Download and restore database only

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Hi all,   We have an issue with an app where the database is completely full to the extent it doesn't even start anymore. It is running in the Mendix cloud. I want to restore it locally, do a cleanup, and then restore it to production again. I have done this before succesfully with the full snapshot including files, but for this app, the file size is way too high. So I want to use the option 'database only', without the files, from production, do my cleanup on that version and then restore to production again.    Does anybody know whether this 'database only' download can also be used as long as I don't do anything with the files in the local cleanup?
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I would expect this to work but did not test this myself. We use the database only to do restores on test environments so our customers can test the new software with there own recent data and there we do not restore the filedocuments because to big and not usefull.

You might able to test it by doing a database restore to a test environment then upload a file document and then create a database only backup and restore that again on the same environment. If the filedocuments you just uploaded is still there then it works.

 

Regards,

Ronald

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Hi Ivo,

 

You will find the option only after the Backup is created.

Once the backup is created, click the three dots from the backup list and then select Download, A pop-up will open, and there you can select the Database only option. 

 

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For restoring, I haven't tested myself. Try to replicate the same scenarios in the lower environment and try to restore the database backup alone ( I could find a check box for DB alone ) and verify if the files that are present in the environment are still present.

 

 

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