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@fiquick fiquick changed the title multidb Multiple databases Mar 11, 2026
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@fiquick fiquick marked this pull request as ready for review April 1, 2026 15:04
Create and manage databases using the Aura Console or the Aura API.
An instance has its own compute and storage, and the databases run within the instance.

== How to know if you have it
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Remove which tiers,

Add more of an intro - what is it and what is it for?

And put "enable it" before - and add this to intro "admonition" must enable it first


For more information about inspecting an instance's details see xref:managing-instances/instance-actions.adoc#_inspect_an_instances_details[inspect an instances details]

=== Benefits and use cases
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put this in the intro instead

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Multiple databases are supported across Aura tools:
.. for working with multiple databases

* xref:managing-instances/backup-restore-export.adoc[Backup, export, and restore] Take snapshots of your databases.
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Take backups of your databases -

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would assume everything would work in multidb

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  • supported + unsupported features go into "manage" section

.Single database
image::snapshot-actions.png[width=400]

== Backups in multiple database instances
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what happens - are backups taken automatically

* Custom database naming or renaming.
* Pause and resume for instances or individual databases.
* Databases cannot be created using Cypher database management commands.

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get confirmed -> what is available?
if you're used to using multiple databases on prem user is probably used to using cypher on prem
then to suddenly start using UI for like "show users" may be counter intuitive

what's the user journey? do they have experience using multi db or coming straight 2 Aura

THESE COMMANDS ARE AVAILABLE: RBAC
THESE ARE NOT: DB admin commands

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== Snapshots and backups

Snapshots are taken at regular intervals and can be used to download or dump your data to a new instance.
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verify exactly what happens - what is a regular interval

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if it's on a db level it is not a snapshot but a backup

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is backup vs snapshot a commonly accepted distinction? doesn't seem distinction is widely adopted amongst database products?

== Backups in multiple database instances

If your instance contains multiple databases, backups are managed at the database level rather than the instance level.
If your instance contains a single database, backups apply to the entire instance.
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talking about system db without talking about it?

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start with finding out if this is a commonly accepted distinction + if not explain it


[[restore-snapshot]]
=== Restore
=== Restore from snapshot
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with multi db you restore from x

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