# Missing etcd snapshot tab on imported clusters
**URL:** https://forums.suse.com/t/missing-etcd-snapshot-tab-on-imported-clusters/46133
**Category:** SUSE Rancher Prime
**Created:** [January 29, 2026, 9:58am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/missing-etcd-snapshot-tab-on-imported-clusters/46133 "2026-01-29T09:58:52Z")
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### Author:  [@kim-bjoern](https://forums.suse.com/u/kim-bjoern)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2026, 9:58am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/missing-etcd-snapshot-tab-on-imported-clusters/46133/1 "2026-01-29T09:58:52Z")
We are experimenting with Rancher, and have discovered that the snapshot GUI functionality seems to be missing on imported clusters?
Clusters created in Rancher has the snapshot tab and snapshot in the Explore dropdown.
Are we missing something, or is this “by design”?
/Kim Bjoern, Denmark
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### Author:  [@smflood](https://forums.suse.com/u/smflood)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2026, 5:15pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/missing-etcd-snapshot-tab-on-imported-clusters/46133/2 "2026-01-30T17:15:40Z")
This is by design - for registered (imported) clusters you have to manage etcd snapshots manually outside of the Rancher UI.
See note 4 at the bottom of [https://ranchermanager.docs.rancher.com/getting-started/overview](https://ranchermanager.docs.rancher.com/getting-started/overview) (sorry not found a better reference!)
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### Author:  [@kim-bjoern](https://forums.suse.com/u/kim-bjoern)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2026, 7:21pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/missing-etcd-snapshot-tab-on-imported-clusters/46133/3 "2026-01-30T19:21:17Z")
Thank you very much for replying - there it was 😏
So a chicken and egg question is next; how could one deploy Rancher in a Rancher created cluster with snapshot in GUI?? 😳
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### Author:  [@bpedersen2](https://forums.suse.com/u/bpedersen2)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 2:13pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/missing-etcd-snapshot-tab-on-imported-clusters/46133/4 "2026-02-09T14:13:03Z")
Check the guides on migrating in k8s:
> **[Migrating Rancher to a New Cluster | Rancher](https://ranchermanager.docs.rancher.com/how-to-guides/new-user-guides/backup-restore-and-disaster-recovery/migrate-rancher-to-new-cluster)**
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> If you are migrating Rancher to a new Kubernetes cluster, you don't need to install Rancher on the new cluster first. If Rancher is restored to a new cluster with Rancher already installed, it can cause problems.