User guide

Creating a Manual Snapshot
You can create a manual snapshot of a cluster from the snapshots list as follows. Or, you can take a
snapshot of a cluster in the cluster configuration pane. For more information, see Taking a Snapshot of
a Cluster (p. 27).
To create a manual snapshot
1. Sign into the AWS Management Console and open the Amazon Redshift console at https://
console.aws.amazon.com/redshift.
2. In the navigation pane, click Snapshots.
3. Click Create Snapshot.
4. In the Create Snapshot dialog box, do the following:
a. In the Cluster Identifier box, click the cluster that you want to take a snapshot of.
b. In the Snapshot Identifier box, type a name for the snapshot.
5. Click Create.
The snapshot might take some time to complete.The new snapshot is displayed in the list of snapshots
with its current status.The example following shows that examplecluster-manual-02-13-13 is
in the process of being created.
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Amazon Redshift Management Guide
Creating a Manual Snapshot