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Add description of seedRestoreUntil option
Also cleanup some other seed related language in the same page
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modules/ROOT/pages/database-administration/standard-databases/create-databases.adoc

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| `seedURI`
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| URI to a backup or a dump from an existing database.
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Defines an identical seed from an external source which will be used to seed all servers.
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Defines a seed from an external source which will be used to seed all servers.
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| `seedConfig`
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| Comma-separated list of configuration values.
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Defines which server is used for seeding the data of the created database.
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The server ID can be found in the `serverId` column after running `SHOW SERVERS`.
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| `seedURI`
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| URI to a backup or a dump from an existing database.
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Defines an identical seed from an external source which will be used to seed all servers.
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Defines a seed from an external source which will be used to seed all servers.
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If the store is seeded with `seedURI` or `existingDataSeedServer`, or if the command is used to mount pre-existing store files already present on the disk, they will retain their current store format without any modifications.
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| `seedRestoreUntil`
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| Datetime or transaction id. E.g. `datetime("2025-01-01T12:15:00.000+0100")` or `123456`
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If you are passing a `seedURI` that leads to a backup chain, including differential backups, you can choose to not apply all the transactions in the differential backups.
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To seed up to a specific date, specify a `datetime` and this will seed the database with transactions committed before the provided timestamp.
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To seed up to a specific transaction ID, specify a transaction id, and this will seed the database with transactions up to, but not including the specified transaction.
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| `existingData` label:deprecated[Deprecated]
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| `use`
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