How do I migrate my Droplet to another datacenter region?

If you want to migrate your Droplet to another datacenter region, you need to create a snapshot of your Droplet and then create a new Droplet from the snapshot in the new datacenter region. Snapshots are complete copies of your Droplet’s hard disk that are saved as a disk image that you can create additional Droplets from. Snapshots only contain the data that resides on the disk at the time the snapshot was taken.

To do migrate a Droplet using a snapshot, see How to Migrate Droplets Using DigitalOcean Snapshots.

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How do I implement daily Droplet backups?

You cannot change the frequency of Droplet backups, but you can use Snapshooter or the API to create daily snapshots of your Droplets.

Can I undo restoring a Droplet from a backup?

You cannot undo restoring a Droplet from a backup, but you can use an existing snapshot to restore a Droplet to a previous point in time.

Why can't I create a Droplet from a snapshot?

You cannot create Droplets in certain datacenters due to limited capacity. If you have snapshots in a limited capacity datacenter, transfer them to another datacenter to create Droplets from them.