https://community.appian.com/discussions/f/administration/2635/subjectI read forum.appian.com/.../Data_Maintenance several times but it is still not clear for me whether I have to stop Appian Engines for backup or if I can hotbackup the environment. In case of hotbackup, how to make sure the sync between kdb and RDBMS isen-USTelligent Community 12https://community.appian.com/thread/9174?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 07 May 2014 02:09:50 GMTd3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:ea86f43e-3931-4682-b165-a3394bea0f92Tejas KargutkarBefore taking a backup, you can run the checkpoint script and perform a backup procedure on the second-last kdb so you don&#39;t have to backup live kdbs.<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.appian.com/thread/9147?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 06 May 2014 03:04:37 GMTd3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:d42becad-e75f-4972-aa24-4616a56c5365andrezThanks Jim. I read this link as well, but still it was not clear for me. So I came to the forum to ask for people with more experience.<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.appian.com/thread/9146?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 06 May 2014 02:44:23 GMTd3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:4970156a-1a2b-44fd-940f-96d87ec0958cJim BeckleyYou do not have to stop the Appian Engines during a normal backup, only before performing an upgrade. You do need to back up the application data files, KDBs, and RDBMS at the same time in order to ensure that they are synchronized. See: <a href="https://forum.appian.com/suite/wiki/74/Configuring_Backup_and_Restoration">forum.appian.com/.../Configuring_Backup_and_Restoration</a> for additional details.<div style="clear:both;"></div>