-	return m, nil
-}
-
-func ConvertRetentionPolicy(manifest api.RetentionPolicyManifest, getShard func(shardId int64) (*br.ManifestFileEntry, error)) (br.ManifestRetentionPolicy, error) {
-	m := br.ManifestRetentionPolicy{
-		Name:               manifest.Name,
-		ReplicaN:           manifest.ReplicaN,
-		Duration:           manifest.Duration,
-		ShardGroupDuration: manifest.ShardGroupDuration,
-		ShardGroups:        make([]br.ManifestShardGroup, len(manifest.ShardGroups)),
-		Subscriptions:      make([]br.ManifestSubscription, len(manifest.Subscriptions)),
-	}
-
-	for i, sg := range manifest.ShardGroups {
-		var err error
-		m.ShardGroups[i], err = ConvertShardGroup(sg, getShard)
-		if err != nil {
-			return br.ManifestRetentionPolicy{}, err
-		}
-	}
-
-	for i, s := range manifest.Subscriptions {
-		m.Subscriptions[i] = br.ManifestSubscription{
-			Name:         s.Name,
-			Mode:         s.Mode,
-			Destinations: s.Destinations,
-		}
-	}
-
-	return m, nil
-}
-
-func ConvertShardGroup(manifest api.ShardGroupManifest, getShard func(shardId int64) (*br.ManifestFileEntry, error)) (br.ManifestShardGroup, error) {
-	m := br.ManifestShardGroup{
-		ID:          manifest.Id,
-		StartTime:   manifest.StartTime,
-		EndTime:     manifest.EndTime,
-		DeletedAt:   manifest.DeletedAt,
-		TruncatedAt: manifest.TruncatedAt,
-		Shards:      make([]br.ManifestShardEntry, 0, len(manifest.Shards)),
-	}
-
-	for _, sh := range manifest.Shards {
-		maybeShard, err := ConvertShard(sh, getShard)
-		if err != nil {
-			return br.ManifestShardGroup{}, err
-		}
-		// Shard deleted mid-backup.
-		if maybeShard == nil {
-			continue
-		}
-		m.Shards = append(m.Shards, *maybeShard)
-	}
-
-	return m, nil
-}
-
-func ConvertShard(manifest api.ShardManifest, getShard func(shardId int64) (*br.ManifestFileEntry, error)) (*br.ManifestShardEntry, error) {
-	shardFileInfo, err := getShard(manifest.Id)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to download snapshot of shard %d: %w", manifest.Id, err)
-	}
-	if shardFileInfo == nil {
-		return nil, nil
-	}
-
-	m := br.ManifestShardEntry{
-		ID:                manifest.Id,
-		ShardOwners:       make([]br.ShardOwnerEntry, len(manifest.ShardOwners)),
-		ManifestFileEntry: *shardFileInfo,
-	}
-
-	for i, o := range manifest.ShardOwners {
-		m.ShardOwners[i] = br.ShardOwnerEntry{
-			NodeID: o.NodeID,
-		}
-	}
-
-	return &m, nil
-}
diff --git a/clients/restore/manifest.go b/clients/restore/manifest.go
index 284ac13..23d4882 100644
--- a/clients/restore/manifest.go
+++ b/clients/restore/manifest.go
@@ -1,10 +1,115 @@
 package restore
 
 import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+
 	"github.com/influxdata/influx-cli/v2/api"
 	br "github.com/influxdata/influx-cli/v2/internal/backup_restore"
 )
 
+// versionSwitch models the subset of fields needed to distinguish different versions of the CLI's backup manifest.
+type versionSwitch struct {
+	Version int `json:"manifestVersion,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// readManifest parses the manifest file at the given path, converting it to the latest version of our manifest
+// if needed.
