**To create a manual Amazon DocumentDB cluster snapshot** The following ``create-db-cluster-snapshot`` example creates an Amazon DB cluster snapshot named sample-cluster-snapshot. :: aws docdb create-db-cluster-snapshot \ --db-cluster-identifier sample-cluster \ --db-cluster-snapshot-identifier sample-cluster-snapshot Output:: { "DBClusterSnapshot": { "MasterUsername": "master-user", "SnapshotCreateTime": "2019-03-18T18:27:14.794Z", "AvailabilityZones": [ "us-west-2a", "us-west-2b", "us-west-2c", "us-west-2d", "us-west-2e", "us-west-2f" ], "SnapshotType": "manual", "DBClusterSnapshotArn": "arn:aws:rds:us-west-2:123456789012:cluster-snapshot:sample-cluster-snapshot", "EngineVersion": "3.6.0", "PercentProgress": 0, "DBClusterSnapshotIdentifier": "sample-cluster-snapshot", "Engine": "docdb", "DBClusterIdentifier": "sample-cluster", "Status": "creating", "ClusterCreateTime": "2019-03-15T20:29:58.836Z", "Port": 0, "StorageEncrypted": false, "VpcId": "vpc-91280df6" } } For more information, see `Creating a Manual Cluster Snapshot <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/documentdb/latest/developerguide/backup-restore.db-cluster-snapshot-create.html>`__ in the *Amazon DocumentDB Developer Guide*.