Performing an offline restore - PingDirectory

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Page updated: 14 Jan 2022

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9.0 Product PingDirectory Directory Capability Product documentation Content Type Administration User task IT Administrator Administrator Audience System Administrator Software Deployment Method

Use the restore command to restore a backed up backend.

Only a single backend can be restored at a time.

The Directory Server must be shut down before performing an offline restore.

Note:

The server root directory should never be restored from a file system backup or snapshot.

To stop the Directory Server run the following command.
```
$ bin/stop-server
```

To restore a saved backup, run the following command.

$ bin/restore --backupDirectory </path/to/backup/userRoot>

To start the server, run the following command.
```
$ bin/start-server
```