---
title: Recovering a replication changelog
description: If the replication changelog, <server-root>/changelogDb, is compromised because of a disk or NAS failure, you can recover a replication changelog.
component: pingdirectory
version: 11.0
page_id: pingdirectory:pingdirectory_server_administration_guide:pd_ds_recover_replication_changelog
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingdirectory/11.0/pingdirectory_server_administration_guide/pd_ds_recover_replication_changelog.html
revdate: September 13, 2023
section_ids:
  about-this-task: About this task
  steps: Steps
---

# Recovering a replication changelog

If the replication changelog, `<server-root>/changelogDb`, is compromised because of a disk or NAS failure, you can recover a replication changelog.

## About this task

To recover a replication changelog:

## Steps

1. Stop the server.

2. Backup `replicationChanges` from a remote server using the following command.

   ```shell
   $ bin/backup --backupDirectory /app/backups/replicationChanges \
     --backendID replicationChanges
   ```

3. Copy the `replicationChanges` backup from the remote server and restore it on the local host using the following command.

   ```shell
   $ bin/restore --backupDirectory /app/tmp/replicationChanges
   ```

4. Start the server.