Creating a BigData backup policy for MongoDB clusters with web UI — NetBackup 11.1 | Cohesity Documentation

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NetBackup™ for MongoDB Administrator's Guide

Creating a BigData backup policy for MongoDB clusters with web UI

On the left, select Protection > Policies.
Click Add.
On the Attributes tab, select the following:
- Policy type: BigData
On the Schedules tab, configure all the necessary schedules. For example, Full and incremental schedules.
Name
Type
Frequency
Retention
Full-backup
Full backup
1 week
2 weeks
Incremental-backup
Differential incremental backup
1 day
2 weeks
On the Clients tab, based on your MongoDB setup enter the following value:
Sharded MongoDB cluster:
- The client name as seen in the MongoDB shell and the mongod port number of the primary configuration server in the following format:
  MongoDBNode-portnumber
Replica set MongoDB cluster:
- The client name as seen in the MongoDB shell and the mongod port number of the primary node for replica set in the following format:
  MongoDBNode-portnumber
Standalone MongoDB setup:
- The client name as seen in the MongoDB shell and the mongod port number of the standalone node in the following format:
  MongoDBNode-portnumber
Warning:
Warning: Do not enter the node that acts an Arbiter node for MongoDB.

On the Backup selections tab, add the application type, the backup hosts, and manually add the ALL_DATABASES directive.

Backup selection list	Notes
`Application_Type=mongodb`	The parameter values are case-sensitive.
`mongodbhost=mongodbhost.domain.com`	Use the format `Backup_Host=<FQDN_or_hostname>`. The backup host can be a NetBackup client or a media server.
ALL_DATABASES

Click Create.

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