From the TMC, select the Administration tab and the Backups sub-tab. Click the Make Backup button to perform a backup. The TMC sends a backup request to all stripes in the cluster.

In order to capture a consistent snapshot of the in-memory data, the backup function creates a pause in transactions, allowing any unfinished transactions to complete, and then the backup is written. This allows the backup to be a consistent record of the entries in-memory, as well as search and other indices.

Note that when backing up a cluster, each stripe is backed up independently and at a slightly different time than the other stripes.

When complete, a window appears that confirms the backup was taken and provides the time-stamped file name(s) of the backup.