# How to backup / export a cluster complete

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/how-to-backup-export-a-cluster-complete/18489>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [October 3, 2020, 12:03pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/how-to-backup-export-a-cluster-complete/18489 "2020-10-03T12:03:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![rprengel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bbce88/32.png) [@rprengel](https://forums.suse.com/u/rprengel)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 12:03pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/how-to-backup-export-a-cluster-complete/18489/1 "2020-10-03T12:03:52Z")

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Hallo,  
I m using a Rancher 1.6 and a 2.4 installation for testing.  
All nodes are virtual and a full  
backup is written every day.  
My problem:  
How can I export a complete cluster inc. all datas so that this cluster could be imported somewhere else.  
The easy way would be to transfer all VMs but that isn t a solution if VMs aren t used in the target network.  
Is the a simple one line cmd for backup and restore and is as a second question does a gui-based backup-tool exist users not working every day with rancher/ kubernetes.

Thanks  
Ralf