QAD 2017 Enterprise Edition > Installation-Conversion > Conversion Guide > Snapshots > Pause the Conversion
  
Pause the Conversion
You can pause the conversion in order to take a snapshot by executing the following command:
> yab -debug-pause -break:conversion-tlc-create conversion-pre-ee-upgrade
This stops the conversion process at the conversion-tlc-create stage.
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60/81 database-qaddb-index-rebuild OK (1:23 m)
61/81 conversion-tlc-create
Press ENTER to run 'conversion-tlc-create' ('s' skip, 'a' run all, 'q' quit).
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Enter q to quit.