Deployment and Operations
Backup
Data that must be preserved for a self-hosted instance.
Back up these Docker volumes:
etcd-data,minio-data, andmilvus-datafor the Milvus collection;icml-indexforcurrent.jsonand build checkpoints;icml-statefor sessions, limits, and the embedding cache.
Stop the MCP application before backing up icml-state. For a consistent Milvus backup, stop Milvus, etcd, and MinIO together or use a Milvus-supported backup procedure. Restore all three Milvus volumes as one set, then restore the manifest and runtime-state volumes.