Recovery needs to recreate the working service and its required data after a machine or process is lost. Which artifacts and state need protection, and how should the restore be checked?

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Use SQLite’s supported backup API or an appropriate consistent snapshot procedure. Copying only the main database file while WAL mode is active can omit committed data still in the WAL. Test the restored file with integrity checks and the application’s actual schema expectations.

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