# Creating a shadow copy
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To manually create a shadow copy, enter the following command in a remote PowerShell session on your file system. For instructions on launching a remote PowerShell session on your file system, see [Using the Amazon FSx CLI for PowerShell](administering-file-systems.md#remote-pwrshell).

```
[fs-0123456789abcdef1]PS>New-FsxShadowCopy

Shadow Copy {ABCDEF12-3456-7890-ABCD-EF1234567890} taken successfully
```