Does storage backend migration process still require offline mode?

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Vault Storage Migration in running state

Hello HashiCorp Community I want to migrate from an etcd backend to integrated storage. The documentation states the following: “This is intended to be an offline operation to ensure data consistency […]”. I understand that it is “intended” but not “mandatory”. Is that correct? My problem with the offline mode is this: I tested the migration by spinning up a second Vault cluster from the etcd backup of the productive cluster. Then I stopped the cluster as described in the doc and proceeded wit…

Not sure if anything has changed since then?

And, if the answer is still : yes, offline required.

Then what is the recommended approach by your experts to minimize down time?

Thank you.