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title: Backup and Restore — Server Compatibility
description: Important details concerning the use of backup and restore in
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# Backup and Restore — Server Compatibility

> Important details concerning the use of backup and restore in conjunction with Sync Gateway.  

_Related topics_: [Buckets](server-compatibility-buckets.md) | [Collections](server-compatibility-collections.md) | [Eventing](server-compatibility-eventing.md) | [Transactions](server-compatibility-transactions.md) | [XDCR](server-compatibility-xdcr.md) | [Backup and restore](server-compatibility-backups.md)

_Other Topics_: [Compatibility Matrix](../product-notes/compatibility.md)

## [](#backups)Backups

> [!IMPORTANT]
> Partial backups and restores.
> 
> Sync Gateway does not support partial backups/restores.
> 
> Make sure that you perform full backups if you're planning to use them in conjunction with Sync Gateway

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## [](#related-content)Related Content

###### [](#-2)

Learn more …​

* [Sync Function](../access-control/sync-function/sync-function.md)
* [Import filter](../sync/import-processing.md)

###### [](#-3)

Reference material …​

* [Public REST API](../rest-api/rest-api.md)
* [Admin REST API](../rest-api/rest-api-admin.md)
* [Metrics REST API](../rest-api/rest-api-metrics.md)

###### [](#-4)

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