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	Documentation: Structure backup section more clearly (#4559)
--------- Co-authored-by: shamoon <4887959+shamoon@users.noreply.github.com>
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Multiple options exist for making backups of your paperless instance,
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					Multiple options exist for making backups of your paperless instance,
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depending on how you installed paperless.
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					depending on how you installed paperless.
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Before making backups, make sure that paperless is not running.
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					Before making a backup, it's probably best to make sure that paperless is not actively
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					consuming documents at that time.
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Options available to any installation of paperless:
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					Options available to any installation of paperless:
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    thumbnails, metadata, and database contents to a specific folder. You may import your
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					    thumbnails, metadata, and database contents to a specific folder. You may import your
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    documents and settings into a fresh instance of paperless again or store your
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					    documents and settings into a fresh instance of paperless again or store your
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    documents in another DMS with this export.
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					    documents in another DMS with this export.
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- The document exporter is also able to update an already existing
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					    The document exporter is also able to update an already existing
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    export. Therefore, incremental backups with `rsync` are entirely
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					    export. Therefore, incremental backups with `rsync` are entirely
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    possible.
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					    possible.
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### Restoring {#migrating-restoring}
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					### Restoring {#migrating-restoring}
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					If you've backed-up Paperless-ngx using the [document exporter](#exporter),
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					restoring can simply be done with the [document importer](#importer).
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					Of course, other backup strategies require restoring any volumes, folders and database
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					copies you created in the steps above.
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## Updating Paperless {#updating}
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					## Updating Paperless {#updating}
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### Docker Route {#docker-updating}
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					### Docker Route {#docker-updating}
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