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# Manage the Backup Daemon

The Ops Manager Application manages backups. To ensure high availability of backups, deploy sufficient number of Ops Manager hosts with a load balancer. To learn how to deploy Ops Manager with high availability, see [Configure a Highly Available Ops Manager Application.](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/ops-manager/current/tutorial/configure-application-high-availability.md)

When you [deploy Ops Manager with high availability](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/ops-manager/current/tutorial/configure-application-high-availability.md), you must run at least one [Backup Daemon](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/ops-manager/current/core/system-overview.md#std-label-backup-daemon) on a server.

Use the following commands to start, stop, restart, or check the status of the [Backup Daemon.](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/ops-manager/current/core/system-overview.md#std-label-backup-daemon)

## Commands

### init.d

### Start the Backup Daemon

```sh
/etc/init.d/mongodb-mms-backup-daemon start
```

### Stop the Backup Daemon

```sh
/etc/init.d/mongodb-mms-backup-daemon stop
```

### Restart the Backup Daemon

```sh
/etc/init.d/mongodb-mms-backup-daemon restart
```

### Check the Status of the Backup Daemon

```sh
/etc/init.d/mongodb-mms-backup-daemon status
```

## Additional Information

To move jobs from a lost Backup server to another Backup server, see [Move Jobs from a Lost Backup Daemon to another Backup Daemon.](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/ops-manager/current/tutorial/move-jobs-to-new-backup-daemon.md)