User Guide : 16. Performing Backup and Recovery : Backup by Checkpoints : Checkpoints and Destroyed Databases
 
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Checkpoints and Destroyed Databases
Important!  A checkpoint is a backup of an existing database. If you destroy the database (with the destroydb command), you cannot recreate it from a checkpoint, because destroying a database deletes its associated checkpoints.
To destroy your database and recreate it, use the unloaddb command.