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title: "Backup and restore."
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/DLP/297570592/Backup%20and%20restore."
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> Macro (aura-html)

A backup of the App creates a dump of the application database **only. **

It does not include Jira issue data (Jira backup is a separate process that creates a Jira backup file). 

**Instructions on how to:**

- **[Create a backup and restore (Jira + App data)](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/pages/createpage.action?spaceKey=dlp&title=Restore%20%28on%20the%20same%20instance%29.&linkCreation=true&fromPageId=297570592)**** **
- **[Upgrade (from using BigGantt to using BigPicture)](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/pages/createpage.action?spaceKey=dlp&title=Upgrade%20%28migration%20from%20BigGantt%20to%20BigPicture%29.&linkCreation=true&fromPageId=297570592)**
- **[Migrate between Jira instances (changing between server/cloud)](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/pages/createpage.action?spaceKey=dlp&title=Migration%20%28server%2Fdata%20center%20to%20cloud%29.&linkCreation=true&fromPageId=297570592)**
- **[Staging (migrate data between server/server or cloud/cloud instances)](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DLP/pages/298191542)**

![image](media://2fb5c15e-d234-477f-ad82-dc79c5eac3a9)

## Jira backup vs App restore

Jira and BigPicrture store their data separately. 

Creating a dump of the App data IS NOT a Jira backup. 

BigPicture App Configuration > Advanced > **Database dumps** allow you to create (and download) a backup of the state of the BigPicture app.

![image](media://ba2b1820-0bd4-4aa9-a0cc-e5735b8e8a94)

## How does a "restore" work?

An App restore **overwrites current app data** and replaces it with the state saved in the dump. There is no possibility of merging two different states of the app:

- you can't combine two dumps
- you can't amend an existing state

![image](media://82fe83f1-eeee-4fe0-9bf8-91c546fb5c88)