# Zookeeper Backup

**URL:** <https://forum.confluent.io/t/zookeeper-backup/8844>\
**Category:** Command Line tools\
**Created:** [9 October 2023 14:59 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/zookeeper-backup/8844 "2023-10-09T14:59:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![IceGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3e96dc/32.png) [@IceGuy](https://forum.confluent.io/u/IceGuy)\
**Post date:** [9 October 2023 14:59 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/zookeeper-backup/8844/1 "2023-10-09T14:59:56Z")

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If we shutdown Zookeeper (e.g. to backup the ZK-Leader at rest) do we have to also stop the brokers? We could by administrative means prevent topic/ACL changes and broker starts during Zookeeper downtime.

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**Author:** ![OneCricketeer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.confluent.io/onecricketeer/32/1551_2.png) [@OneCricketeer](https://forum.confluent.io/u/OneCricketeer)\
**Post date:** [15 October 2023 04:00 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/zookeeper-backup/8844/2 "2023-10-15T04:00:12Z")

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If you shutdown Zookeeper, then Kafka would begin to fail under regular operations, so yes, you’ll want to first shutdown the brokers.

Exhibitor used to be a tool that could be used for regular Zookeeper snapshots, by the way