A backup corresponds to a picture of a Collibra environment at a certain point in time. This picture consists of all application data, the operating model, assets, comments, and so on. You can restore a backup at a later point in time.
You can specify which aspects of the application data to include in the backup and again during the restore.
Important When you create a backup, you have the option to include data, meaning all of the data in your Collibra environment related to communities, domains, assets, users, operating models and so on. When you restore a backup that includes data, all new data in your environment that was imported or otherwise created after the backup was created is irrevocably lost.
The Backups page
The Backups page contains a table of available backups:
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| Name | The name of the backup. You can edit the name of the backup in this table. |
| Description |
The description that was entered when the backup was created. You can edit the description in this table. Important If you started using Collibra with version 2025.01 or newer, you benefit from integrated cloud storage. You can no longer edit the description here. |
| Data | Whether the backup contains all current data, which is an export of the underlying database schema. |
| History |
Whether the data, also holds the history, which is composed of activity and snapshot data. Note Your backup can only include history data if it also includes the current data. |
| Configuration | Whether configuration files and license file are included in the backup. |
| Customizations | Whether customization files are included in the backup. |
| Created on | The date when the backup was created. |
|
Version |
The version of Collibra in the backup. |
| Size | The size of the backup. |
| Progress |
A progress indicator for ongoing backups. Note This column is only visible while Collibra is actively creating the backup. |
| [empty] | Links to download ( ), restore ( ) and delete ( ) the backup. |