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  2. NetBackup™ Web UI Administrator's Guide
  3. Section VI. Configuring backups
  4. Managing policies
  5. Example policy - Sharded MongoDB cluster
NetBackup™ Web UI Administrator's Guide

Example policy - Sharded MongoDB cluster

This example describes how to create a policy to back up the primary configuration server in a Sharded MongoDB cluster.

To add a policy for a MongoDB cluster backup

  1. On the left, select Protection > Policies.
  2. Select the Policies tab.
  3. Click Add.
  4. On the Attributes tab, select the following:
    • Policy type: BigData

  5. 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

  6. On the Clients tab, add the client name. Use the format MongoDBNode-portnumber.

    The following list backs up the primary configuration server on port 1.

    Client name

    Hardware

    Operating system

    primaryconfigserver-01

    Linux

    Red Hat 2.6.32

  7. 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

  8. Click Create.

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