This is an optional step before initiating a hot backup.
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Trigger a Lucene index backup using JMX, and it can be done several ways, including
using:
The backup can be done in several ways, including:
- VisualVM
- JConsole (MBeans tab -gt SkyVault/Schedule/DEFAULT/MonitoredCronTrigger/indexBackupTrigger/Operations - executeNow button)
- Command line
Note: During the creation of the backup Lucene indexes, the system is placed in read-only mode, which could last several minutes depending on the size of the Lucene indexes. - After completing this operation, the backup-lucene-indexes directory contains an up-to-date cold copy of the Lucene indexes, ready to be backed up.