+func readManifest(path string) (manifest br.Manifest, err error) {
+	var w struct {
+		versionSwitch
+		*br.Manifest
+		*legacyManifest
+	}
+	buf, err := os.ReadFile(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return br.Manifest{}, fmt.Errorf("failed to read local manifest at %q: %w", path, err)
+	}
+
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(buf, &w.versionSwitch); err != nil {
+		return br.Manifest{}, fmt.Errorf("failed to check version of local manifest at %q: %w", path, err)
+	}
+	switch w.versionSwitch.Version {
+	case br.ManifestVersion:
+		err = json.Unmarshal(buf, &manifest)
+	case 0: // InfluxDB 2.0.x manifests didn't have a version field.
+		var lm legacyManifest
+		if err := json.Unmarshal(buf, &lm); err != nil {
+			return br.Manifest{}, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse legacy manifest at %q: %w", path, err)
+		}
+		manifest, err = convertManifest(path, lm)
+	default:
+		return br.Manifest{}, fmt.Errorf("unsupported version %d found in manifest at %q", w.versionSwitch.Version, path)
+	}
+
+	return
+}
+
+// convertManifest converts a manifest from the 2.0.x CLI into the latest manifest schema.
+// NOTE: 2.0.x manifests didn't contain all the info needed by 2.1.x+, so this process requires opening & inspecting
+// the bolt file referenced by the legacy manifest.
+func convertManifest(path string, lm legacyManifest) (br.Manifest, error) {
+	// Extract bucket metadata from the local KV snapshot.
+	boltPath := filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(path), lm.KV.FileName)
+	metadata, err := br.ExtractBucketMetadata(boltPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return br.Manifest{}, err
+	}
+	shardManifestsById := make(map[int64]br.ManifestFileEntry, len(lm.Shards))
+	for _, s := range lm.Shards {
+		shardManifestsById[s.ShardID] = br.ManifestFileEntry{
+			FileName:    s.FileName,
+			Size:        s.Size,
+			Compression: br.GzipCompression,
+		}
+	}
+
+	m := br.Manifest{
+		Version: br.ManifestVersion,
+		KV: br.ManifestFileEntry{
+			FileName:    lm.KV.FileName,
+			Size:        lm.KV.Size,
+			Compression: br.NoCompression,
+		},
+		Buckets: make([]br.ManifestBucketEntry, len(metadata)),
+	}
+	for i, bkt := range metadata {
+		m.Buckets[i], err = br.ConvertBucketManifest(bkt, func(shardId int64) (*br.ManifestFileEntry, error) {
+			shardManifest, ok := shardManifestsById[shardId]
+			if !ok {
+				return nil, nil
+			}
+			return &shardManifest, nil
+		})
+		if err != nil {
+			return br.Manifest{}, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse entry for bucket %q in legacy manifest at %q: %w", bkt.BucketID, path, err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return m, nil
+}
+
+// legacyManifest models the subset of data stored in 2.0.x CLI backup manifests that is needed for conversion
+// into the latest manifest format.
+type legacyManifest struct {
+	KV     legacyKV      `json:"kv"`
+	Shards []legacyShard `json:"files"`
+}
+
+type legacyKV struct {
+	FileName string `json:"fileName"`
+	Size     int64  `json:"size"`
+}
+
+type legacyShard struct {
+	ShardID  int64  `json:"shardID"`
+	FileName string `json:"fileName"`
+	Size     int64  `json:"size"`
+}
+
+// ConvertBucketManifest converts a manifest parsed from local disk into a model compatible with the server-side API.
 func ConvertBucketManifest(manifest br.ManifestBucketEntry) api.BucketMetadataManifest {
 	m := api.BucketMetadataManifest{
 		OrganizationID:         manifest.OrganizationID,
diff --git a/clients/restore/restore.go b/clients/restore/restore.go
index d2153dd..e6471b1 100644
--- a/clients/restore/restore.go
+++ b/clients/restore/restore.go
@@ -110,11 +110,9 @@ func (c *Client) loadManifests(path string) error {
 			continue
 		}
 
-		var manifest br.Manifest
-		if buf, err := os.ReadFile(manifestFile); err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("failed to read local manifest at %q: %w", manifestFile, err)
-		} else if err := json.Unmarshal(buf, &manifest); err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("failed to parse manifest at %q: %w", manifestFile, err)
+		manifest, err := readManifest(manifestFile)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
 		}
 
 		// Keep the latest KV and SQL overall.
