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title: Backing up and restoring data
description: PingDirectory server provides efficient backup and restore command line tools that support full backups.
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revdate: September 13, 2023
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# Backing up and restoring data

PingDirectory server provides efficient `backup` and `restore` command line tools that support full backups.

You can schedule backups using either the UNIX-based `cron` scheduler or PingDirectory server's task-based scheduler.

The PingDirectory server can run backups while it is online and processing other requests, so there is no need to shut down the server or place it in read-only mode before starting a backup.