Download a backup

If you want to restore a backup on another environment, you have to download it. When you download a backup, you can encrypt the backup for security reasons.

1. Open Collibra Console with a user profile that has at least the ADMIN role.
   Collibra Console opens with the Infrastructure page.
2. In the main menu, click Backups.
   The backups page appears.
3. In the row of the backup that you want to download, click Download.
   The Download dialog box appears.
4. Type a password to encrypt the backup or leave the Password field empty for an unencrypted backup.
   

   Note The password is used to encrypt the backup file, not to password protect it. Encrypted or not, the backup file is a ZIP archive.
   You can only extract the unencrypted backup files with the usual archive managers.
   You can not extract an encrypted backup, it can only be used to upload it with Collibra Console.

5. Click Download.
   The backup is downloaded to your default download folder as a ZIP archive file.

What's next?

To restore the backup on another environment, you have to upload it to that environment.