# How to take snapshots and how do I know the status of backups? Click on Backups in the left-sidebar and then Go to the Snapshots

Click on the “+ Create Instant Snapshot“ button which is located in the top right corner to create an instant snapshot :

Fill in the details by selecting the active cluster with backups enabled, choosing the namespaces you want to back up, selecting the MinIO bucket that you have created, giving it a name, and then clicking on the "Create Snapshot" button :

Now, the created snapshot will be listed in the snapshot list view.

Now, if you want to check the status of the snapshot that has just been created, click on the "logs" button, and the logs will be visible in a terminal window below :

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