NetBackup™ for MongoDB Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (10.3.0.1, 10.3)
  1. Overview of protecting MongoDB using NetBackup
    1.  
      About protecting a sharded, replica set, or standalone MongoDB cluster using NetBackup
    2.  
      Protecting MongoDB data using NetBackup
    3.  
      NetBackup for MongoDB terminologies
    4.  
      Limitations
    5.  
      Prerequisites and the best practices for protecting MongoDB
  2. Verify the pre-requisites for the MongoDB plug-in for NetBackup
    1.  
      Operating system and platform compatibility
    2.  
      Prerequisites for configuring the MongoDB plug-in
  3. Configuring NetBackup for MongoDB
    1.  
      About the MongoDB configuration tool
    2.  
      Prerequisites for manually creating the mongodb.conf file
    3. Configuring backup options for MongoDB using the mongodb.conf file
      1.  
        Including the configuration file path on NetBackup primary server allowed list
    4.  
      Obtaining the RSA key of the MongoDB nodes
    5. Adding MongoDB credentials in NetBackup
      1.  
        About the credential configuration file
      2.  
        How to add the MongoDB credentials in NetBackup
      3.  
        About the MongoDB roles for protecting the data
    6.  
      Using a non-root user as a host user
    7. Managing backup hosts
      1.  
        Including a NetBackup client on NetBackup primary server allowed list
  4. Backing up MongoDB using NetBackup
    1. Backing up MongoDB data
      1.  
        Backing up a MongoDB cluster
    2.  
      Prerequisites for backing up a MongoDB cluster
    3. Configuring NetBackup policies for MongoDB plug-in
      1.  
        Creating a BigData backup policy for MongoDB clusters with web UI
  5. Restoring or recovering MongoDB data using NetBackup
    1.  
      Restoring MongoDB data
    2.  
      Prerequisites for MongoDB restore and recovery
    3.  
      Using NetBackup web UI to restore the MongoDB data on the same cluster
    4.  
      Using NetBackup web UI to restore the MongoDB data on an alternate cluster
    5.  
      About restoring MongoDB data in a high availability setup on an alternate client
    6.  
      Manual steps after the recovery process
  6. Troubleshooting
    1.  
      About NetBackup for MongoDB debug logging
    2.  
      Known limitations for MongoDB protection using NetBackup
  7. Appendix A. Additional information
    1.  
      Sample MongodB configuration utility workflow to add and update MongodB credentials
  8.  
    Index

Limitations

Consider the following limitations before you deploy the MongoDB plug-in:

  • For highly available MongoDB cluster, if fail-over happens during a backup, then the job fails.

  • IP address is not supported for the application server and backup host field. You must enter the FQDN, host name, or the short name of the application server or the backup host.

  • Encrypted MongoDB environments are not supported.

  • English-only MongoDB environments are supported.

  • Extended Access Control Lists (ACL) are not recovered after a recovery operation.

  • Recovery is not supported for a shrunk MongoDB cluster.

  • For standalone MongoDB nodes without replica sets, incremental backups are not supported.

  • MongoDB password less service account usage is not supported.

  • Protection of MongoDB environments that are deployed or managed using the MongoDB Ops Manager is not supported.

  • If you change the Feature Compatibility Version between the full and differential incremental backups, the backups fail.

  • The backup of a sharded MongoDB environment can be taken only as a sharded backup configuration and not a replica set or any other backup configuration.

  • NetBackup does not support backup and restore of MongoDB deployments which are running using service account mongod.