@@ -123,7 +121,10 @@ func (c *Client) loadManifests(path string) error {
 
 		// Keep the latest manifest per-bucket.
 		for _, bkt := range manifest.Buckets {
-			bucketManifests[bkt.BucketID] = bkt
+			// NOTE: Deduplicate here by keeping only the latest entry for each `<org-name>/<bucket-name>` pair.
+			// This prevents "bucket already exists" errors during the restore when the backup manifests contain
+			// entries for multiple buckets with the same name (which can happen when a bucket is deleted & re-created).
+			bucketManifests[fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", bkt.OrganizationName, bkt.BucketName)] = bkt
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/backup_restore/bolt.go b/internal/backup_restore/bolt.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a22324b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/backup_restore/bolt.go
@@ -0,0 +1,214 @@
+package backup_restore
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/gogo/protobuf/proto"
+	"github.com/influxdata/influx-cli/v2/api"
+	"go.etcd.io/bbolt"
+)
+
+//go:generate protoc --gogo_out=. meta.proto
+
+// NOTE: An unfortunate naming collision below. Bolt calls its databases "buckets".
+// These are the names that were used in the metadata DB for 2.0.x versions of influxdb.
+var (
+	bucketsBoltBucket       = []byte("bucketsv1")
+	organizationsBoltBucket = []byte("organizationsv1")
+	v1MetadataBoltBucket    = []byte("v1_tsm1_metadata")
+	v1MetadataBoltKey       = []byte("meta.db")
+)
+
+// influxdbBucketSchema models the JSON structure used by InfluxDB 2.0.x to serialize
+// bucket metadata in the embedded KV store.
+type influxdbBucketSchema struct {
+	ID                 string        `json:"id"`
+	OrgID              string        `json:"orgID"`
+	Type               int           `json:"type"`
+	Name               string        `json:"name"`
+	Description        *string       `json:"description,omitempty"`
+	RetentionPeriod    time.Duration `json:"retentionPeriod"`
+	ShardGroupDuration time.Duration `json:"ShardGroupDuration"`
+}
+
+// influxdbOrganizationSchema models the JSON structure used by InfluxDB 2.0.x to serialize
+// organization metadata in the embedded KV store.
+type influxdbOrganizationSchema struct {
+	ID   string `json:"id"`
+	Name string `json:"name"`
+}
+
+// ExtractBucketMetadata reads a boltdb backed up from InfluxDB 2.0.x, converting a subset of the
+// metadata it contains into a set of 2.1.x bucket manifests.
+func ExtractBucketMetadata(boltPath string) ([]api.BucketMetadataManifest, error) {
+	db, err := bbolt.Open(boltPath, 0666, &bbolt.Options{ReadOnly: true, Timeout: 1 * time.Second})
+	if err != nil {
+		// Hack to give a slightly nicer error message for a known failure mode when bolt calls
+		// mmap on a file system that doesn't support the MAP_SHARED option.
+		//
+		// See: https://github.com/boltdb/bolt/issues/272
+		// See: https://stackoverflow.com/a/18421071
+		if err.Error() == "invalid argument" {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to open boltdb: mmap of %q may not support the MAP_SHARED option", boltPath)
+		}
+
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to open boltdb: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer db.Close()
+
+	// Read raw metadata needed to construct a manifest.
