Restore-drill checklist: prove a DBAegis Community backup can recover

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A completed backup is useful evidence, but the real test is whether the artifact can restore into the target environment your team expects to use.

Use this checklist for a first DBAegis Community evaluation.

Before the drill

• Use a clean, non-production Linux VM for DBAegis.
• Use non-production PostgreSQL, MySQL, or MongoDB data.
• Create a disposable restore target that is clearly separate from the source.
• Confirm the matching native database client tools are installed.
• Confirm there is enough local space for the backup artifact and restore working files.

Backup

1. Add the source under Connections.
2. Run Test Connection and resolve network, authentication, TLS, client-tool, path, and space errors.
3. Run a manual logical backup to DBAegis-local storage.
4. In Backup History, confirm the artifact has a non-zero size and inspect the engine log for unexpected warnings.

Restore

1. Add the disposable target as a separate connection and test it.
2. Open Restore and select the successful backup artifact.
3. Select the disposable target.
4. Review create and overwrite options carefully.
5. Start the restore and inspect the resulting engine log.

Validate the recovered data

Do more than count rows or documents. Check representative records, required schemas or collections, indexes and constraints, ownership or permissions, and any extensions or features the application depends on.

Record the source and target, engine and client-tool versions, artifact identifier and size, backup and restore durations, validation queries and results, warnings, and any manual steps. That record becomes the baseline for the next drill.

Start with the Community quick start and verify the exact path in the backup and restore support matrix.

If you try the workflow, please share the engine you tested, the friction you encountered, and what evidence your team would need before trusting the result. Use non-production data and a disposable target for the first drill.