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Before You Start
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This section describes how to back up and restore data on the MRS console.

Backup and restoration operations on the console apply only to clusters of **MRS 3.x** or earlier.

Backup and restore operations on Manager apply to all versions. For MRS 3.\ *x* or later, see :ref:`Introduction <admin_guide_000399>`. For versions earlier than MRS 3.\ *x*, see :ref:`Introduction <mrs_01_0551>`.
