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P4 Server Administration Documentation | 2025.2

# Build Server metadata recovery

1. Stop the build server.

2. Copy `db.have.rp` to a safe place.

3. Copy `db.view.rp` to a safe place.

4. Copy the `state` file to a safe place.

5. Delete all the `db.*` and `state` files from `P4ROOT` on the build server.

6. Using the checkpoint of the central server The one server that is innermost in a multi-server deployment. In the server specification form field for Services, the central server might be specified as “standard” or “commit-server”. If edge servers are part of the multi-server deployment, the central server must be a commit server. See also 'upstream server'., restore the database into the build server `P4ROOT`.

7. Copy `db.have.rp` and `db.view.rp` into the build server `P4ROOT`.

8. Restart the build server.

9. Check the replication status with `p4 pull -l -j`

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