Article DetailsDetailsHelp DetailsThe answer is No ! Only full backups can be used as seedURI option for CREATE DATABASE command. In case you have differential backups available, the initial step involves creating an aggregated backup and then use this newly created full backup for the Seed Option. If you are using S3 bucket to store diff backups, an additional pipeline is required to aggregate all the differential backups. The following command assists in aggregating the backups. ./neo4j-admin database aggregate-backup --from-path=/tmp/backup/neo4j neo4j Successfully aggregated backup chain of database 'neo4j', new artifact: '/tmp/backup/neo4j/neo4j-2023-11-01T18-59-35.backup'. /tmp/backup/neo4j should contains all the incremental backup files. Once full backup is available on S3 bucket then the following command can be used for creating database with seedURI option. CREATE DATABASE demo OPTIONS { existingData: 'use', seedURI: 's3://mys3/neo4j-2023-11-01T18-59-35.backup', seedConfig: 'region=me-south-1'} References : https://neo4j.com/docs/operations-manual/current/backup-restore/aggregate/ https://neo4j.com/docs/operations-manual/current/clustering/databases/#cluster-seed-uri InformationTitleCan we use a differential backup as a seed for CREATE DATABASE command ?Article Created Date3/15/2024, 10:54 PMURL Name23965745720851-Can-we-use-a-differential-backup-as-a-seed-for-CREATE-DATABASE-commandLast Modified Date6/18/2026, 7:14 AM