From 4367c9a1dbd4ef47d86c3416b2b4ef3d4e9f0790 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jonathan Boulle Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2014 16:25:38 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] docs: no need to stop etcd while doing backup --- Documentation/0.5/admin_guide.md | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/0.5/admin_guide.md b/Documentation/0.5/admin_guide.md index a43e78a2f..b19b89f13 100644 --- a/Documentation/0.5/admin_guide.md +++ b/Documentation/0.5/admin_guide.md @@ -38,10 +38,9 @@ In some circumstances, it may be necessary to recover an etcd cluster from a cri #### Backing up the datastore -The first step of the recovery is to backup the data directory on a functioning etcd node. To do this, stop etcd and use the `etcdctl backup` command, passing in the original data directory used by etcd. For example: +The first step of the recovery is to backup the data directory on a functioning etcd node. To do this, use the `etcdctl backup` command, passing in the original data directory used by etcd. For example: ```sh - pkill etcd etcdctl backup \ --data-dir /var/lib/etcd \ --backup-dir /tmp/etcd_backup