# Exporting a store database from Central Administrator
You can export an existing store's database and use it as a template when creating a new centrally-managed store.
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Create a store in Central Manager before starting this procedure.
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1. Open **Central Administrator**.
2. Connect to the **Central database**.
3. Click **Export Store Database**.
4. Click **Next**.
5. Select the store. This is the new store that you created in Central Manager for which you want to create a new database.
6. Click **Next**.
7. Click **Connect**.
8. Enter the connection information for the template database. The template database is the database of an existing store that you wan to use as a template for the new store.
1. Select the **SQL Server** where the template database is hosted.
2. Select the **Connection method** for the SQL Server.
3. From the **Database** drop-down, select the template database.
4. Click **Connect**.
9. Click **Next**.
10. Click **Create**.
11. Connect to the SQL Server where you want to host the new store database.
1. Select the **SQL Server** where you want to host the new store database.
2. Select the **Connection method** for the SQL Server.
3. Click **Connect**.
12. Click **Next**.
13. Enter the **Database name** for the new store database.
14. For **Initial Size**, enter the initial size of the database, e.g., 20MB.
15. (Optional) Select **Automatically grow database size** if you want the store database size to automatically increase in size as it grows.
1. Select how you want increase the database size: in megabytes or by percentage.
2. Select how large the database can get. You can choose unrestricted growth or restricted growth . If you select restricted growth, enter the maximum database size in MB.
16. Click **Next**.
17. Click **Finish**.
The new store database is created on the SQL Server. You will see updates as the tables are created in the database. This new store database is empty.
18. Click **Next**.
The data from the template store database is exported to the new store database.
19. Click **Next**.
20. (Optional) Click **Backup**.
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If you are moving an existing store database to a new SQL Server, you can select **Delete store database after backup is successful** to delete the original store database.
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21. Click **Next**.
22. Click **Finish**.
23. (Optional) The message **Do you want to export another store database?** displays. Select **Yes** to repeat the procedure and export another store database or click **No** to exit.
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