+	var buckets []influxdbBucketSchema
+	orgNamesById := map[string]string{}
+	dbInfoByBucketId := map[string]DatabaseInfo{}
+
+	if err := db.View(func(tx *bbolt.Tx) error {
+		bucketDB := tx.Bucket(bucketsBoltBucket)
+		if bucketDB == nil {
+			return errors.New("bucket metadata not found in local KV store")
+		}
+
+		if err := bucketDB.ForEach(func(k, v []byte) error {
+			var b influxdbBucketSchema
+			if err := json.Unmarshal(v, &b); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			if b.Type != 1 { // 1 == "system"
+				buckets = append(buckets, b)
+			}
+			return nil
+		}); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to read bucket metadata from local KV store: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		orgsDB := tx.Bucket(organizationsBoltBucket)
+		if orgsDB == nil {
+			return errors.New("organization metadata not found in local KV store")
+		}
+
+		if err := orgsDB.ForEach(func(k, v []byte) error {
+			var o influxdbOrganizationSchema
+			if err := json.Unmarshal(v, &o); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			orgNamesById[o.ID] = o.Name
+			return nil
+		}); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to read organization metadata from local KV store: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		v1DB := tx.Bucket(v1MetadataBoltBucket)
+		if v1DB == nil {
+			return errors.New("v1 database info not found in local KV store")
+		}
+		fullMeta := v1DB.Get(v1MetadataBoltKey)
+		if fullMeta == nil {
+			return errors.New("v1 database info not found in local KV store")
+		}
+
+		var pb Data
+		if err := proto.Unmarshal(fullMeta, &pb); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to unmarshal v1 database info: %w", err)
+		}
+		for _, rawDBI := range pb.GetDatabases() {
+			dbInfoByBucketId[*rawDBI.Name] = *rawDBI
+		}
+
+		return nil
+	}); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	manifests := make([]api.BucketMetadataManifest, len(buckets))
+	for i, b := range buckets {
+		orgName, ok := orgNamesById[b.OrgID]
+		if !ok {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("local KV store in inconsistent state: no organization found with ID %q", b.OrgID)
+		}
+		dbi, ok := dbInfoByBucketId[b.ID]
+		if !ok {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("local KV store in inconsistent state: no V1 database info found for bucket %q", b.Name)
+		}
+		manifests[i] = combineMetadata(b, orgName, dbi)
+	}
+
+	return manifests, nil
+}
+
+func combineMetadata(bucket influxdbBucketSchema, orgName string, dbi DatabaseInfo) api.BucketMetadataManifest {
+	m := api.BucketMetadataManifest{
+		OrganizationID:         bucket.OrgID,
+		OrganizationName:       orgName,
+		BucketID:               bucket.ID,
+		BucketName:             bucket.Name,
+		DefaultRetentionPolicy: *dbi.DefaultRetentionPolicy,
+		RetentionPolicies:      make([]api.RetentionPolicyManifest, len(dbi.RetentionPolicies)),
+	}
+	if bucket.Description != nil && *bucket.Description != "" {
+		m.Description = bucket.Description
+	}
+	for i, rp := range dbi.RetentionPolicies {
+		m.RetentionPolicies[i] = convertRPI(*rp)
+	}
+	return m
+}
+
+func convertRPI(rpi RetentionPolicyInfo) api.RetentionPolicyManifest {
+	m := api.RetentionPolicyManifest{
+		Name:               *rpi.Name,
+		ReplicaN:           int32(*rpi.ReplicaN),
+		Duration:           *rpi.Duration,
+		ShardGroupDuration: *rpi.ShardGroupDuration,
+		ShardGroups:        make([]api.ShardGroupManifest, len(rpi.ShardGroups)),
+		Subscriptions:      make([]api.SubscriptionManifest, len(rpi.Subscriptions)),
+	}
+	for i, sg := range rpi.ShardGroups {
+		m.ShardGroups[i] = convertSGI(*sg)
+	}
+	for i, s := range rpi.Subscriptions {
+		m.Subscriptions[i] = api.SubscriptionManifest{
