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 By backing up and restoring etcd on a hosted cluster, you can fix failures, such as corrupted or missing data in an etcd member of a three node cluster. If multiple members of the etcd cluster encounter data loss or have a `CrashLoopBackOff` status, this approach helps prevent an etcd quorum loss.
 
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-This procedure requires API downtime.
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 .Prerequisites
 
 * The `oc` and `jq` binaries have been installed.