# Configuring Disaster Recovery Backups for a Splunk Cluster

Configure file system agent on each node of the Splunk cluster, and then back up the Splunk clustered indexes using the Splunk agent.

## Procedure

Do the following for recovery backups of Splunk cluster:

1. Configure the file system agent on each node of the Splunk cluster to back up the contents of the etc folder in the Splunk installation directory ($SPLUNK_HOME/etc).

2. Back up the Splunk clustered indexes using the Splunk agent. The backups run as per the backup plan that you selected for the cluster.

   Note

   To immediately prepare a disaster recovery backup, manually back up the clustered indexes.

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