+			Name:         *s.Name,
+			Mode:         *s.Mode,
+			Destinations: s.Destinations,
+		}
+	}
+	return m
+}
+
+func convertSGI(sgi ShardGroupInfo) api.ShardGroupManifest {
+	var deleted, truncated *time.Time
+	if sgi.DeletedAt != nil {
+		d := time.Unix(0, *sgi.DeletedAt).UTC()
+		deleted = &d
+	}
+	if sgi.TruncatedAt != nil {
+		t := time.Unix(0, *sgi.TruncatedAt).UTC()
+		truncated = &t
+	}
+
+	m := api.ShardGroupManifest{
+		Id:          int64(*sgi.ID),
+		StartTime:   time.Unix(0, *sgi.StartTime).UTC(),
+		EndTime:     time.Unix(0, *sgi.EndTime).UTC(),
+		DeletedAt:   deleted,
+		TruncatedAt: truncated,
+		Shards:      make([]api.ShardManifest, len(sgi.Shards)),
+	}
+	for i, s := range sgi.Shards {
+		m.Shards[i] = convertShard(*s)
+	}
+	return m
+}
+
+func convertShard(shard ShardInfo) api.ShardManifest {
+	m := api.ShardManifest{
+		Id:          int64(*shard.ID),
+		ShardOwners: make([]api.ShardOwner, len(shard.Owners)),
+	}
+	for i, o := range shard.Owners {
+		m.ShardOwners[i] = api.ShardOwner{NodeID: int64(*o.NodeID)}
+	}
+	return m
+}
diff --git a/clients/backup/bolt_internal_test.go b/internal/backup_restore/bolt_test.go
similarity index 94%
rename from clients/backup/bolt_internal_test.go
rename to internal/backup_restore/bolt_test.go
index f7dc304..538cdfb 100644
--- a/clients/backup/bolt_internal_test.go
+++ b/internal/backup_restore/bolt_test.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package backup
+package backup_restore_test
 
 import (
 	"compress/gzip"
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/influxdata/influx-cli/v2/api"
+	"github.com/influxdata/influx-cli/v2/internal/backup_restore"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ func TestExtractManifest(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, tmpBolt.Close())
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	extracted, err := extractBucketManifest(tmpBoltPath)
+	extracted, err := backup_restore.ExtractBucketMetadata(tmpBoltPath)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	expected := []api.BucketMetadataManifest{
diff --git a/internal/backup_restore/manifest.go b/internal/backup_restore/manifest.go
index b084ef8..6017686 100644
--- a/internal/backup_restore/manifest.go
+++ b/internal/backup_restore/manifest.go
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package backup_restore
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"time"
+
+	"github.com/influxdata/influx-cli/v2/api"
 )
 
 type FileCompression int
@@ -35,9 +37,13 @@ func (c FileCompression) String() string {
 	}
 }
 
-const ManifestExtension = "manifest"
+const (
+	ManifestExtension = "manifest"
+	ManifestVersion   = 2
+)
 
 type Manifest struct {
+	Version int                   `json:"manifestVersion"`
 	KV      ManifestFileEntry     `json:"kv"`
 	SQL     *ManifestFileEntry    `json:"sql,omitempty"`
 	Buckets []ManifestBucketEntry `json:"buckets"`
@@ -92,3 +98,103 @@ type ManifestSubscription struct {
 	Mode         string   `json:"mode"`
 	Destinations []string `json:"destinations"`
 }
+
+func ConvertBucketManifest(manifest api.BucketMetadataManifest, getShard func(shardId int64) (*ManifestFileEntry, error)) (ManifestBucketEntry, error) {
+	m := ManifestBucketEntry{
+		OrganizationID:         manifest.OrganizationID,
+		OrganizationName:       manifest.OrganizationName,
+		BucketID:               manifest.BucketID,
+		BucketName:             manifest.BucketName,
+		Description:            manifest.Description,
+		DefaultRetentionPolicy: manifest.DefaultRetentionPolicy,
+		RetentionPolicies:      make([]ManifestRetentionPolicy, len(manifest.RetentionPolicies)),
+	}
+
+	for i, rp := range manifest.RetentionPolicies {
+		var err error
