# Downloading a patch
After the patch is prepared, it must be downloaded from the current instance of the CloudIO platform in order to migrate it to another instance.
To download a patch,
1. On the upper right corner of the CloudIO homepage, click  . The **Navigation** page is displayed.
2\. Under **Patch Manager**, click **Manage Patches**. The patch downloads/uploads page is displayed.
The **Download** tab displays all the patches prepared, along with the following details:
| Patch detail | Description |
| -------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Patch | The name of the patch |
| Patch Type | The level or the type of the components of which the patch was created |
| Status | The status (success/failure) of preparation of the patch |
| Log | The records of the events associated with the creation of the patch file
To access the log, in the Log column, click 
for the respective patch.
|
| Status date | The date on which the patch was processed |
| Download Patch | The patch file in the *.zip* format |
3\. To download a patch, in the **Download Patch** column, click on the required patch (zip file) and save it to your system.
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