Performing a Full Backup of a Replica Set or a Sharded Cluster Deployment

You can perform an IntelliSnap full backup operation of MongoDB databases in both replica set and sharded cluster MongoDB deployments.

Note

If you have a single node replica set that has only a primary node, add the bMongoDBEnableBkpForSingleNodeRepSet additional setting to the client node that you want to back up.
Commvault does not back up mount points from subdirectories that are under the dbPath. To protect the mount point on the subdirectory that is under the dbPath, create a symbolic link pointing to the mount point.
If the master node for an instance is not available due to a network failure or any other reason and a backup is in progress, then the Commvault software picks another node as master node from the replica set for backup operation. This is applicable only for the replica set environments.

Before You Begin

If you are backing up the MongoDB server on a Linux computer, verify that the server is started with the absolute path to the configuration file.

From the CommCell Browser, expand Client Computers > client> Big Data Apps >instance.
Right-click the subclient, and then click Backup.

The Backup Options dialog box appears.
Select the backup type and the job initiation:
1. In the Select Backup Type area, select Full.
2. In the Job Initiation section, specify when to run the backup operation:
  - To run the job immediately, select Immediate.
  - To schedule the job, select Schedule, and then configure the schedule.
    
    For information about configuring a backup schedule, see Schedule Backups.
Click OK.

Note

When you have a new secondary node added to a single node replica set that has only a primary node, run a new full backup.