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To restore a database you’ve backed up previously:
1 Click the Restore button in the toolbar.
The Import Database button
2 Find the database you need to import using the file import dialog, and click Open. The
database you’ve restored should now appear in the Databases list.
Upgrading Databases
From time to time, new versions of DaVinci Resolve require changes to the way projects are
created, which requires databases created with older versions of DaVinci Resolve to be
upgraded before you can access the projects within. Fortunately, this is a simple process.
To upgrade a database made or used with an older version of DaVinci Resolve:
Right-click any database with an upgrade badge to the right of the database name, and
choose Upgrade from the contextual menu.
Reconnecting Databases You Previously Disconnected
Unlike the Project Manager in DaVinci Resolve, the DaVinci Resolve Project Server application
shows you every single DaVinci Resolve database on your computer, whether it’s connected to
Resolve or not. For this reason, it’s a good way to find the names of databases that have been
disconnected, either deliberately or accidentally, in order to reconnect them.
To reconnect any database on your workstation:
1 Open the DaVinci Resolve Project Server application.
2 Find the database you want to reconnect in the Databases list at the left.
3 Open DaVinci Resolve.
4 When the Project Manager window appears, open the Databases sidebar, and then
drag the database you want to reconnect from the DaVinci Resolve Project Server
window to the Database list of the Project Manager. That database is reconnected and
appears in the Database list.
Sharing Databases to
Create a Project Server
You can also use the DaVinci Resolve Project Server to easily set up a shared Project Server on
your local network. However, for this to work, you need to adhere to the following requirements:
All workstations need to be connected to the Project Server on a local network.
All network connections should be reasonably fast (preferably Gigabit Ethernet or faster).
The computer functioning as the Project Server should be reasonably fast, but it
doesn’t need fast GPU processing.
The Project Server should have DaVinci Resolve installed, but it doesn’t need a dongle
or serial number, nor need it be the Studio version.
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