If you are running GitLab on a virtualized server you can possibly also create VM snapshots of the entire GitLab server.
If you are running GitLab on a virtualized server you can possibly also create VM snapshots of the entire GitLab server.
It is not uncommon however for a VM snapshot to require you to power down the server, so this approach is probably of limited practical use.
It is not uncommon however for a VM snapshot to require you to power down the server, so this approach is probably of limited practical use.
### Note
## Troubleshooting
### Restoring database backup using omnibus packages outputs warnings
If you are using backup restore procedures you might encounter the following warnings:
```
psql:/var/opt/gitlab/backups/db/database.sql:22: ERROR: must be owner of extension plpgsql
psql:/var/opt/gitlab/backups/db/database.sql:2931: WARNING: no privileges could be revoked for "public" (two occurences)
psql:/var/opt/gitlab/backups/db/database.sql:2933: WARNING: no privileges were granted for "public" (two occurences)
```
Be advised that, backup is successfully restored in spite of these warnings.
The rake task runs this as the `gitlab` user which does not have the superuser access to the database. When restore is initiated it will also run as `gitlab` user but it will also try to alter the objects it does not have access to.
Those objects have no influence on the database backup/restore but they give this annoying warning.
For more information see similar questions on postgresql issue tracker[here](http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/201110220712.30886.adrian.klaver@gmail.com) and [here](http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/2039.1177339749@sss.pgh.pa.us) as well as [stack overflow](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4368789/error-must-be-owner-of-language-plpgsql).
## Note
This documentation is for GitLab CE.
This documentation is for GitLab CE.
We backup GitLab.com and make sure your data is secure, but you can't use these methods to export / backup your data yourself from GitLab.com.
We backup GitLab.com and make sure your data is secure, but you can't use these methods to export / backup your data yourself from GitLab.com.