+		m.RetentionPolicies[i], err = ConvertRetentionPolicy(rp, getShard)
+		if err != nil {
+			return ManifestBucketEntry{}, err
+		}
+	}
+
+	return m, nil
+}
+
+func ConvertRetentionPolicy(manifest api.RetentionPolicyManifest, getShard func(shardId int64) (*ManifestFileEntry, error)) (ManifestRetentionPolicy, error) {
+	m := ManifestRetentionPolicy{
+		Name:               manifest.Name,
+		ReplicaN:           manifest.ReplicaN,
+		Duration:           manifest.Duration,
+		ShardGroupDuration: manifest.ShardGroupDuration,
+		ShardGroups:        make([]ManifestShardGroup, len(manifest.ShardGroups)),
+		Subscriptions:      make([]ManifestSubscription, len(manifest.Subscriptions)),
+	}
+
+	for i, sg := range manifest.ShardGroups {
+		var err error
+		m.ShardGroups[i], err = ConvertShardGroup(sg, getShard)
+		if err != nil {
+			return ManifestRetentionPolicy{}, err
+		}
+	}
+
+	for i, s := range manifest.Subscriptions {
+		m.Subscriptions[i] = ManifestSubscription{
+			Name:         s.Name,
+			Mode:         s.Mode,
+			Destinations: s.Destinations,
+		}
+	}
+
+	return m, nil
+}
+
+func ConvertShardGroup(manifest api.ShardGroupManifest, getShard func(shardId int64) (*ManifestFileEntry, error)) (ManifestShardGroup, error) {
+	m := ManifestShardGroup{
+		ID:          manifest.Id,
+		StartTime:   manifest.StartTime,
+		EndTime:     manifest.EndTime,
+		DeletedAt:   manifest.DeletedAt,
+		TruncatedAt: manifest.TruncatedAt,
+		Shards:      make([]ManifestShardEntry, 0, len(manifest.Shards)),
+	}
+
+	for _, sh := range manifest.Shards {
+		maybeShard, err := ConvertShard(sh, getShard)
+		if err != nil {
+			return ManifestShardGroup{}, err
+		}
+		// Shard deleted mid-backup.
+		if maybeShard == nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		m.Shards = append(m.Shards, *maybeShard)
+	}
+
+	return m, nil
+}
+
+func ConvertShard(manifest api.ShardManifest, getShard func(shardId int64) (*ManifestFileEntry, error)) (*ManifestShardEntry, error) {
+	shardFileInfo, err := getShard(manifest.Id)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to download snapshot of shard %d: %w", manifest.Id, err)
+	}
+	if shardFileInfo == nil {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+
+	m := ManifestShardEntry{
+		ID:                manifest.Id,
+		ShardOwners:       make([]ShardOwnerEntry, len(manifest.ShardOwners)),
+		ManifestFileEntry: *shardFileInfo,
+	}
+
+	for i, o := range manifest.ShardOwners {
+		m.ShardOwners[i] = ShardOwnerEntry{
+			NodeID: o.NodeID,
+		}
+	}
+
+	return &m, nil
+}
diff --git a/clients/backup/manifest_test.go b/internal/backup_restore/manifest_test.go
similarity index 96%
rename from clients/backup/manifest_test.go
rename to internal/backup_restore/manifest_test.go
index 8b5f45c..c1526bd 100644
--- a/clients/backup/manifest_test.go
+++ b/internal/backup_restore/manifest_test.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package backup_test
+package backup_restore_test
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/influxdata/influx-cli/v2/api"
-	"github.com/influxdata/influx-cli/v2/clients/backup"
 	br "github.com/influxdata/influx-cli/v2/internal/backup_restore"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
@@ -99,7 +98,7 @@ func TestConvertBucketManifest(t *testing.T) {
 		}, nil
 	}
 
-	converted, err := backup.ConvertBucketManifest(manifest, fakeGetShard)
+	converted, err := br.ConvertBucketManifest(manifest, fakeGetShard)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	expected := br.ManifestBucketEntry{
diff --git a/clients/backup/testdata/test.bolt.gz b/internal/backup_restore/testdata/test.bolt.gz
similarity index 100%
rename from clients/backup/testdata/test.bolt.gz
rename to internal/backup_restore/testdata/test.bolt.gz