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Neo4j Dump: How to specify the database?

Having successfully created and populated a database with 200,000+ nodes, I would like to create a dump as a backup. The instructions in the documentation are simple:

neo4j-admin dump --database=<database> --to=<destination-path>

But it's not clear what to use for <database>. If I use graph.db (or leave out the option) I get an error. I know the location of the database folder.

If I put the path to the database I get the following error:

unexpected error: 'database' should be a name but you seem to have specified a path

OS: Windows 10

Upvotes: 0

Views: 674

Answers (1)

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Partial answer:

The database parameter refers to databases that are located in neo4jFolder/data/databases folder, where neo4jFolder is the folder of the unzipped install of Neo4j. For example: I unzipped the neo4j install zip into E:\Program Files\neo4j-community-3.3.2. My database was elsewhere on the drive. So I copied the database to E:\Program Files\neo4j-community-3.3.2\data\databases\MyDatabase. Then I was able to run neo4j-admin dump --database=MyDatabase --to=backup5.dmp successfully.

I don't know if it's possible to run dump on databases that are not found under /data/databases. I also don't know how to run a dump when Neo4j is installed with the exe installer. My solution is for the zip file installation.

Upvotes: 2

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