https://community.qlik.com/t5/Management-Governance/Retrieve-or-Create-the-Backup-from-Repository-DB/m-p/1746410#M16716 Hi, Server OS has been crashed and infra team has been mounted from C:\program files\qlik\sense into another folder (C:\IT\Backup\Repository\PostgreSQL\9.6) in another fresh VM. i dont have QSR backup in tar format. Any advise, how to retrieve the same from the folders? fyi, i have manually installed the Postgresql without qliksense and tried to execute the below in cmd, i went to installed path and tried to execute the below , but no luck. pg_ctl.exe start -w -D "C:\IT\Backup\Repository\PostgreSQL\9.6" set PGUSER=postgres set PGPASSWORD=xxxxxx pg_dumpall.exe &gt; D:\Backup_Repos_DB pg_ctl.exe stop -w -D "C:\IT\Backup\Repository\PostgreSQL\9.6" Now i have installed the Qliksense but nothing to restore or import since dont have backup DB. Regards Yogesh. Wed, 23 Sep 2020 12:47:25 GMT Yogi_myd_JC 2020-09-23T12:47:25Z https://community.qlik.com/t5/Management-Governance/Retrieve-or-Create-the-Backup-from-Repository-DB/m-p/1746410#M16716 Hi, Server OS has been crashed and infra team has been mounted from C:\program files\qlik\sense into another folder (C:\IT\Backup\Repository\PostgreSQL\9.6) in another fresh VM. i dont have QSR backup in tar format. Any advise, how to retrieve the same from the folders? fyi, i have manually installed the Postgresql without qliksense and tried to execute the below in cmd, i went to installed path and tried to execute the below , but no luck. pg_ctl.exe start -w -D "C:\IT\Backup\Repository\PostgreSQL\9.6" set PGUSER=postgres set PGPASSWORD=xxxxxx pg_dumpall.exe &gt; D:\Backup_Repos_DB pg_ctl.exe stop -w -D "C:\IT\Backup\Repository\PostgreSQL\9.6" Now i have installed the Qliksense but nothing to restore or import since dont have backup DB. Regards Yogesh. Wed, 23 Sep 2020 12:47:25 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/Management-Governance/Retrieve-or-Create-the-Backup-from-Repository-DB/m-p/1746410#M16716 Yogi_myd_JC 2020-09-23T12:47:25Z https://community.qlik.com/t5/Management-Governance/Retrieve-or-Create-the-Backup-from-Repository-DB/m-p/1746517#M16717 <P>It's been years since I've done the procedure (<A href="https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense-admin/September2020/Subsystems/DeployAdministerQSE/Content/Sense_DeployAdminister/QSEoW/Deploy_QSEoW/Upgrading-after-uninstalling.htm" target="_blank">https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense-admin/September2020/Subsystems/DeployAdministerQSE/Content/Sense_DeployAdminister/QSEoW/Deploy_QSEoW/Upgrading-after-uninstalling.htm</A>) but I recall it working fine. What is the response when you run the&nbsp;<STRONG>pg_ctl</STRONG> and&nbsp;<STRONG>pg_dumpall</STRONG> commands?</P> Wed, 23 Sep 2020 16:06:05 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/Management-Governance/Retrieve-or-Create-the-Backup-from-Repository-DB/m-p/1746517#M16717 Levi_Turner 2020-09-23T16:06:05Z