#Export all the uploads to a external SSD

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storm nest
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Hello,
I am trying to have a backup of the pictures I have in Immich in an external SSD
I can't find a process apart from backing up the database and the upload folders:
https://immich.app/docs/administration/backup-and-restore/
which is fine, but my pictures are under the upload folder but they have the structure of the picture. Which makes it tricky to understand outside of immich, is there a way to export them out of that structure?

Thank you in advance

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steel flumeBOT
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rough fern
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No. 🙂

left vigil
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You should just enable the storage template?

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storm nest
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Thank you for the replies
@left vigil @rough fern

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@left vigil what implications it has on the existing setup?

rough fern
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Storage template will migrate all your assets to the new structure

storm nest
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should i do a backup before or?

left vigil
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Do you not have backups already?

storm nest
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nope, therefore my question :/

left vigil
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Ofc you should

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Has nothing to do with the storage template

storm nest
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I understand 🙂
thank you

left vigil
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So yes, def setup backups before you do anything else to immich

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Also, a copy to an SSD will not be a good backup

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You should use a backup tool like restic or borg that will make deduplicated backups and retain old versions

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You can use the SSD to store the backups easily