# Make a backup while import script is running?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-a-backup-while-import-script-is-running/254522>\
**Category:** Migration\
**Tags:** backups\
**Created:** [February 8, 2023, 10:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-a-backup-while-import-script-is-running/254522 "2023-02-08T22:35:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2023, 3:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-a-backup-while-import-script-is-running/254522/5 "2023-02-09T03:36:17Z")

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You don’t want to take a snapshot. Just stop the script and make a Discourse backup. The restart the script. It’ll pick up where it left off.

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