Recover the PostgreSQL database with your own tools (for example, pg_restore or storage snapshots) and then reconcile Red Hat Edge Manager state. For disaster recovery from a flightctl-backup archive, use the full server restore procedure instead.

A typical flightctl-services deployment runs application containers as systemd-managed Podman quadlets. During manual restore, keep the PostgreSQL and KV store services running while application services are stopped. The procedure restores the database, runs flightctl-restore without an archive for device preparation, then starts application services again. An alternative path skips flightctl-restore but still stops only application services while the database and KV remain up.