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Classic console - Additional Instance Actions - Export / Create instance from snapshot #613

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Expand Up @@ -55,14 +55,22 @@ You can restore data in your instance to a previous snapshot by selecting *Resto

Restoring a snapshot requires you to confirm the action by typing RESTORE and selecting *Restore*.

=== Export and create
=== Additional snapshot actions (Export and create)

The ellipses (*...*) button next to an existing snapshot, allows you to:
The ellipses (*...*) button next to an existing snapshot provides two options: *Export* or *Create instance from snapshot*.

* *Export* - Download the instance as *_.backup_* file, allowing you to store a local copy and work on your data offline.
(This applies to AuraDB latest version databases, for v4, the instances can be downloaded as *_.dump_* files.
AuraDB Professional with the GDS configuration has a _.tar_ file extension as it contains the backup and additional metadata for Graph Data Science.)
* *Create instance from snapshot* - Create a new AuraDB instance using the data from the snapshot.
==== Export

*Export* downloads the instance as a `.backup` file, allowing you to store a local copy and work on your data offline.

For AuraDB instances (including AuraDB with the GDS plugin installed) backups are always exported as a `.backup` file.
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Is the plugin available in the old console?

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The plugin is only available for the new console, good spot.


For AuraDS instances, backups are exported as a `.tar` file because this format bundles both the backup data and the additional metadata required for Data Science.

==== Create instance from snapshot

Create a new AuraDB instance using the data from the snapshot.
This creates a clone of the instance.

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