NetBackup™ for MongoDB Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup & Alta Data Protection (10.4)
  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 in the allowed list on the NetBackup primary server
    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.  
      Host user requirements
    7. Managing backup hosts
      1.  
        Including a NetBackup client on NetBackup primary server allowed list
  4. Backing up MongoDB using NetBackup
    1. About 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.  
      About restoring MongoDB data
    2.  
      Prerequisites for MongoDB restore and recovery
    3.  
      Restore the MongoDB data on the same cluster
    4.  
      Restore the MongoDB data on an alternate cluster
    5.  
      Restoring MongoDB data in a high availability setup to 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

Prerequisites for manually creating the mongodb.conf file

Note:

If you use the MongoDB configuration tool, these manual steps are not required.

  • If you do not specify any values in the mongodb.conf file for MongoDB cluster ports and paths to deploy the thin clients, create snapshots, or logs, the default values are considered.

  • The minimum value of the max_streams field is 32. If max_streams is not defined, the default value is 32 parallel data streams per backup host.

    For the max_streams field in the mongodb.conf file, the value of the backup host takes priority over the global_default value.

    For example, the value 32 takes priority over the value 34 and the job runs 32 streams during a backup in this scenario:

    "max_streams": {
              "global_default": 34,
              "Backup_Host":32}

    The backup streams are distributed across the backup hosts as defined in the backup policy. The streams are not distributed according to the backup hosts that are defined in the max_streams option in the mongodb.conf file.

  • For a sharded MongoDB environment, ensure that the mongodb.conf file has the latest primary config server and secondary config server.

  • Ensure that the folders or directories that are mentioned in the mongodb.conf file are available on the MongoDB cluster. For example, the folders or directories for snapshot_mount_path, oplog_location, logdir, etc.

  • To the allowed list add the mongodb.conf file path. In the bp.conf file use the bpcd_allowed_path option.

    See Including the configuration file path in the allowed list on the NetBackup primary server.

  • Give the host user access to the port and the port range that is specified in the mongodb.conf file.