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Posted: **Wed Sep 10, 2025 2:47 pm**

At times in the documentation, and when talking to technical support, it has been stated BOTH WAYS that the DB should be stopped, and also that it doesn't matter and doesn't need to be stopped. Which is it?

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Posted: **Fri Sep 12, 2025 7:08 am**

No. But stop the service before restoring to a different machine.
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