# Backups

Back up the record, the numbers and the files beside the record, your settings, and the config folder that holds your team's token.

Stop `serve` and any `zerowidth mcp` processes, then copy:

- **The record:** the file `--db` names, such as `team.db`, and `team.db-wal` if one is there after an unclean stop.
- **Files beside the record:** `team.db.zone-names.json` and the folder `team.db.curves/`, when present.
- **The numbers:** the readings database beside the record, such as `team.db.readings.db`, or wherever `readings` points, with the `.sources.json` file beside the readings.
- **Your settings:** `zerowidth.json`.
- **The config folder:** `~/.config/zerowidth`, or the folder `ZEROWIDTH_CONFIG_DIR` names. The folder holds the team token: without the folder, every agent's token stops working on a new server.

To move a record to another server, copy the same files and start `serve` there.

## Checking a record

`verify` checks every entry in the record and the rules between them.

```Terminal
zerowidth verify --db team.db
```