Need back up of processes

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Hi All, 
 
 Is there a way to take back up of running processes? So, That we can reuse it in case any running process is deleted

ericg329 · Accepted Answer

I would suggest a few things, but you will still need to make some decisions based on your change management plan and what the legacy processes are doing. 
 
 1. If you are cutting over to the new process design all at once or in clearly defined windows, I would suggest doing a system backup prior to the cut over. This will give you a safety net in a worst case scenario. If you are on Appian Cloud you can coordinate with the engineers to take a snapshot of your instance prior to the cutover or they may be able to leverage one of the nightly backups based on your implementation schedule. 
 If you are working in an on-premise instance, I would suggest coordinating with your admin team to setup a backup based on your specific infrastructure setup. 
 
 2. Rather than deleting your legacy process instances, I would suggest canceling or terminating them. You will probably need to determine which is best based on your process design, where the instances are in the process flow, and how many are active during the cut over window. If there aren't many active instances manually canceling them is probably easiest, but if you have a large number you will probably want to automate the process. You can leverage something like the Cancel Process smart service for this. 
 Once canceled, the process instances will be eligible to be archived based on your archival settings. The archived processes will be moved to disk where you can unarchive them in the future, if needed. 
 https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/19.4/Cancel_Process_Smart_Service.html 
 https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/19.4/Managing_Process_Archives.html 
 
 3. As with any production change, it would be best to test your cut over process in a lower level environment to make sure it meets all of your needs prior to running it against production data.

Need back up of processes

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