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=== Backup of the staging area ===__NOEDITSECTION__
The first step of option 1 is to create a backup of the staging area database. This is different from taking a backup of IMSMA, because the staging area is not part of the IMSMA application, but a stand-alone PostgreSQL database. A backup can be created using any tool that can connect to the PostgreSQL database (e.g. Navicat). The guide below details the steps using pgAdmin3, a tool that comes for free with every PostgreSQL installation, thus also with an IMSMA installation.
{{Note|On a computer with IMSMA V6 installed, the executable for starting pgAdmin3 is ''C:\IMSMAng\pgsql\bin\pgAdmin3.exe''.}}
In order to create a backup of the staging area database, the following steps are required:
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