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Cloudplex nodes reinitialize with each Snaplex version upgrade. Subsequently, any files created on the local file system (using file:// protocol) are not accessible across Snaplex upgrades , because the nodes are new. Therefore, we recommend using cloud storage for files you must access across the Snaplex upgrade process. The SnapLogic platform does not perform a backup of files created in the local file system of the Cloudplex node.
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