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Expand Up @@ -251,8 +251,8 @@ You must ensure that {es} does not write to the repository while you are taking
the backup of its contents. If {es} writes any data to the repository during
the backup then the contents of the backup may not be consistent and it may not
be possible to recover any data from it in future. Prevent writes to the
repository by unregistering the repository from the cluster which has write
access to it.
repository by unregistering it, or by registering it with `readonly: true`, on
all your clusters.

Alternatively, if your repository supports it, you may take an atomic snapshot
of the underlying filesystem and then take a backup of this filesystem
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