**Note**: `<server-path-to-homeserver.db>` must be a file path to a `homeserver.db` file on the server (not on your local machine!).
**Notes**:
- `<server-path-to-homeserver.db>` must be a file path to a `homeserver.db`**file on the server** (not on your local machine!).
- if the SQLite database is from an older version of Synapse, the **importing procedure may run migrations on it to bring it up to date**. That is, your SQLite database file may get modified and become unusable with your older Synapse version. Keeping a copy of the original is probably wise.