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Implement comments on CDC and using the latest store
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modules/ROOT/pages/clustering/databases.adoc

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The database in question can be in an `online` or `offline` state when it is recreated, but a successful operation starts the database regardless of its previous state.
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If CDC is enabled for the database, it will still be enabled after recreating the database, however the chain will be broken.
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See link:https://neo4j.com/docs/cdc/current/backup-restore/[CDC documentation -> Restore backups and snapshots] for more details.
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If your database has Change Data Capture (CDC) enabled, the CDC chain will stop when the database is recreated, even though CDC remains enabled in the recreated database.
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To restore CDC functionality, follow the guide on how link:https://neo4j.com/docs/cdc/current/existing-databases/[to initialize CDC applications from an existing database].
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Before recreating a database, any eventual quarantined states need to be addressed.
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For more information, see xref:database-administration/standard-databases/errors.adoc#quarantine[Standard databases -> Error handling].
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[[seed-servers]]
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==== Use available allocations as seed
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==== Use available servers as a seed
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The database recreation process is designed to select the latest seed from the seeding servers.
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Specifying only a subset of the previous cluster servers as seeders carries a risk of data loss.
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After the recreation is complete, the database will have the latest data store from the seeding servers.
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[CAUTION]
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Recreation is based on remaining stores or a store defined by the user.
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This means that stores which were lost or not defined are not used for the recreation.
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If not used stores were more up to date than the used ones, this results in data loss.
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[[specified-servers]]
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===== Specified servers

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