# Data Translate
The SiteServer CLI command line can be used as a general-purpose tool for database data migration.
The benefits of using SiteServer CLI as a data migration to be able to cross-database type, first of all through the database backup command siteserver backup
to save the data to a folder, and then restore the database command siteserver resore
to restore the data to the specified database.
siteserver backup
and siteserver resore
command has been specially optimized to achieve rapid bulk data import and export, also ordered through --includes
and --excludes
parameter specifies the need to migrate data sheet.
WARNING
You need to include command siteserver resore
with --data-only
parameters, otherwise the command will detect the database structure and sync database structure to the current version of SiteServer CMS data structures.