---
title: "How to Backup Your NavVis IVION Site"
slug: "how-to-perform-a-site-backup-in-ivion"
description: "Learn how to backup and migrate your NavVis IVION site components, including POIs, images, and site coordinates, for seamless site management."
tags: ["Archive", "Data Backup", "Exporting Point Cloud", "How to ...", "Site Migration"]
updated: 2026-02-26T14:42:54Z
published: 2026-02-26T14:42:54Z
canonical: "knowledge.navvis.com/how-to-perform-a-site-backup-in-ivion"
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://knowledge.navvis.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# How to Backup Your NavVis IVION Site

## Introduction

### Purpose

To migrate a NavVis IVION Site to another site or instance or to archive a site, backup the site using the following procedure.

### Backup the site components

1. **Bundles:** [Download all Alignment Bundles](/v1/docs/dataset-management-1).
2. **POIs:** [Export all POIs + attachments](/v1/docs/importing-and-exporting-pois#exporting-pois) from the **POI types** menu.
3. **Processed data:** [Download processed data](https://knowledge.navvis.com/docs/downloading-processed-data) from **Data processing** > **Processed data**.
4. **Site coordinate system and base point**: Note down the [site coordinate system and base point location](/v1/docs/editing-a-site-location).
5. **Site cover image:** Optional: Download the site cover image from the [Instance dashboard](/v1/docs/exploring-an-instance). Go to the dashboard put your mouse over the image and right-click>Save As.

> [!NOTE]
> **Note:** Raw data, user groups, site configurations, models and vector maps cannot be backed up.

### Migrate the site components in the following order

1. [Set up the new site](/v1/docs/adding-a-site) with the same site coordinate system and base point, and upload the site cover image.
2. [Upload the bundles](/v1/docs/dataset-management-1#uploading-navvis-datasets-from-your-hard-drive) to Dataset management.
3. [Import the POIs and attachments](/v1/docs/importing-and-exporting-pois#importing-pois).

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### FAQ

#### What is the purpose of backing up a NavVis IVION Site?

The purpose is to migrate a NavVis IVION Site to another site or instance or to archive a site.

#### What components need to be backed up?

You need to back up bundles, POIs, processed data, site coordinate system and base point, and the site cover image.

#### Can raw data and user groups be backed up?

No, raw data, user groups, site configurations, and vector maps cannot be backed up.

#### What format should POIs be exported in?

POIs should be exported using the .json format.

#### What is the first step in migrating the site components?

The first step is to set up the new site with the same site coordinate system and base point, and upload the site cover image.

Site refers to a complex of one or more buildings displayed in a NavVis IVION instance. For example, the Munich Airport would be one site. An instance can contain multiple sites. Each site consists of one or more datasets.

## Related

- [Downloading Processed Data](/downloading-processed-data.md)
- [Downloading Data Processing Task Details](/downloading-data-processing-task-details.md)
- [Crop and Download tool](/downloading-point-clouds.md)