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---
layout: docs
page_title: Save a Vault snapshot
description: >-
Manually back up the data in your Vault cluster.
---
> [!IMPORTANT]
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# Save a Vault snapshot
Manually back up data from your Vault cluster with a snapshot.
<Tip>
If you are taking snapshots as preparation for a Vault Enterprise upgrade,
review the
[Automate upgrades with Vault Enterprise](/vault/tutorials/raft/raft-upgrade-automation)
tutorial to learn how you can automate your upgrades with autopilot.
</Tip>
## Before you start
- **You must a working knowledge of how Vault saves data**.
- **You must have a valid Vault cluster configuration using integratd storage**.
- **You must know, and be able to contact your unseal/recovery key holders**.
- **You must have permission to access encrypted data in backed storage**.
- **You should have a secure location, away from your Vault cluster
infrastructure, to save the snapshot file**.
## Save a single cluster snapshot
Take a snapshot of a single Vault cluster.
<Tabs>
<Tab heading="CLI" group="cli">
Use
[`vault operator raft snapshot save`](/vault/docs/commands/operator/raft#snapshot-save)
to take a snapshot from a Vault cluster. For example, to save a snapshot to the
local file `backup.snap`:
```shell-session
$ vault operator raft snapshot save backup.snap
```
</Tab>
<Tab heading="API" group="api">
Use the
[`sys/storage/raft/snapshot`](/vault/api-docs/system/storage/raft#take-a-snapshot-of-the-raft-cluster)
endpoint to take a snapshot from a Vault cluster. For example, to save a
snapshot to the local file `backup.snap`:
```shell-session
$ curl \
--request GET \
--header "X-Vault-Token: ${VAULT_TOKEN}" \
${VAULT_ADDR}/v1/sys/storage/raft/snapshot > backup.snap
```
</Tab>
</Tabs>
## Save a DR replication cluster snapshot
Take a snapshot of a cluster participating in disater recovery replication.
<Tabs>
<Tab heading="CLI" group="cli">
Use
[`vault operator raft snapshot save`](/vault/docs/commands/operator/raft#snapshot-save)
to take a snapshot from the primary cluster. For example, to save a snapshot to
the local file `primary.snap`:
```shell-session
$ vault operator raft snapshot save primary.snap
```
</Tab>
<Tab heading="API" group="api">
Use the
[`sys/storage/raft/snapshot`](/vault/api-docs/system/storage/raft#take-a-snapshot-of-the-raft-cluster)
endpoint to take a snapshot from the primary cluster. For example, to save a
snapshot to the local file `backup.snap`:
```shell-session
$ curl \
--request GET \
--header "X-Vault-Token: ${VAULT_TOKEN}" \
${VAULT_ADDR}/v1/sys/storage/raft/snapshot > primary.snap
```
</Tab>
</Tabs>
## Save a performance replication (PR) cluster snapshot
Take a manual snapshot of a cluster participating in performance replication.
<Tabs>
<Tab heading="CLI" group="cli">
Use
[`vault operator raft snapshot save`](/vault/docs/commands/operator/raft#snapshot-save)
to take separate snapshots from all cluster members supporting the performance
primary cluster and the performance secondary cluster.
First, take a snapshot on the primary cluster. For example, to save a snapshot
to the local file `primary.snap`:
```shell-session
$ vault operator raft snapshot save primary.snap
```
Next, take a snapshot on the secondary cluster. For example, to save a snapshot
to the local file `secondary.snap`:
```shell-session
$ vault operator raft snapshot save secondary.snap
```
</Tab>
<Tab heading="API" group="api">
Use the
[`sys/storage/raft/snapshot`](/vault/api-docs/system/storage/raft#take-a-snapshot-of-the-raft-cluster)
endpoint to take separate snapshots from all cluster members supporting the
performance primary cluster and the performance secondary cluster.
First, take a snapshot on the primary cluster. For example, to save a snapshot
to the local file `primary.snap`:
```shell-session
$ curl \
--request GET \
--header "X-Vault-Token: ${VAULT_TOKEN}" \
${VAULT_ADDR}/v1/sys/storage/raft/snapshot > primary.snap
```
Next, take a snapshot on the secondary cluster. For example, to save a snapshot
to the local file `secondary.snap`:
```shell-session
$ curl \
--request GET \
--header "X-Vault-Token: ${VAULT_TOKEN}" \
${VAULT_ADDR}/v1/sys/storage/raft/snapshot > secondary.snap
```
</Tab>
</Tabs>