Backup Application Data

Provides the steps to back up the application data.

In Cloudera Data Science Workbench all stateful data is stored on the master host at /var/lib/cdsw. Backup the contents of this directory before you begin the migration process.

After stopping CDSW, and before running the following tar command, wait 2-5 minutes (depending on your disk speed) to ensure that all data from CDSW is successfully written to the disks. Otherwise the tar command may not capture all recent changes.
To create the backup, run the following command on the master host:
```
tar cvzf cdsw.tar.gz /var/lib/cdsw/*
```