What's the best way to build a new Middleware Server (MWS) instance pointed at a database that already exists (for example a database restored/cloned from another environment), so the new MWS ends up aligned with the database's current delivery/update level, rather than the base version from the install media?

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Use IFS's own Backup & Restore utility and its accompanying technical documentation, rather than building a fresh MWS from the base install media's included default version and then trying to reapply every delivery from scratch afterward. IFS's technical documentation covers detailed backup and restore scenarios specifically for this kind of situation, letting the new MWS instance be brought up already aligned with the existing database's current delivery/update level from the start.

Documentation-based answer. Confirm the product and release before applying it. This answer has not been verified in an IFS environment.

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