# ETCD Backup Failing With Error Message "Error: could not rename /root/etcd\_backup0/.part"

## Problem

ETCD backup is failing with the error mentioned below.

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```javascript
# ETCDCTL_API=3 etcdctl snapshot save /root/etcd_backup0/
{"level":"info","ts":1666284121.098649,"caller":"snapshot/v3_snapshot.go:119","msg":"created temporary db file","path":"/root/etcd_backup0/.part"}
{"level":"info","ts":"2022-10-20T16:42:01.100Z","caller":"clientv3/maintenance.go:200","msg":"opened snapshot stream; downloading"}
{"level":"info","ts":1666284121.10057,"caller":"snapshot/v3_snapshot.go:127","msg":"fetching snapshot","endpoint":"127.0.0.1:2379"}
{"level":"info","ts":"2022-10-20T16:42:01.600Z","caller":"clientv3/maintenance.go:208","msg":"completed snapshot read; closing"}
{"level":"info","ts":1666284121.6521926,"caller":"snapshot/v3_snapshot.go:142","msg":"fetched snapshot","endpoint":"127.0.0.1:2379","size":"18 MB","took":0.553370829}
Error: could not rename /root/etcd_backup0/.part to /root/etcd_backup0/ (rename /root/etcd_backup0/.part /root/etcd_backup0/: file exists)
```

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## Environment

* Platform9 Managed Kubernetes – All Versions

## Cause

* The ETCD DB backup command mentioned below was intended to save the ETCD snapshot backup file under `/root/etcd_backup0/` directory.

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{% tab title="Failed ETCD backup commad" %}

```javascript
# ETCDCTL_API=3 etcdctl snapshot save /root/etcd_backup0/
```

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* But Instead of that , the `/root/etcd_backup0/` is considered as the Database snapshot backup file name.
* Since a directory with that name is already present hence it is failing to take backup.

## Resolution

* ETCD backup command expects a file name as an argument which will be used to save the snapshot DB backup.
* Hence the ETCD backup command should always have the ETCD snapshot DB backup file name mention in it. For Example,

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{% tab title="Working ETCD backup command" %}

```javascript
ETCDCTL_API=3 etcdctl snapshot save $HOME/etcd-backup-snapshot-$(date +%s).db
```

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