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Restore a Weaviate cluster from an automatic daily backup using the API or Control Panel.

DigitalOcean Managed Databases automatically recover from hardware and software failures by replacing degraded nodes with new ones that resume from the point of failure.

To recover from accidental data loss, such as when a database administrator or application deletes data, manually restore a Weaviate database cluster from a backup.

Restoring overwrites the cluster’s current state with the contents of the named backup. The database isn’t available for queries during the restore process.

Weaviate cluster backups run automatically once per day and are retained for seven days. Backups don’t cause downtime or reduce performance. DigitalOcean automatically sets the backup time, which can’t be modified.

Restore a Cluster Using the API

Weaviate backups are managed through the DigitalOcean API. During private preview, backups can’t be created on demand.

Restores are asynchronous. After you start a restore, poll the restore endpoint until the job finishes. The response includes a status field that moves through the following states:

• STARTED: Restore initiated.
• TRANSFERRING: Data transfer in progress.
• TRANSFERRED: Data transfer complete.
• FINALIZING: Applying restored data.
• SUCCESS: Restore complete.
• FAILED: Restore failed. Inspect the error field.
• CANCELLING: Restore is being canceled.
• CANCELED: Restore was canceled.

List Backups

To list available backups for a cluster, send a GET request to the backups endpoint:

curl -X GET "https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/vector-databases/$CLUSTER_ID/backups" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DIGITALOCEAN_TOKEN"

{
  "backups": [
    {
      "backup_id": "vectordb-abc123-20260115-120000",
      "status": "SUCCESS",
      "started_at": "2026-01-15T12:00:00Z",
      "completed_at": "2026-01-15T12:05:00Z"
    }
  ]
}

Restore from a Backup

Restoring overwrites the cluster’s current state with the data from the selected backup. The database isn’t available for queries during the restore process.

To restore a cluster from a specific backup, send a POST request to the restore endpoint:

curl -X POST "https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/vector-databases/$CLUSTER_ID/backups/$BACKUP_ID/restore" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DIGITALOCEAN_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{}'

Poll the restore endpoint until status is SUCCESS or FAILED:

curl -X GET "https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/vector-databases/$CLUSTER_ID/backups/$BACKUP_ID/restore" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DIGITALOCEAN_TOKEN"

Restore a Cluster Using the Control Panel

To restore a Weaviate cluster from a backup, go to the Vector Databases page in the Control Panel and select the cluster you want to restore. On the cluster’s Overview page, click the Actions button and choose Restore from backup from the menu.

In the Restore from backup window, select one of the available backups, and then click Restore from backup.

Restoring overwrites the cluster’s current state with the contents of the selected backup. The database isn’t available for queries during the restore process. The time it takes depends on the amount of data in the cluster.