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# Backup and Recovery

This page explains how to back up the Parties of your Validator and how to restore from them. This prevents your Canton Coins from being lost.

## How to Create a New Identity Dump

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When deleting the old deployment, make sure to set **Delete all resources** to **false** as displayed below.
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**Go to the Validators tab**

Navigate to the **Validators** tab to see all your Validators.

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**Click the dump icon**

Click on the dump icon of the validator you want to back up.

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**Provide your wallet user password**

A pop-up will appear asking you to provide your Validator wallet user password (stored when creating your validator).

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## How to Restore a Validator from an Identity Dump

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**Click "Set up validator"**

From your Validators menu, click the **Set up validator** button.

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**Enable "Restore participant identities"**

Enable the option to **Restore participant identities**.

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**Select your Identity Dump**

Select your Identity Dump and provide a new ID following the naming rules.
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**Proceed as a new validator**

Proceed to create your validator as you would for a new one.

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The fields used to configure the network access must be **identical** to the ones used on the Validator you are trying to restore.
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Check the [Validator Management](broken://pages/f103cefdb6247b38919caf1c1aae134da2406c0c) section for more details on how to set up a new validator.
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