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name: cli-ha-dr
title: Understanding high availability and disaster recovery for the IBM Cloud CLI
description: IBM Cloud® provides storage of IBM Cloud CLI binary files, plug-ins, and metadata that is used by the IBM Cloud CLI and the IBM-provided CLI installers. The IBM Cloud CLI follows the practices that are described in How IBM Cloud ensures high availability and disaster recovery.
last-updated: 2025-01-06
---

> ## Documentation Index
> The table of contents for this documentation set is at https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/cli?format=markdown
> The index for all IBM Cloud docs is at: https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use these files to discover more information as needed.

# Understanding high availability and disaster recovery for the IBM Cloud CLI
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IBM Cloud® provides storage of IBM Cloud CLI binary files, plug-ins, and metadata that is used by the IBM Cloud CLI and the IBM-provided CLI installers. The IBM Cloud CLI follows the practices that are described in [How IBM Cloud ensures high availability and disaster recovery](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/resiliency?topic=resiliency-disaster-recovery&format=markdown).
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The CLI binary data and metadata are stored in a US cross-regional IBM Cloud Object Storage instance. If the cross-regional Object Storage instance is unavailable at any time, the IBM Cloud CLI is still operational on the client's on-premises installation. 

The IBM Cloud CLI does not store user data.
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