# Problem with restore Discourse from backup (3.4, quite large DB)

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-with-restore-discourse-from-backup-3-4-quite-large-db/346497>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [January 10, 2025, 11:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-with-restore-discourse-from-backup-3-4-quite-large-db/346497 "2025-01-10T11:08:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dmitry\_Krasnoperov](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/dmitry_krasnoperov/32/65079_2.png) [@Dmitry\_Krasnoperov](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Dmitry_Krasnoperov)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2025, 9:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-with-restore-discourse-from-backup-3-4-quite-large-db/346497/12 "2025-01-12T09:55:29Z")

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Discourse only backup.

At home, I set up PostgreSQL, and our data backup was restored almost without any issues.  
It seems that when restoring the file in PostgreSQL (which is inside the Discourse container), the old database is not deleted, and this causes a conflict, preventing the backup from being deployed properly.

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