Explain how to create a backup

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@@ -74,12 +74,22 @@ external_url &quot;http://gitlab.example.com&quot;
  
 Run `sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure` for the change to take effect.
  
+### Creating an application backup
+
+To create a backup of your repositories and GitLab metadata, run the following command.
+
+```shell
+sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:backup:create
+```
+
+This will store a tar file in `/var/opt/gitlab/backups`.
+
 ### Invoking Rake tasks
  
 To invoke a GitLab Rake task, use `gitlab-rake`. For example:
  
 ```shell
-sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:backup:create
+sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:check
 ```
  
 Contrary to with a traditional GitLab installation, there is no need to change
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75	75	Run `sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure` for the change to take effect.
76	76
	77	+### Creating an application backup
	78	+
	79	+To create a backup of your repositories and GitLab metadata, run the following command.
	80	+
	81	+```shell
	82	+sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:backup:create
	83	+```
	84	+
	85	+This will store a tar file in `/var/opt/gitlab/backups`.
	86	+
77	87	### Invoking Rake tasks
78	88
79	89	To invoke a GitLab Rake task, use `gitlab-rake`. For example:
80	90
81	91	```shell
82		-sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:backup:create
	92	+sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:check
83	93	```
84	94
85	95	Contrary to with a traditional GitLab installation, there is no need to change
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