SECONDARY> db.runCommand({fsync:1,lock:1});! {! "info" : "now locked against writes, use db.$cmd.sys.unlock.findOne() to unlock",! "ok" : 1! }! Lock the database $ ec2-create-snapshot vol-1234abcd --description "MongoDB RAID backup1"! volume descrip4on Create a snapshot for each attached volume $ mdadm --detail /dev/md0p1! Run mdadm and note the UUID